1/02/2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR-WELCOME 2013 AND GOOD BYE TO 2012.

HIGH LIGHTS FOR 2012- SOME GOOD AND SOME NOT SO GOOD.

GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED
1. LANDON LIVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST (JORDAN) FROM JUNE TO AUGUST FOR HIS SOCIAL WORK INTERNSHIP.
2. IN DECEMBER 2012  LANDON COMPLETED  HIS BACHELORS DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK. HE PLANS TO WALK IN MAY OF 2013.
3. LANDON APPLIED FOR THE MASTERS PROGRAM AT UNIV. OF UTAH AND WAITING TO SEE WHEN HE GETS ACCEPTED-IF HE DOES HE WILL START BACK TO SCHOOL IN JUNE 2013. AND THEN AFTER DO THE MCAT FOR PREMED.
4. SHARAE AND JOE HAD A HEALTHY BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL AUG 8, 2012 AND NAMED HER CHARLOTTE RAE DAVIS.
5. HAVING ASHLEY LIVE WITH US HAS BEEN A TREAT AND BLESSING.  WE ARE SAD THAT HER AND JESSE SPLIT BUT WE ARE HELPING HER TO GET BACK ON HER FEET.
6. ASHLEY GOT A JOB AS AN RN IN THE ER AT MCKAY-DEE HOSPITAL, THE SAME HOSPITAL I WORK AT.
7. BILL AND I WENT ON A WONDERFUL CRUISE FOR OUR 35TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.  WE WENT TO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND SNORKELED ON ALL OF THE ISLANDS FOR 10 DAYS.
8. WE HAVE ANOTHER CRUISE TO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN PLANNED IN APRIL 2013 WITH LANDON AND ASHLEY.
9. SHARAE'S FAMILY MOVED TO AMMON IDAHO FOR A NEW JOB FOR JOE AT AMERICAN WHOLESALE WHERE HE IS AN "IT" MANAGER.


THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT ARE NOT SO GOOD
1. ASHLEY AND JESSE GOT A DIVORCE AFTER 12 YEARS OF BEING TOGETHER AND 8 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
2.  I HAVE BEEN HAVING MORE BACK AND NECK PROBLEMS AND WAS DIAGNOISED WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS.
3.  BILL IS WORKING ON IMPROVING HIS HEALTH.
4. SHARAE HAD A MOLAR PREGNANCY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND HAD TO HAVE A D&C FOR THAT.
5. GRANDPA COOK PASSED AWAY IN MARCH 2012. WE MISS HIM.
6. I HAD SOME SQUAMOUS AND BASIL CELL CARCINOMAS REMOVED FROM MY NOSE, ARM AND 2 PLACES ON MY BACK DURING THE SUMMER JUNE-AUGUST 2012.


SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE HAD MORE GOOD THINGS THEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN THIS PAST YEAR.  I FEEL LIKE OUR FAMILY IS BLESSED.  I LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR-WELCOME 2013.