The latest developments

Not much blogging lately, but I figured I'd update everyone on a few things.

First, Lindsey's thyroid.  The thyroid medication she's on has had wonderful effects on her.  She's much more able to sit still and to concentrate, she's much less squirmy, and many of her other symptoms have gotten better.  Unfortunately, a blood draw yesterday showed us that although the medication is helping her symptoms, the underlying disease isn't getting any better.  It's looking more and more likely that they'll have to ablate (kill) her thyroid before too long.

Second, our wedding.  We're now officially set for March 8 in the Logan Temple.  We had to move it from Brigham City because that temple is closed during that time.  We'll still have a wedding dinner back down in Brigham City after we're done in Logan.  And then Michelle will pack up her life and move it all to Minnesota.  Yikes!

Third, Michelle.  She's here for Thanksgiving, and things are going well with our family.  Tanner is now comfortable being just as ornery with Michelle as he is with me, which is just his way of accepting her into the family.  Very heartwarming.  Lindsey is responding very well to having a female role model who gives her lots of positive attention.  She's counting the days until Michelle comes back for Christmas, and Michelle hasn't even left yet.

Fourth, Tanner.  He's now started swimming.  He's complaining mightily about how hard it is, but that's because he hasn't been in the water for several months and he's horribly out of shape.  He'll get there.  It should be a fun swim season.

So, there you have it!  I'm still busy, but Michelle has made more good meals in the last five days than I've made in the last eight months of single parenthood, so that's been great.  Back to dinner from a box in a few days.  Sigh . . . .

The latest

Well, I haven't said much lately.  Life's been busy, and I now have another outlet for all of my amazingly profound thoughts.  (Michelle is still doing a good job of pretending that everything I have to say is incredibly interesting.  She'll crack eventually.)

So, the latest:  Unless Michelle has changed her mind since I last spoke with her ninety minutes ago, we're still on for March 8.  The wedding will be very simple, if you define "simple" as having five showers.  That's what happens when you grow up in Utah and then suddenly tell everyone you're moving away in less than four months.

Also, I now own two guinea pigs.  Technically, the kids own them, but I'm sure they're pretty much mine now that the novelty has worn off.  They actually haven't been too bad so far.

Stace and Jody are also now engaged, with a wedding to take place here in Minnesota sometime in the next few weeks, so the kids have had a lot thrown at them in a relatively short time.  They seem to be handling it well, but I keep an eye on them, especially on Lindsey.  She doesn't express concerns about Michelle anymore, though, and is excited for Michelle to come visit us again over Thanksgiving and Christmas.

There you have it.  Life is busy, but we're all doing fine.  The adventure continues.