Thelin Reunion Pictures

Betty and Ron and Frank and I visiting at Thelin Family Camp


Bev and I at Yellowstone Park. We took a day trip to Yellowstone, about a half hour from the campsite.


Jay and Dana our hosts at Thelin Family Campsite


Beverley and Julie ready for church

Thelin Family Reunion

July 31st we left for Island Park, Idaho. We stayed the night with friends in
Spokane overnight and left early Friday morning. We arrived in time for taco salad dinner which was so delicious after eating snack food all day in the car.
We were also greeted by hoards of mosquitos so we sprayed ourselves down with spray which kept most of the nasty insects away. We each got our token couple of bites just to remind us how we hate mosquito bites!

The campground was a tent city with tents equipped with all the amenities, king size beds, electricity, rugs on the floor, nite stands and reading material. Out houses still were the only choice of bathroom, but there were hot showers this year.

However, Frank is not a tenter/camper so we rented a cabin at Ponds Lodge. It was a brand new hardly finished cabin duplex. The blinds were not even on the windows yet kand one bathroom did not have electricity. With my back problems we did need a good soft bed.

Real Reason for My Back Pain

Long story short, my back pain was from a hairline fracture of the L5 vertebre in my lower back. A visit to my doctor who sent me for a Cat Scan, showed the fracture. It was caused by that dirty word "osteoporosis." The doctor asked me if I remembered injuring it. I thought it was the working hard in the yard, but after the fact I've discovered how it probably happened.
When Heather had a procedure done at the doctor, I watched her kids that day. I jumped on the trampoline with the kids. At the time I felt some pain so I quit jumping. I believe the fracture occurred with crazy grandma thinking she was 10 yrs old and not 57! Just a warning for all of you when you become grandmas. NO TRAMPOLINE JUMPING!

Visit to the Chiropractor

Once in awhile we do something stupid that requires a visit to the chiropractor. Frank and I worked out in the yard July 4 for 4-5 hours. I was doing really strenuous work hoeing up the old topsoil surrounding my raised beds. I guess my lower back didn't like me very much because I have been on Tylenol since last Friday and today, Tuesday I could hardly stand up without a lot of pain. So amazingly I called the chiropractor and saw him at 2 pm. I came home, followed his directions and iced it and fell asleep.
Frank is gone for two days to a Support Enforcement Conference in Tacoma. This is something that he does every year at this time for CLE (continuing legal credits)
So I am trying to take it easy and see the chiropractor again on Friday before working at the temple.
Till next time.

Spokane Hoopfest 2008

June 28th & 29th we traveled to Spokane, Washington to watch Eric and Brent play in a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Eric had participated the past few years but this was the first year both of our sons played together. We called the boys the 7-11 brothers since their numbers were 7 and 11.
Both days felt like sitting in a furnace for 8 hours at a time. The temperatures were unseasonably warm; 100 degrees and 104 degrees the second day which broke a record for June.

Brent said after the game that this black guy he had to guard was really tough. It was amazing to watch Brent hold his own with this guy who had to out weigh him by quite a bit and was taller. The guy was good and really knew how to throw his weight around under the basket.

The first game they lost, so they were in the losers bracket. They played seven games in two days, winning all until the championship game. They came in second. The winning team played only 4 games in two days compared to our guys who played 8. They said they had the will during the last game but their bodies had no get up and go left!

Connecting with a Thelin Cousin

Today I called a second cousin who is my cousin Murray Thelin's daughter, Donna Marley (Thelin). Uncle Walter was Murray's father. Walter was my Dad's older brother.

She was sick for two years before they found a tumor on the pituitary gland. She had two brain surgeries and still could not get all the tumor. Because of the tumor all the parts of the body were being attacked because the pituitary could not do it's job. She had two strokes, a heart attack, was on oxygen, had liver failure, developed liguid in her lungs, and was in a wheelchair. She spent two years flat on her back in bed!

When she would pray the Lord told her that she could have a blessing for comfort and endurance but not healing YET. Last May she asked again if it was time for a healing blessing and got the answer yes. She had to be carried out of the wheelchair into the chair for the blessing. Immediately after the blessing she was healed. She walked clear to the car and the next day walked two miles with her children.

She has residual effects from it all. Her pituitary is gone and so are her adrenal glands. She has to take medication to make up for what those glands provided for in her body.

After talking with her I cannot allow myself to whine or complain.