Too Much to Detail

And no pictures...
But I'll try to remedy both those situations later...
With Del - my father in law has been ailing terribly the past few months. In and out of the hospital and in and out of near death days. Del is flying up to Idaho tomorrow to spend 4 days with him before he 'passes', as THAT day could be any time now. When it does happen, Del and I will then fly up for the funeral.
It has been an overwhelming emotional roller coaster, but also a very spiritual experience for Del as he has connected and tackled this occasion with the love and support of each of his 6 brothers. They have spent endless evenings on conference calls coming up with plans on how to care for and assist in the passing of their father and it has been very touching to see this band of brothers coming to the aid of their step mother.
Del is also in the process of sending out his resume to several (4-5) different places, all of which have shown great interest in Del's financial abilities. He is mostly wanting to be hired by another department within his current company, Hewlett Packard. This will all pan out within the next 2-3 months but hopefully will land him with new possibilities and a higher paycheck. He is currently working many nights until 9:00 p.m. and even several midnights. Very taxing on his mental and physical state.
Jordan: engaged and going to school. He is needing a job and to get ready for his new life. He's not liking being away from a new nephew and looks forward to seeing us all in January when he and Lexi get married. He's wondering how he's going to juggle it all...baha..welcome to being an adult Jordan!!! He will be applying for some grants etc also, which in and of itself, is quite the process!! He needs to get married though. He can't seem to take care of himself very well. He only lives in survival mode without a mother or a wife! Good luck Lexi!!!
Kylie: Motherhood is a divine calling of which Kylie was born to be!!! She loves Preston so much and couldn't be more loving and tender with him than she is. Things have gone well although she has quite nursing as far as the actual 'act', but does still pump her breast milk and feeds him the bottle. Preston doesn't seem to want the milk the other way any more.
And Kylie seems to go with the flow of this big change in her life. She is, of course, back into her size 2 jeans, takes care of herself, her home, her husband and her baby all in stride. I couldn't be more pleased with the good life she is living and the choices she is making.
Preston is adorable. We cherish every moment we get to spend with him. Del especially loves to hold and be with Preston, watching him hold his head up and exercise with him. They are adorable together.
Kathryn: She is working two jobs right now - a hostess for both LaHacienda and Texas Land and Cattle...and she's great at both!!! But I guess her biggest and most exciting news would be that she is dating a really nice young returned missionary named Brett Clark. He is the brother of Bradley Clark who works at Apple Orthodontix and that we have known for years. Both Kathryn and I love Brad...we have enjoyed working with him and find him a dear friend. Well, he set Kathryn up on a date with his 'only home from his mission for 6 weeks, 6'5 brother' Brett and they double dated with Bradley and his wife Vanessa... and it's been history ever since. They have been inseparable...go to all single adult activities together, Institute, dates etc etc...on the phone constantly, from morning til bedtime. They are cute together, but geez, Kathryn isn't even 18 yet - still 2 months away! So time will tell.
Then ME??? Life is good. I'm busy with each of these people in my life, but I wouldn't want it any other way. This juggling being wife to a husband who's changing jobs, father dying, new grandma, planning a wedding, dealing with puppy/doggy love and working full time has it's days of exhaustion. But joy and happiness abounds every where so I'm not complaining in the least.
That's my update.
I'll be writing more as I get pictures and a few more details of each of these significant people in my life. This was just an update of the past few weeks.
Didn't want people thinking a lot wasn't going on around here, because there is!!!!