Weekend on the River

After last Thursday, Les and I decided to head out of town.  We were pretty disappointed with the feeding tube situation, but the next day we woke up and said "it is what it is"......  We left Saturday noonish and drove to Yakima.  It's the Palm Springs of Washington ya know!!  I lived in Yakima after college; Les was long haul trucking at that time.  We got engaged in Yakima during one of his visits. Last weekend we drove back to my apartment where it all began....kinda fun! We had never been back there before.

From Yakima we drove to my cousins farm on the Columbia river just north of Hermiston, Oregon.  It's been a few years since we've been there so we were way past due to visit.  We had hooked up with them in Palm Springs this winter and told them we were coming.... We had a relaxing afternoon catching up and sitting on the deck overlooking the river.  One of their sons (all three of their sons work on the farm) told Jody he needed a swather part; they made some phone calls; Jody fired up his airplane and took off with Les to get the part in Quincy.  They were back in a little over an hour....I don't think Les stopped smiling the whole time :). 

 

My other cousin Lori and husband were just back home from the UW.  Dennis has been there off and on the past 7 months...we have visited with her there twice.  Praise The Lord that Dennis is home! Such a fun visit and so special when they all prayed over Les.  We had a great time hanging out with cousins and their kids and grandkids.  Jody and Debbie were GREAT hosts; they have lots of stories!!  That area now grows alot of grapes and has become very beautiful.  Pretty desolate in areas, but we enjoyed the quiet vastness.  Les and I love to drive and explore new areas - this trip was great for that.

We are back home and still haven't heard when Les' next procedure will be.  We are trying not to be anxious about that.  He is having more and more difficulty swallowing and is still dealing with so much excess saliva in his mouth.  Please pray that we can get that under control, and that we will get the feeding tube scheduled soon.  THANK YOU for all your comments, calls, visits and prayers last week after knowing we had had a bad day.  We so appreciate your thoughts and prayers.