The New House - BEFORE Pic

May 1-10  2014....This month didn't start out so great. There must be something about the 1^st that me knee's don't like!

1^st – the weather was beautiful so we decided to take a short bike ride in the afternoon. We only made it from D/F house to the skate park (maybe a ½ mile) when I was looking back at something...well when turning back around I saw that I was on the edge of the concrete drop off. I tried to correct and the bike through me to the concrete (should have kept going on the grass but there was a big tree there and the skate park wall). I twisted and landed on my 'left' knee and elbow/arm. My first thought when I was laying there was why couldn't it be the right knee that already hurt. I quickly realized that I was not going to be able to put any weight on that leg. Mike ended up riding one bike back to the house and getting the Tracker. He drove up on the bike trail and got me and the bike in the car. We went to see Dr. Legan and then to get xrays of the knee and elbow.

2^nd – Had an appointment with Orthopedic Dr. Luckett. Found out that the left knee has a lateral tibial fracture. Elbow has soft tissue effusion but only showed the break from the last bike accident in 2008! Yes this is my 3^rd bike accident (2006, 2008, 2014). They also xrayed my right knee and found that it is bone on bone! From there I went to have a CT scan on the right knee. Then to Clarks to rent a 'walker' as I can't put any weight on the knee for 6 weeks.
3^rd – 4^th … it was a long weekend – very difficult getting around and both knees hurt a lot. The right now takes all the weight and pressure. Doug/Fran brought Hebblemen's big trailer up on Sunday to load up some of our stuff.
5^th – Follow up Dr. appointment with Ortho. Found that the fracture view from the CT showed the same as the xray....no surgery at this time! The doc tried to aspirate the left knee but the could only get a small amount of blood out due to the clotting....boy that is painful. He gave me a 'synvisc' (chicken comb) injection in the right knee. 
From there we all went up to the storage unit and Mike, Doug and Fran loaded up the trailer. They were able to get 2/3 of our 'stuff' loaded – I watched and pointed!
After all that it was time for lunch at Luz's Mexican.  Then stops at ProBuild to check out siding/windows and Sam's and the OP. It was a very long day!
6^th –  We talked to the contractor regarding the house bid.  Doug/Fran took off with the loaded trailer. I stayed put in my chair most of the day.
7^th – 10^th...We did some errands, which is not an easy task considering Mike has to cart around my 'transport chair' to get me to and from the car. I did have Doug/Fran bring up a pair of crutches that Steve/Denita had. They actually work better than the walker but my arm hurts when I use them. Hopefully that will get better with time. It's going to be a very long 6 weeks! If it rains, Doug/Fran intend on coming up again with their trailer to finish loading out stuff! We will take the motorhome and cars to Turner on Wed.

 Happy Easter 2014

 Tyler ready for the Prom

The tile job @ Doug & Fran's

April 14 - 30 2014

14^th – It was an 82 mile drive to Lytle Creek/Mountain Lakes RV Resort. We were at this park for one night in 2005 but we didn't remember much about it. It was kinda hard to find a site that we could fit in and that didn't have tree blocking the satellite but we found a corner site (7 ) which was near the pool and one of the lakes. It is a very large park and quite nice. We decided to shorten our stay by 6 days and head home on the 22^nd.
15^th - We drove into Fontana & Rancho Cucamungo, making a last stop at Costco & Trader Joes. We also went to a very good movie, 'Draft Day'.
16^th – hung out at the park and went to the pool.
17^th – We got our mail from Fran and the bank. Dixie worked in the morning and we drove back into Fontana for groceries in the afternoon.
18^th – Dixie worked all day on Medical Accounting business and Mike on other computer stuff. Made salad's for our dinner with Buster/Sandy and Easter with Marge.
19^th – We went back to Fontana to another movie, this time “Heaven is for Real'. Excellent movie and an even better book! From there we headed to Buster Sandy's where we enjoyed a wonderful dinner with them, Josh, Careece, Jorden, Abby and Sean. That evening we drove to Marge's in Riverside and overnight with her.
20^th – HAPPY EASTER 2014. We started it off attending Hope Lutheran Church in Riverside with Marge, Shelly, Lexie (Aly) and Ryan. We had a nice brunch there afterwords. Danny joined us for dinner at Marge's. We had a wonderful afternoon eating and visiting!
21^st - We decided to leave a day early due to weather – wind on Tue. and rain/snow. We got on the road around 845a. We ended up staying at the Walmart in Washington, UT just out of St. George (360miles). It was a good Walmart to stay at! We walked over to Home Depot and checked out a few house items.
22^nd – Happy Birthday to sister, Denita! We woke up earlier (5am) so we got up around 6a and were on the road at 710a. Our intent was to just go 60 miles to Parowan and sit out the predicted wind. Once we were on the road we found that the wind wasn't bad and that the forecast had changed some. We ended up driving to a Passport park (Wasache View Estates) in Ogden (Farr West City actually). We made a stop at Ikea for a quick lunch and looked around there. We arrived at the park around 230p. Today’s drive was 342miles. The wind started blowing quite bit late afternoon and it rained all night long.
23^rd – We woke up to snow in the mountains! We fueled up and were on the road at 8am.    
Dixie drove today for an hour to give Mike a break – haven't done that in a while! It was a pretty drive today with the snow in all the mountains. There was quite a bit of snow around Monida pass, thankfully none on the roads. We detoured off I15 in Dillon and went to Twin Bridges and Whitehall – wanted to bypass Butte and the mountains! We decided to drive to the Helena Walmart today and overnight there (432 miles)....yes we were only 90 miles from Great Falls but we wanted to make a Lowes stop & didn't want to get into Great Falls late in the evening. We had dinner at Bert & Ernies after are shopping.
24^th – Happy Birthday in Heaven Mom! We left Helena just after 8am and arrived in Great Falls at 10am. We unloaded the items we needed for the next 3 weeks in Great Falls and took the motorhome to storage.

25^th - 28^th – We rode out to Hogeland with Doug/Fran. We made a stop at the bank in Havre to sign out loan papers. We checked out the remodeling projects at Doug/Fran's and Denita & Steve's. We even helped Doug/Fran tile and grout their bathtub area. A first experience for us. Turned out beautiful!

On Sat. and Sun. we went to Turner to check out the house! All looks good. We found that we will need a new bath vanity top as it is cracked and the plumbing is not hooked up. We did decide to have new windows and siding put in. We will contact Doug's contractor, Bob the Builder! It rained over the weekend so it was a bit soggy checking things out.
We had to check out Tyler in his Tux as the prom was on Sat. evening! He looked awesome! We drove our car back on Monday. Doug/Fran drove back, pulling their motorcycle trailer.
29^th – 30^th...We helped Doug/Fran load up some of their furniture to take back to the farm. We checked out some items at Home Depot, furniture stores, etc. We made several phone calls, setting up service at the new house. Generally staying busy. Closing date is on for May 15^th at 10am!