Monday July 29

Cucumbers, cucumbers, cucumbers!!!

Madi picked 25 cucumbers out of the garden this morning....

We have cucumbers out our ears!

I should start making pickles....but I wish there was more I could do with them!

Today the kids had them as snacks...like a full cucumber each :)

I am happy to let them eat as many as they need to.

Cucumbers are so good for you.

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So.....Dad had to come home last night.

He messed up his back again.

He got that shot 2 weeks ago...and about a week ago, he hurt it again while lifting someone on the job....

And last night, he hurt it so bad he wasn't able to finish the shift.

He was barely able to walk in the house when he got home.

I went with him to the Dr today and they can get him in for a second round of shots tomorrow.

Which is good.

The doc says it will heal, he just needs to let it heal.

He gets that shot, and feels pretty good, and goes about his business like normal.

But he has GOT to rest and let it heal!

It is hard for him to do that.

Today was a hard one for him.

He was literally in bed almost all day.

Laying flat.

Towards the later afternoon he came up and we tried to pamper him.

He hates it when he is laid up.

Especially when there is so much he wants to get done.

Poor guy.

I REALLY hope this shot tomorrow gives him the relief he needs, but that he also remembers to be CAREFUL!!!

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Our ward has put dinner groups together.

Kind of fun...you get to have dinner with families you maybe wouldn't usually.

Or that you may want to, but it just never happens.

Well, I was put in charge of our group....and tonight was the night.

Dad just couldn't do it.

And I didn't want to cancel, because I was the one to set it up....and I wanted to get to know the families too.

So we left dad behind.

He probably appreciated a couple hours of quiet anyway.

We had a lot of fun.

It was at a new family in the wards house.

We had dinner and then they had planned a fun FHE for us about friendship.

It really was cute.

It had to do with folding a paper into a ship....

But with each fold you would talk about friendship traits.

And at the end you had the best kind of ship ever....FRIENDSHIP.

It really was cute.

We had fun, but missed dad.

He is feeling a little better this evening, so that is good.