Monday, April 6, 2009

NY Postponed

Abbey and Ivy will both turn 10 years old this year, and they have been looking forward to our tradition of taking our 9 year olds on a vacation. This tradition began the year Taylor moved to Virginia for Dental School and we drove Emrey across the U.S. with us in order to get Susie's car there. It's hard to believe Emrey will be sixteen years old come November! We loved our 9 yr old trip with Haley and Livy in 2005 visiting all the sights in VA and spending time with their new cousin Ian. This trip with Abbey and Ivy was scheduled to begin with flights out of SLC this past weekend, but I was in the hospital recovering from bowel resection surgery. I went to the ER on Sunday the 29th and found out I had two kinks and a stricture which required surgery. I was released the following Saturday afternoon and today I'm hopeful for a full recovery and rescheduling our New York trip. Abbey will turn 10 on the 22nd so I'd like to take her in to Manhattan for dinner and a broadway show. She and Ivy have not said one word about their cancelled trip, but have expressed in so many ways their love and concern for me in recovering from this surgery and getting well. Ian and Colton are really sad that they didn't get to see their Poppy, but Ian called me today to let me know he planted a seed that will soon be a flower that I can take home from New York. I sure hope we'll be able to go, and hope it will be soon.