Wow. It's been over a year since my last post. First a non-cancerous brain tumor was removed from my husband, then 8 months into his recovery he was hit by a car which broke his nose in two places and more seriously one of his lower legs in two places.

But, God is good and Tom has improved to the point of independence. The only exception is he doesn't drive anymore. Fortunately, I love to drive so this is something I enjoy doing for him.

After having been confined for so many months we are joyously enjoying life again.

On February 25th we celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary with a weekend trip to the beach cities. Friday Tom walked in the surf while I lay on the sand before we went shopping at a nearby upscale mall which recently put up wrought iron signs outside the shops like they have in Western Europe.

Saturday (the actual anniversary) we bought some home organizing items at the Container Store before visiting the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu. We had lunch on a beautiful terrace. After 10 years of refurbishing by adding structures that dwarf the villa, it has been remodeled beyond my liking on the outside. But we were awestruck by the antiquities inside and the gardens. Tom bought me three beautiful long stemmed blown glass roses in the gift shop.

After driving around trying to locate friends to return a borrowed wheelchair (they moved to Malibu from Redlands---we found them), we ended up at our grand-daughter's college basketball game--her last game as a cheerleader. She's giving it up next year. The program isn't what she anticipated, and she can use the exercise time to take dance lessons.

One nice bonus was that Roxanne, Eric and Grant also reserved a room at our hotel on Saturday night. Their 16th anniversary was Friday the 24th. At a late restaurant dinner after the game, they gave us a cute wood block "C" monogram she decorated.

Sunday morning we attended Vanessa's favorite church, Rock Harbor, in a nearby city. The service was amazing---very young crowd, awesome worship and Bible teaching.

Then we went to Vanessa's cheer competition at a college sports arena---a modern pyramid---really impressive. BIOLA came in second and beat USC! It was fun, but breath-taking to see girls doing flips in the air and landing in teammates arms.

Finally, home to watch the Oscars. A wonderful weekend.