Thank you to all you guys who were able to come to Grandma's funeral this weekend. It was wonderful seeing you all...just wish I'd had more time to enjoy it but I had to keep reminding myself what we were there for! I wish we'd been able to have Mike and Brooke and the kids there...we really would have driven the Holiday Inn Express staff...and other guests crazy! I think we did a pretty good job on being obnoxious without them!! I'm just kidding as I think the kids did very well...after so many hours in the car they were all very ready to run and play. Thanks, Tom, for putting the breakfast room back together after the pizza. Hopefully, Dad will post some pictures from the weekend so that Mike and Brooke can see them.

The road trip reminded me of driving down for Anne's wedding with every seat of the Expedition packed!!! Do you remember that, Brooke? I think you were pregnant with Ellyn too!!! I know Kim was reminiscing about having the wedding dress in her face for the whole trip.

Well, I finally got to the specialist today and got a diagnosis of the problem with my foot. Buffy had good intuition. He did say that it was a stress fracture. He didn't do an MRI at this point...he just handled it and smacked it a couple of times (quite painful). He seems to have a fair amount of experience with them and told me to stay off my foot as much as possible for a month..and gave me Celebrex. He also told me to stop physical therapy as it won't help the stress fracture. So I have to give up my wonderful foot massages!!! I see him again in a month. If it is still painful after giving it a rest, he'll do an MRI or bone scan and see if there are any other complications. He suggested crutches. We found my ones from my achilles episode but I do hate them so. At this point, I'm trying to use them around the house and then just minimize my walking in public. I feel like such a klutz with them...plus it makes me look like a hypochondriac! He did say that I could swim, however, so I'm going to start swimming and doing the arm exercises at Curves.

So...this definitely puts me out of the Autism walk. Adina, do you want to take my place and I'll run the kids around? Let me know....

Dad and I are having a quiet day at home. This is his last day of his bereavement leave. I'm glad that he took them as he needed the relaxation after the emotional weekend (not to speak of all the driving). I feel like all went well. Grandma would have been overjoyed with the turnout and the wonderful words about her. I hope she got to see it. Mike, we are sending you a program and Daryl's eulogy.

We love you all!

Mom