Weekend At Dad And Mom's Place

We spent the weekend at Dad & Mom’s place. My cousin, Manong Orlie and his wife came and spent an afternoon there too. We cleared out my parents’ rose garden and pruned the apple tree (talk about a lot of exercise!). There were weeds and vines so tall that they were entwined with the apple tree branches above it. I loved using the Alligator Lopper – an awesome power tool with a mini saw and lopping shears put together - it was so easy to use. Anyways, we all had an enjoyable afternoon together - cooking, visiting, gardening, harvesting, and eating.

Dad was outside for a couple of hours with us. He sat on a chair using his oxygen. When he decided to get some vegetables from the garden, it was too much exertion for him. He was uncomfortable and achy for the rest of the day. He was able to get a handful of tomatoes and green beans though.

Later, Mom and I picked up all the cleared brush from the rose garden and weeded part of the vegetable garden. Kenton drove and dumped the brush using the trailer, and Beryl watched the boys. The boys helped a little too, picking up sticks and putting them in the trailer. Two of Dad’s friends came and mowed the lawn. There is a lot more yard work that needs to be done, but we’ll work on it a little at a time.

THE BOYS: The boys took turns hovering over Dad. They kept checking his oxygen saturation with a finger pulse oximeter. They also made sure that Dad was using his nasal oxygen. When Dad wasn’t on his hospital bed, one or more of the boys would lay on it, pressing the buttons to go up and down.

We had a mini birthday celebration for Brian over the weekend. He turns two years old this week. Dad and Mom gave him eight die-cast cars from the movie Cars. Brian unwrapped the gift all by himself and was so excited when he saw Lightning McQueen. He had Mom help him open the cars, and posed for a picture with each one. His favorite car is McQueen, and Luigi is his second favorite.