Lets do this BLOG thing

Hi everybody. We thought we would start our own blog so all of you could keep up with whats going on with us and Grandma & Grandpa Martin. We really love reading your blogs and hope we can share what we are up to with you.

We just had Ken's brother Mike here visiting Mom & Dad. It was great to see him. The last time we saw him was when we lived in Utah. We have all gotten older since that time. Mom and Dad were so happy to see him. While he was here we went to the MOG (Mall of Georgia) and we went to Stone Mountain. The weather was pretty good while he was here. We have had a pretty hard winter here. It has snowed 3 or 4 times. Dad keeps telling us it never snowed in Grand Junction. We have had a lot of rain and it was cold here. I am hoping the spring/summer is nice this year.

One of the things Dad enjoys is sitting on the front porch and enjoying the weather and scenery. Mom has loved the shopping here as there is quite a bit more to choose from. They have both slowed down some from last year. Dad was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. He only has about 26% lung function. When they first moved here he was fixing up the house and moving stuff around and taking Mom shopping. He has not been able to drive for at least a month. Ken and I are taking them to Doctors appointments and taking Mom shopping.

Mom has had a rough month also she had two eye surgeries this last month. She had a cataract removed in one eye and they had to re-attach the retina in her other eye. She is still recovering from that one. I know she enjoys being close to Ken & me. We go down and play cards on Friday night. They love to do that and we love playing with them.

Our neighbors Perry and Patty are also so good with them. They are always offering to help and fixing them southern thing to eat. The call them Mom & Pop. It is a term of endearment in the south. They will be watching after them when we go to Brandon's wedding.

We are so happy to go to Brandon and Karols wedding. We really liked Karol when we met her last year around my birthday. She is great with Brandon's brothers and sister. This is such a milestone for us. It is amazing to have our grandson getting married. We are excited to see everyone in Florida. We are lucky because we got to have Chad, Stacie and the kids up here for Mom and Dads 57th anniversary.