One Moment At A Time

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

To Much Time On The Road?

Kira said we needed to find something "fun" to do as we have been driving around the state of Utah. So we started playing the licence plate game.

MomsMinivan.com has lots of car games

Though we didn't have any cool game sheets we did have my day planner.

From August 9th to August 13th we found 34 USA plates and 2 Canadian!

Our list was:

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri, Michigan. Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgina, Wyoming, Washington, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada, British Columbia, Canada!

Have you ever played this game? Will we find the missing states? MAYBE next week.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Things To See...Springville, Utah Museum of Art

This week we spent a lot of time "site seeing" This is a MUST stop if you are in the Provo, Utah area. (only 2 exits south of my apartment)

It is the Spingville Utah Museum of Art

It is located at 126 East 400 South, Springville, Utah Take Exit 260 off of I-15

It is an amazing peaceful setting.

They have the largest public collection of 20th century Russian and Soviet Impressionist and Realist art in the Western United States. (from the guest flier)

It also houses over 2000 American paintings

But the reason I found this museum was because my dad's cousin, Jean Carlson was married to Warren Dallin (1950- 2006), a relative of

Cyrus E. Dallin

1861-1944

If you have never heard of C.E. Dallin you may recognize one of his sculptures, that of Angel Moroni on top of the Salt Lake City, LDS Temple.

or maybe "Appeal to the Great Spirit" 1909

I loved looking at all of his sculptures but I believe this is my favorite.

Pretty Eagle 1926 He is done in Bronze.

But, by taking the flash off, it might not be as clear...but his eyes are...

I LOVE IT!

Dallin was well known for his Indian sculptures, but also

his work of the American fore fathers. This is John Hancock

and Paul Rever

Not all of the history of art was found on the walls or in statues.

The floor and windows are their own.

and the history: Utah’s first museum for the visual arts, this beautiful Spanish Morrocan Style building would be worth visiting even if there were no art. Dedicated as a “Sanctuary of Beauty and a Temple of Contemplation ” by David O. McKay, the Museum houses over 2,000 works; 1,500 of which are Utah art. The impressive collection of 150 years of Utah fine art, twentieth century Soviet Socialist Realism and American art, and 15 exhibitions per year are displayed throughout 29 galleries.

and the founders: As expressed by the Museum's founders, our vision is that the absolutes of truth, beauty and pathos, sensitivity and power of fine art to "refine the minds of youth and build character in all people," [John Hafen] and that "art is a necessity for a well ordered life" [Cyrus E. Dallin]. Our goal is to promote the Museum as "a sanctuary of beauty and a temple of contemplation" [David O. McKay].

Enjoy your visit as much as I did!

3 Months Post

It is hard to believe that it has only been 3 months since I received my new heart.

and yet at other times it is feels like it has been forever.

I do not know what I would have done with out my brother Ro and his support during this time in my life. He and his wife, Karen and family opened their home to me for as long as it would be before I would receive a heart transplant.

Thank goodness, our Father in heaven knew it would need to be a short time.

Before all of my family could arrive I went into cardiac arrest prior to the transplant.

Ro was the one that was able to calm me down and give me the encouragement to know I could and would be fine having this major surgery.

He is who sent constant texts to our family out of state so they had updates on how the transplant was going.

And is the first person I really remember after the surgery was done.

love runs deep.

It has been a crazy post 3 months.

I am still living in Utah, but am in a nice little apartment. I have a new granddaughter, and found out Kira is going to have a baby the first part of 2011, Derek is home from his mission, Kirk still loves me even though we no longer have anything in our savings account and I am doing well, and getting along GREAT.

But, this question has been kind of bothering me...

We say that our heart is what makes us love, and feel certain ways, it controls who we are and things like that...

My son in law, Sergio and my daughter Kira are my "caregivers" so they are with me all the time, good thing too...some days my shakes are so bad that I know I would not be able to drive and my vision is still very blurry in one eye, that it gets frustrating to see things. But, they both have said they have seen some changes in me...

Not as happy and carefree as I was... More in my own world...

I hope it is because I am missing living at home...and it is hard to be carefree when someone...aka Drs. are telling you everything you CANNOT do.

And maybe I am more in my own world right now...

I am afraid of hurting people. It is a real fear that I am dealing with. I know I will work through it, but it is taking sometime.

I love my new heart, it is so good to me. It has given me an amazing chance to have a long life.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Summer Clouds

Kirk and I went for a short drive the other evening and I was in awe of the clouds that we saw in such a short time. I grabbed my phone and started taking pictures...

I love IDAHO clouds.

Do you still go out and watch the clouds, the ski and birds? I do and it is one thing I have really missed while living in Utah. I really do love the Idaho sky.