Nina and I spent the day at the nursing home in Soda Springs with dad. He had a pretty good day today. He did quite a bit of walking up and down the hallway using his walker. He also had several visitors, including his brother Ross and a couple of my cousins. It was a lot of fun to visit with them as well. When we left about 6 p.m. he was ready for some peace and quiet, I’m sure.

My sister Terry came up yesterday and took mother with her back to Far West for the night. This morning they went shopping and mother had a good time shopping for clothes and accessories. She got back in time to spend some time with the visiting folks and get into the picture.

Meanwhile, we had a nice weekend. Friday night we went to the Idaho State Civic Symphony concert which featured a number of love songs from Opera. It was just delightful. I love opera and could have listened to much more.

We spent Saturday afternoon at the Idaho Falls Temple. We did a session at 3 p.m. and then attended a Chapel session at 5:15 p.m. as part of our Ward Conference (even though neither of us could attend our Ward Conference on Sunday). We then hurried back to Pocatello to return to the Performing Arts Center for a Roger Williams performance. That was an outstanding performance. He has incredibly nimble fingers and he clearly loves what he’s doing on stage.

Yesterday was pretty quiet afternoon. I had Church meetings until about 1:30 p.m. (the third Sunday of the month is my light Sunday for meetings). This morning we left at 9 a.m. so we could spend the day with dad while mother was away and so she wouldn’t have to worry too much about how dad was doing.

I was very encouraged by dad’s condition today. While he won’t be coming home from the nursing home, he doesn’t seem to be in imminent danger of dying anytime soon. Life is good.