I have not taken time to post on this site for far to long.  I decided to try and keep it up.  Chris and I are now thinking that in 4 more months we should have been coming home from our mission.  However, as it has gone we came home early only to be envolved with the mission of life as retired grandparents.  We have had a full summer and fall since we returned.  I have been envolved in some  self therapy to strengthen my knee to help it heal.  So far I work out in the pool at a local gym every day.  This has been a real help but has not solved the problems.  My goal is to have something done this year to have a more permanent solution for the pain. 

After an interesting summer with two of Spencer's and Shelly's oldest daughters.  We had a good summer with Sidney and Samantha. They were able to connect with their cousins here in Texas and they had a great time visiting them and playing with them.  Sidney turned 12 while they were here so we had a party with the cousins and family here.  She was able to go to girls camp with Jesica and do baptisms for some of our ancestors in the temple.  I took them home in September to Utah and then spent two months with my parents in Idaho.  I was able to work in the Corn harvest and the beet harvest driving truck.  It back a lot of old memories from my youth and growing up on a farm.