I know how Dorothy felt!!!

I haven't been on a computer in a while, at least not where I felt like I could spend time blogging on it ... so today I am at my brother and sister -in- law's using theirs. I have some catching up to do so hold on to your hat, because you'll feel like you are in the house with Dorothy, Hill and I spinning somewhere over Kansas...




Well as you know I recently went to Arizona to pick up Hillary as her mission to Mesa came to an end. It was a short but wonderful trip.






We had lunch with all of the Spanish speaking sisters in Hillary's zone. And during our lunch a group of women stopped to say that even without the name tags they knew they were missionary sisters from across the room because of the glow !! And it is true you could see it !! lol We found out that they were eating lunch out to celebrate the sister who originally stopped to talk to us' birthday !! So I suggested the sisters sing happy birthday to her in Spanish, which they did!! The Sister whose name was Karen actually cried and said ti was the best birthday she had ever had !!




We visited many of her dear friends that day and then attended her last baptism. It was for an 8 year old girl who waited until Hill's mission was over so she could be there too. Hill spoke on the Holy Ghost and even though it was in Spanish I felt I understood what was being said !! It was one of the most special experiences of my life!!!!




That evening we spent some very fun time with our family (by adoption) in Buckeye AZ. Man it was good to see them all well and happy !! And of course ever ready to do us another favor by bringing Hermana Scott's bike home from AZ !! When we left there home it was late but we were determined to drive until we couldn't anymore... we drove a whole hour !! lol

Then Hill's BFF Christie Bessinger and her parents held a welcome home party for Hill in their back yard and our dearest friends and family all came !! It was wonderful !! Here are some of the pictures from that night!! We almost forgot to take pictures so some people may not be in the pictures, sorry if we missed you !!

















And now for the rest of the story...

The first week Hillary was home my Dear Aunt Evelyn passed away suddenly. She had a bleeding stroke in her doctor's office. It happened on Wednesday and she passed away on Friday around noon. We were in a state of extreme shock, and then my mother became very ill and was admitted to the hospital, thru the ER, and it was determined she was on too much medicine and all her electrolytes were missing. She is home now trying to regain her strength. So Hill did not give her homecoming talk as scheduled due to the turmoil and being at the hospital all night and no sleep !!!
(BTW she will be speaking this Sunday in the YSA ward of our stake!!) My mom's youngest sister became ill on the ride home from CA after the funeral and ended up in the hospital the moment she got home!! She is fine now and glad to be out of the hospital too !!

And if your head is not spinning enough the third week was taken up with my health issues and surgery to determine what was happening to me... well, with the better pathology they found I have Uterine cancer... So we have had quite a ride in this house spinning over Kansas!! :) I have much to tell about my newest journey, but I believe it will take it's own blog, so if you're interested, be looking for my cancer blog that I'm going to keep to document my newest adventure !! :)