Happy New Year!!!

I'm sorry I'm a day late, but Elder Wilcox and I came home from Oregon and almost immediately took to our sick beds. More about that later. Let's start with the fun things of last week.

Monday we stayed home all day. It was kind of nice not to have to go anywhere or do anything for a day. It was a very quiet day. Anna and Alyx went shopping to get Anna a new dress for her Winter Formal. It is gorgeous. I can't wait for pictures. Elle played downstairs all day. We hardly saw her at all. MyLiege napped and I dozed. I think the guys watched a football game.

Tuesday we got up early so we could go to the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. It was a lot of fun to see how aviation began and where it is now. Steve loved it. It was pouring rain so we didn't do the outside exhibits. Sean was so thoughtful when he got the van and picked us up under the awing and took across the parking lot to the Space Museum. I have to admit, I was much more emotional going through that exhibit since it occurred during my childhood. I was choked up as I saw the man on the moon exhibit. I remember exactly where I was when we watched it live on TV.

Wednesday was a relaxing day. We headed over to Douhet and Kylee's around 3 to celebrate Douhet's birthday. We had so much fun laughing and visiting with the family. Kylee cooked an amazing dinner as usual. 

We finally tore ourselves away around 7 so we could be back to MyLiege and Sean's house to visit with our grandson, Montana, and his fiancé, Lauren. He was the last of the family that we hadn't seen. We had a wonderful visit and talked until after midnight.

Thursday we spent doing laundry and packing. We headed to the airport around 4. Our flight was uneventful, although we did get some turbulence about the middle of the flight. I texted the Linfords when we landed as they were picking us up. We managed to get lost when trying to get to the passenger pickup. lol. We went to the limousine pickup first. Anyway, we finally connected and Elder Linford drove us home. I think it was a little after 11 when we walked through the door. 

By this time, Steve wasn't feeling that great but we got unpacked and went to bed. Friday morning, he was worse. It felt like a bad cold. He stayed home and in bed most of the day. I went into the office for a couple of hours before our manager told us to go home as nothing was going on.  

On Saturday I started feeling bad while we were watching TV before bed. Not too bad, just a headache. I never get headaches so I was not happy with that. Steve was actually doing better on Saturday. He started feeling better about mid-afternoon.  Sister Linford brought dinner over for us. It was a delicious soup and rolls.

We were supposed to go to Eunlan's house for dinner, but with Steve still sick, and I was beginning to not feel so hot, we cancelled. It was probably a good thing too. Besides not wanting to spread germs, neither one of us felt like celebrating the new year. I think we slept OK Saturday night.

Sunday morning I knew I was not going to Church. We had already decided Steve wasn't going to go. Sister Linford texted me that Eunlan sent food home for us so they dropped it off at the door. We let them know we weren't going to Church. Steve continued to improve and I continued to go downhill. It was a good thing that when one of us was at the worst, the other one was feeling better. I could NOT get rid of the headache. That was the worst part. I tried medicine, essential oils, hot packs, cold packs and nothing seemed to work. Steve gave me a blessing and that helped a lot. I actually had a couple of hours with no headache. The headache came back just as I was going to bed so I asked for another blessing to help me sleep. 

I have learned that what we want and what is best are not necessairly the same thing. I just wanted to go to bed and sleep through the night. That was not meant to be. I was up multiple times. I did doze from time to time. Around 5 I woke up and realized I no longer had a headache. I actually felt better! I think I'm going to live!

Steve is headed out to get a few groceries and then we are going to self-quarantine for the rest of the week. I think we will be able to do our work from home. We don't have anything major going on.

So our recap. We had a GREAT vacation. We loved seeing so many family and friends. We loved all the visiting. We loved the hospitality of Sean and MyLiege and the girls. Now that I'm on the mend, I feel rejuvenated and ready to jump back into the crazy world we live in. 

I came up with four resolutions that I want to focus on this year. I didn't want my list to be too long because I know if it is too long I won't accomplish anything. Anyway, here they are:

1. Make my daily scripture study exactly that, DAILY. I will NOT go to bed if I have not done my scripture study.
2. Have more sincere and focused prayers so that I can Hear Him everyday. I realize that I have to change and change is repentance. President Nelson admonished us to "Discover the joy of daily repentance." He also said it will give us strength to overcome.
3. I want to do a better job of focusing on my husband. Too often I let work get in the way of spending time together. I am going to make Steve a priority in my life.
4. Lastly, I want to get healthy. In the past I have focused too much on losing weight and that hasn't worked. This year I am going to focus on getting healthy and the weight will take care of itself.

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC New Year. There are many exciting things coming. Be ready and embrace them. The future is ours to make anyway we want. Now is the time to ACT and not be acted upon. 

Love you,

Mom and Dad

Grandma and Grandpa

Steve and Leslee

Elder and Sister Wilcox