Serena Visits from Oklahoma

We had such a great time with Serena! She spoiled us all rotten, though, with food and gifts. Besides the gift of her time, my favorite of her gifts was a foot orthotic that I put in my shoes and tie around my calf thatenables me to walk a thousand times better! Serena, I can't thank you enough!

The morning of my colonoscopy -
Poor Serena had to put up with my delirious demands and statements while sedated. Let it be known, though, that I warned her before going in that I always wake up from sedation either mad or sad. I fear I was more on the mean side this time: I demanded to know why I had to wake up, demanded to go to the bathroom where Serena had to dress me, and kept asking for my Twix bar all day (obviously chocolate is often on my mind). The sedative was so strong that I literally slept the day away and got up for dinner, then was still able to sleep through the night.

Picking mini pear-apples
Goofy Leyna. We made a pear-apple pie and Mom pureed most the fruit and dehydrated it to make fruit roll-ups that the kids can't get enough of