We were on our way home from the temple last Wednesday when another car made a left hand turn right in front of us as I drove through the green light by Gibby's Floral in Riverdale. The young man who was driving had assumed that I planned to turn right because the far right lane at that corner has been right-turn-only in the past. They changed it recently to an either-right-or straight through lane with appropriate arrows. So his insurance company is taking care of the claim. We don't know yet if the car is going to be repaired or totaled.
The great news is that neither Guenther nor I were hurt. Guenther had some pain in the center of his chest, and the paramedics felt that he should be seen in the emergency room, so the ambulance took him to the Davis Hospital. Lindsay, wonderful Lindsay, and the munch-kins came and picked me up at Gibby's so that I could come home and drive the truck to the hospital. Anyway, after a few tests, I brought Guenther home, and he's feeling fine now. We have a lot to be grateful for.
I took these photos with my new smart phone. I'm thinking they're pretty good, considering. The first is of Kai (the jars in the foreground are filled with cooling chicken broth.) I baked a turkey for lunch and stewed some chicken before Lindsay came at 3 p.m., and I must admit I had foolishly shot my wad of energy by the time the munch-kins arrived. I'm glad that they're such sweet kids.
I took the second one of the clouds tinged with pink early this morning as I looked out the window while I was working out on the Nordic Trac in our Exercise Room (formerly known as The Lisa-David-Jed-Lindsay Apartment). Now for the Kai story: yesterday I tended the Three Utah Greats while Matt and Lindsay met with their builder. Lindsay drove them over, and Kai and Ellyn came to the door while Ema and Lindsay followed behind a bit. As he walked into the house, Kai told me, "A 'folk' is coming." (In an earlier blog I mentioned how puzzled he was when I told him his folks would be home soon. He wanted to know what folks meant. I told him they were his parents, so now he is using his new vocabulary word.) Lindsay laughed when I told her what he said. Then she related what happened earlier. She and Kai were in a store, and Kai noticed a fellow with lots of piercings and tatoos. Kai got Lindsay's attention and said, "Look, Mom. He's beautiful!"
Kai is a little sponge for information. I believe that his favorite word is "why." "Why do you have this? Why is that there?" Etc. etc. etc. He'll know everything by the time he's six.
