Count your blessings.....

The last week or so has reminded me of what a blessing it is for us to have Frank in our lives. We had a big scare with heart and kidney problems on July 11th (which happened to coincide with the annual Bell Family Party - he must have really wanted to get out of it).

My testimony was again strengthened after I was able to witness the power of Priesthood blessings. David and Brian were able to give Frank a blessing when he was in a great deal of pain, and although things did get worse and he underwent a very serious procedure - he was able to pull through. To our surprise, he was back to work at the end of last week. I think it was just because he missed being there to give me a hard time.

In fact, I received a phone call from the hospital one morning asking if the deposit was ready yet - which is something that Frank likes to hassle me about. It was a wonderful thing to hear the familiar knock at the door on Friday morning, as if nothing had happened. I'm proud of Natalie and Josh for having faith that Heavenly Father would help Grandpa get better. Josh didn't fully understand what was happening, but one night when going to bed, he began to cry because he didn't want for Grandpa Frank to have to get a shot. He prayed to Heavenly Father to help him be brave. I know that even his simple little prayer was heard and answered and I'm proud of him for having the faith to offer it.

Tonight, I picked up the kids after they spent the afternoon and evening hanging out with Grandpa Frank and Grandma Barbara. Grandpa took Josh on a 4-wheeler ride through the fields and hills behind their house, and they were resting in the gazebo outside when I arrived. I was very unpopular since I was the mean lady coming to break up the party, and Josh made sure I knew that he didn't want to go home with me.

I'm so thankful for medical advances that have allowed us to have Frank around for longer. We are so blessed to be able to see him almost every day. Things would not be the same without him.

4th of July

Natalie and Sabrina were in the paper a few days ago. Here's the link: http://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/articles/2009/07/02/news/28.txt

We had a great time with Snoopy here again.
So much fun! Josh is starting to warm up a little. I tried the suit on this morning, and I'm thinking the next time that we get to have Snoopy here - - it will be a lot of fun for me. :)