Today has been a busy one. I have worked in the yard. fixed a light in the living room went to town and baked a cake. Charles has had a bad day and not felt like doing anything but has helped as much as he could. I sure have been worried about him. I am afraid that he has some things going on. He coughs so hard and he coughed up something yesterday morning. I am not sure what it was but it scared me. Not blood but sure looked bad.

I have the yard in fair shape now if I can keep it that way. I have really worked hard on it and it sure looks good. I spent more money than I should have but I like the way it looks. I hope I can keep the flowers through the winter next winter.

I love my family and hope they are all doing okay. I am afraid that Marla is going to loose her house. Maybe she can find something and move out here with me. I have been really worried about that. I am afraid that she over extended herself when she bought the house.

I love my Father in Heaven and I kown that he loves me. He has to or I could not do all that I do. He has blessed me so much. He is a kind and loving Father. I thank him every day for all he does for me.

I finally have my yard started. I have all the limbs up and most of the grass cut. Got all the flower from the green house and watered. I hope they come out and do well this year. I have worked hard and love for my yard to look nice. I wish I had the money to do it the way I liked but that would take a lot of money.

Charles has had a bad day. He can't find any air and that makes it hard for him. When he coughs he almost passes out and that makes me worry that his heart is not doing well. He had is surgery 8 years ago and they told us he would be lucky to get another 10. I hope that is not true. I am not ready to be alone again. I am so lucky to have a good husband. Thank you Heavenly Father. I wish it could have happened a long time ago.

I have to give a talk in church on Sunday and give a lesson in Relief Society. Boy do I have a week end planned for me. We are going to make 120 pounds of sausage for Michelle, Jolyn and Myself on Saturday. I will be give out after that one. But it will be fun also. Just hope I can hold out for all the fun and workl.

I have been picking up limbs all morning. Got one trailer load and probably have 2 more to go. My back in dead now. I hope I can hold out to finish it. I have to get done so I can cut the grass. My poor flowers look bad because I have not taken care of them this year. I wish I was 20 years younger so I coud do all I want to do. It seems that there is always something to do.

Charles has done okay tody. We are going to take off the cow on Sunday I guess. I really did not want to yet but I guess it is costing a lot to feed him.

Somthing got one of the white turkeys last night. She was sitting on a nest of eggs. Makes me so mad. I cant have anything for the dogs and such that get in here and eat it up. Oh well I guess I will make it anyway.

Talked to Letha this morning. Today is Baily's Birthday. I did not get her card in the mail soon enough. I guess she will get it tho. Love that Kid. Such a cute one.

Today was my ninth anniversary. We went to visit Jack and Betty Jo. She is visiting Jack. She had worked hard in the yard over there. They had made a flower bed around the trailer and put out a cement pad and the bottom of the steps. It sure looked nice. Jack looks so bad. He had lost 50 pounds. I wish he could get his strength back. He says he can't do anything yet.

I had a good time today. I took Eva Dell to the doctor and got my shots. Had new battery put in the car. I was gone about all afternoon. Now I am tired and ready for bed. Sure wish I could get out to Utah for a few days. I miss seeing my girls so much. Megan Allred Grant sent me a note and said she wished I could come out there. If I could I would go visit her and the Brackins and Glads. I sure would love to see them. Life is good tho.

We have planted the garden for the last 2 days. We planted some watermelons, peas, beans, and corn. I have to plant by hand the squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, and things like that. I still have a lot of work to do to get it finished. I hope that we can make a lot of stuff.

Michelle and I are having our Easter tomorrow, she has to work and its hard to go to church and come home eat and get her ready for work. I hope Doug and Jolyn will come also. I have not heard from them as of yet. I have a hard time getting them to answer us when we call. But I do hope that they will come. We are having Ham, Peas, Corn, Jello Salad, Cake and Pie. Not sure what else. I will call and see if I can get Jack to come also. Marla has to work in the morning so she will be late getting here.

We went to Dan's for Bruce's Birthday party today. Visited with them and had a great visit with Doug and his family. They had Kimberly and the Baby there. It was fun to hold and love on him. He is really a cute baby. His name is Elisha Ray Love that boy. The dog is Lane. He belongs to Bruce.

Jack got his staples out today and the report came back clear. So all is well with him. I thank Father in Heaven for that good piece of news. I have really been worried about him.

I made 11 pints of strawberry jam today and it sure tasted good. I went Saturday and picked the berrys and could not get them done until today. I was pleased with the amount I got. Heavenly Father has been good to me again.

Melissa called today and said she took Jordyn back to the doctor yesterday. She had her shoulder set for the third time. I hope she will take some time away from sports and let it rest some. I know she loves it but she needs to let it get well. Thank you Lord that it is not worse that it is.

Today has been a great day except for the rain again. It has rained all day long and I am sick of it. We have gotten about 20 inches of rain since last Sat. I hope it will quite for awhile now.
Jack will be coming home from the hospital tomorrow and I need to be able to get to his house. Right now the roads are washed away and you can't hardly get there. I need to be able to get there so I can take home some food. Love him bunches. I hope he will continue to get better now. He has really been a sick man.

I have been home for 2 days now. I spent the last week in and out of the hospital with my Brother Jack. He has sure been a sick boy. He had his surgery on Wednesday and was doing good until Saturday night. He had s reaction to the Morphine and boy it through him for a loop. Then on Sunday he got sick to his stomach and he vomited for about 14 hours before they did the NG tube. Then he went to sleep for the first time in days. I finally got a little rest on Monday night. I talked to him yesterday and he sounded like himself for the first time in months. I have really been worried about him.

During all this time Jordyn and Kennedy broke their nose so I have been sick about that one also. I sure hate that they have to get hurt but I guess you can't help it some times. I have not been able to have the time to call and check on them like I would have like to but life takes its toll some times.

I am so grateful to my Father in Heaven that all is as well as it is. I am home and I hope to stay. I think Jack will be coming home on Friday. And life will be back to normal as soon as the water goes down. We have had about 19 inches of rain. Everything is flooded around here. We can't even get to the pond until it dries out some. But I will get my garden in one day maybe.