Church

Dad, Mom and I went to church today and Dad was able to sit through all of Sacrament Meeting and half of Sunday School! This is exciting because lately he has had a hard time sitting for long periods of time. If he sits for too long, his poor behind gets sore. We're glad he's having a good day today.

I came down to visit them last night. Mom and I stayed up late talking and we got to talk to Tasha on the phone for a while. Mom made us a delicious dinner last night. She made potato salad, baked beans and roasted chicken. It was delish as always.

This morning Dad showed me how well he can walk with the walker and he was also showing me some leg exercises he tries to do each day. The change since the last time I saw him is slight but there is definitely an improvement. Dad said he gets really sore quite easily from doing exercises which is discouraging I'm sure to have the desire to really push himself knowing that he will be really sore the next day. He keeps trying though and hasn't given up yet.

Finishing the basement

Bob suggested to Dad and Mom that it might help to sell their house if they finished the two rooms in their basement so Mom hired a couple of guys to come work on the rooms.

Avoiding misfortune

Today Mom decided to see if Dad would like sitting in their zero gravity chair. So she brought it in the house and helped Dad get into it. In order to get fully comfortable, he asked for a pillow here and a pillow there. After a little while of getting everything just right, Dad shifted his weight backwards and started to tip. Luckily, the top of the chair miraculously caught on part of the couch so that Dad didn't land on his neck! Mom dove to try and catch him but she would have been to late. Once they both realized that he just about died they both started laughing until they cried. Mom ran and got the camera after they got Dad into a more stable position. But as you can see, he was lucky he didn't tip all the way over!