Snack Sets

Mom, before you give anything to DI, Amy said she would happily take the the remaining glass snack sets.  She doesn't want to stand in the way of others who might want them.  So, she is keeping quiet.  Family and possessions is always a tricky subject.  But, as soon as you say the acronym "DI" all bets are off.

Todd Trauntvein
Sr. Associate

Todd,
I have one more matching snack set for Amy. In other words, it is just like the other two you already have. Also, I have a box of ten plates and cups: two of one kind, three of another, and five of another. Two plates had one small chip each which I repaired and have used that way. If you would like those to go with the other set of four, I would be happy to give them to you. BUT if you do not want them, you do not need to feel that you HAVE to take them to make me happy. I was just going to give them to DI and I still can.

They are yours! Love, Mom


(Everybody in the family got two sets. Some just weren't too excited about it. Julie, for example, thought she would probably never use them. But Jim said to take two. When I got down to counting the number of sets I actually had, there were 18. Kirsten and your Amy wanted three. Then in addition to the 18, there were the 10 cups and plates that were not all  matched. So I will make certain you get them. There is still the one perfect set that will match the others that you have in addition to the others. You will have plates and cups out the ying-yang.)

Love, Mom

Todd wrote: Thank you.  By the way, what's a ying-yang?  :)

Mom: It really is yin-yang. I spelled it wrong. That is the erroneous spelling of yin yang or yin-yang, which is an ancient Chinese concept and symbol referring to complementary opposites, such as light/dark. It can mean from one  end to the other.

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I will get this other cup to you.  Amy likes the dishes and the punch bowl. She is thinking of times we can use them already.

Todd Trauntvein

Sr. Associate

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If it wasn't a cup from that puch bowl set that broke, then it was from another. One of the punch bowls has a cup missing because Norma told me one got broken in the kitchen at Julie's reception. By-the-way, I found two

cups that will match that punch bowl if you want them. I don't know where you would keep them, but they would go with the set.

Love, Mom

I' moving to the Dr's office

The ultrasound was good today.  My fluid is "low normal" at 10 (Cathrina said she was at 4 when they induced her, and 5 when they put her on bed rest--so I am good) and she weights about 3.5 pounds, right on for my  due date (or maybe even a few ounces under), which I will never see (March 26th due date)  because Dr. Joseph is going to treat me as "regular" diabetic and do the amnio at 37 weeks, which is March 5th. Keturah may have this baby for her birthday, after all.  He says that with diabetic babies they don't mature as fast as they do in regular pregnancies and that's one of the reasons they start monitoring so close at 37 weeks. He said in the 50's before insulin the moms/babies just died. And after insulin the babies were doing great, then dying at full term for some reason, and then they started taking the babies early and some still died, and now after lots of practice they have the system down.  

Next week I start the non stress test and ultrasound each week. He  doesn't want me to go more than 4 or 5 days without coming into to  office, which he admitted is "overkill" but he says they also won't miss  anything. So my appt next week is on Wednesday for the NST, Ultrasound  and Doctor.  I think I've decided to stay there, I feel comfortable with how serious they monitor me, and I will probably switch and have Tracey (another midwife) do the delivery with Dr. Joseph as the backup. Grandma Nonie really liked him (Dr. Joseph) and thinks I should let him do the delivery.  I will still see him over the next month and he will be the one to the amnio.    

I also, still have to see LeAnne for the diabetic monitoring, and now she is at McKay Dee hospital,  so I am living at the doctors office for the next 6 weeks. 

Love, Kimberly 

Photos

Mom,

I have been extremely touched by the photos that you have sent. It is an amazing thing when one feels connected to a deceased family member via a picture. I do remember small things about my Great-grandmother, but not enough. I am glad that you taught me what kind of woman she was. It is amazing to look at a photo and feel time and distance shrink.  I never saw Aunt Renee so young looking. She was a stunner. I don't know why she never thought that she was attractive. She was beautiful! I just remember her in all her tom-boyishness, and she was just Aunt Renee.  I thought of her as a surrogate Grandma. I remember her chastising me when I told her that I wanted to call her Grandma. She did it so lovingly, but still, she seemed like a real Grandma. Thank you for helping to bring her into my thoughts.

Mommy, I love you. I miss you. I hope that you are well.  Mel

Remember

I sent AnnMarie food from Kirsten. I asked Kirsten to call her and talk to her tomorrow and then give me the feedback. Let me know what else she needs. Would she like some reading material--or does Matthew take up too much of her time, so that she doesn't get to read?

If you are off on Friday and Saturday, are you going to be in Provo? Hope that you get some rest. You need to take care of yourself as well. You need to be able to help AnnMarie, and so you need to take care of yourself so that you won't be too tired to travel or to watch the children. I am sorry--I know you have a Dad, but I know that you need your oldest daughter to step in and remind you that you tend to do too much, so that you can keep your mind on other things (you've always been like that). Just be careful and don't wear yourself out, we want you to be healthy.  I know you're thinking, "Me? Healthy?" You know what I mean.

I love you.
Mel

Concerns

Dear Myrna and Leonard,

        We got a message from you the other day which we wondered if you intended for us to receive.  It expressed concerns about AnnMarie's health.

        But even if it was unintended, we are worried and concerned with you.

        Even though I don't know a whole lot about either lymphoma or M.S., from what I do know, I believe lymphoma would be preferred, because it has a better chance of being cured than does M.S.   At least that is the way I understand it.

        We have been praying for her, and you, hoping that she may have something more benign.

        We received some worrisome news from Diane over the weekend,too. She has been having some bleeding and pain near the female organs, and she found out that she has a fibroid cyst near her uterus, about the size of

chicken egg.  The doctor told her she will need it out before too long, but he said it would be OK to postpone the surgery until Kory returns from an assignment he is on.  So, we are praying about that, too.

        Pres. Kenison sent in our mission papers last Thursday, so I guess we should learn something about that in a couple of weeks also.

        Keep us informed about concerns that come along.  OK?

                                    With love,  Colleen and Russ

Sick

Mom,

Could you let Dad know that I am helping Mikaela and I won't be able to talk to him tonight like I had hoped. She is having really big problems with her breathing. She is coughing so much she is throwing up. Tell Dad "Happy Birthday!" for me and I will call him later this week. I am sorry. I need to go. I can hear Mikaela in the bathroom.

Mel