Missionary service blessings

 Last Monday night, Dad and James and i met Christian and Shanna and Charlotte down at Grandma Stanleys house and we loaded the table and chairs and hutch (back corner), grandmas desk and a bookshelf that grandpa made into the trailer and brought it home.  I sold the front room gold chairs and the dining room table and chairs and the stationary bike on KSL within 24 hours on Monday because we were bringing all of this furniture home.  After we loaded everything then we went out to dinner.  Jacob didn't get home from soccer in time to go with us and plus he was starting a cold Monday and did not feel well.  Dad and i carried in as much as i could help him with on Tuesday and then we got help carrying the rest in from the neighbor.  Tuesday and Wednesday were just usual things, scouts, cubscouts, walking & soccer etc.

Denise and Barbara found out that we could actually use dishes so they gave us all of grandmas china and her lilac dishes.  We used the china for sunday dinner today.  The tablecloth was a smaller tablecloth that dad and i bought during our trip to Tijuana Mexico back when we first got married.  It is the only small tablecloth that i saved.  I will get a few more.  The table has 2 leaves that can be put in for when you all come home again! 

 We wanted the table and chairs but i didn't know what i had to put in the china hutch.  Dad's sisters gave us the china so i put that in there and then i just pulled all of our nice glass things out of all of the cupboards and put it in there.  I think it looks really nice.

Thursday afternoon, I went and got a soft tissue treatment for my shoulder that has been in a lot of pain.  He doesn't think i will have to have surgery on it and that we can get it healed with this therapy.  It wont be easy but it basically involves a very painful massaging of the muscle and area of pain and acupuncture with some STIM cell therapy which is basically poking acupuncture needles in the painful area and then shocking through those.  It isn't any better than it sounds but i do believe that it helped after the first treatment.  Next i went to grandma and grandpa Js house and visited with them and helped my mom quilt on Olivias baptism quilt.  

While i was at grandma and grandpa Jacobs house, we received a call telling us that Starlee had her baby girl named Harper.  She is a beautiful healthy baby.  The hard part is that during delivery Starlee's placenta ruptured and they have had a really hard time stopping the bleeding.  They had to life flight her from American Fork to Utah Valley Hospital.  She has been in ICU since Thursday morning.  She has had a few blood transfusions.  She is improving slightly and she will have a really long recovery.  They diagnosed her with a disease that is something that keeps her from stopping bleeding and coagulating (spelling).  It has been a very emotional week and she only has been able to see her baby for a very few minutes.  The baby was able to be checked out of the hospital and Amy and Mckays mom have been taking care of the baby at Mckays aunts home.  Mckay has mostly been with Starlee.  Grandma and grandpa Jacobs have been able to see the baby.  Starlee cant have any visitors and we haven't been able to see the baby but we are home just praying away.  She is going to be ok but we just about lost Starlee this week.  It is a very humbling experience.  Life is so fragile.  

Charlotte, Christian and Shanna doing homework.  They also came over and visited on Friday afternoon. It was really nice to have them visit.  I really needed that.  I was having an especially emotional day that day with Starlee and other things with Jacob.   

I gave my talk today in church.  Sister Kluger and Sister Webb spoke as well.  I loved hearing from them and thankyou for your letters to the ward.  They were wonderful.  Everyone loved hearing from you.  I also got quotes from Dad, Christian, Shanna and i found a quote from grandma and grandpa stanley when they were Serving in Australia.