August 16, 2012

• Colorado

  I came out here to Colorado about a week and a half ago, because Betsy was having gall bladder surgery.  It has been quite a month or so, first, knowing that Betsy was sick, waiting for her tests, finding out it was her gall bladder, being so far away when she was so sick, trying to plan the best time to leave for Colorado, then driving out, finally being able to help her for the few days before surgery, and then the surgery itself.  But it has all gone well.

  And then Suzanne flew out for a few days too.  I finally started taking a few pictures these last couple of days!  Here we all are eating lunch yesterday in the restaurant where Andrew works.  He works in the evenings, so it was fun to all go to lunch there, and Luna too!  Notice her under the table.
  

                                         
  

   

  Bets and Andrew had tickets to a museum in Denver - the science and nature museum.  We went on Tuesday, which was a week post-op for Bets, and we had a great time!   Denver is over an hour drive from Greeley, but it was a good place to spend the day.  Here we are -
  

  
                                         
  

                                         
  

   

  One of the things we saw there was an IMAX show in 3 D - about tornados.  We were so impressed that we could get this captioning device for Betsy!
  

                                         
  

  This one worked by her sitting it on the floor - it was a stand-like thing, and it showed the captions, which were on the wall in mirror image, in the back of the theater.  She said it worked great, although it took quite a bit of her looking at the words then up at the screen quickly.
  

                                         
  

  
  And here is Suzanne sitting there too -
  

                                         
  

   

  The museum was so interesting, with lots of different areas.  Too many to talk about, but we sure did have fun!  We saw this large diamond -
  

                                         
  

  And Betsy thought that hers was a tad small compared to it. 
  

                                         
  

  And here, you were suppose to listen to something on the phone.  Silly Betsy, you can't hear on the phone!
  

                                         
  

   

  Of course, our few days here with Suzanne held some other fun things, with lots of breaks for Betsy to rest.  Here are the sisters, getting ready to leave Betsy's apartment one day -
  

                                         
  

  And lunch at Chick-fil-A -
  

                                         
  

  And a stop by the library where Betsy works -
  

                                         
  

   

  It is HOT in Colorado.  Wow, hot and dry.  But once it cools down in the evening, it is quite pleasant.
  

  Oh, we also went to a movie, yesterday - "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" - such a cute movie.  I was SO impressed that the movie theater had a captioning device!  I didn't know about them!  This one sat in the cup holder of the seat and had a place for Bets to read the captions that were written across the little screen on it.  I think she found that one easier to use than the one at the IMAX theater.   I am so very thankful for modern technology!
  

   

  Meanwhile, in between all the things that mothers do when they are helping out daughters who have just had surgery, like errands, cooking, laundry, and taking them to fabric and book stores (don't all mothers do those last two things?), I have been very slowly working on my Swallowtail shawl, which I can't do when I am distracted, I have made two Grandmother's Flower Garden flowers, and one ruffly scarf.  There has been a lot of sitting and watching TV time to do all that!
  

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