Back in the Game

Well... I haven't posted much in a while. Much of December we were in Arkansas helping Mom get through a hospital stay for a wound that wouldn't heal and helping her get ready to move here to Antioch. Yes, that's right, after many years of maintaining her persistent independence, Mom decided it was time to move closer to family, so on January 1 she boarded a plane with Virginia and me and flew into the western sunset.

She stayed with us for about 3 weeks, which included a visit from Jennifer and her kids as well as Jeremy, Amber and Wes. Fok was travelling to New York, so he didn't join us, but the rest of us had a blast. Here are a few pics from those few days.

Four generations through Jen's branch of the tree.

And through Jeremy's branch.

Great granddaughter's can learn a thing or two.

Mom moved into her new apartment at The Commons at Dallas Ranch on Saturday, 1/16 and the shot above was taken after church on Sunday. On Thursday morning Mom fell in the bathroom at her place and broke her left hip, actually fracturing the femoral neck. On Sunday morning, after getting the blood thinner out of her system, the surgeon replaced the old "ball" of the hip joint with a brand new metal one. The surgery went well, and recovery has begun. On Thursday she was moved to Diamond Ridge Health Center for rehab... we're calling it boot camp. Hopefully in two or three weeks she will be able to move back to The Commons. Needless to say none of this was expected, so both her and our lives have been pretty hectic... my excuse for the lack of recent posts. :) I'll try to post some more pics soon.