Precious Moments....

Here are some more pictures of Stella in her little white dress. I copied these off of Tawni's blog they were so precious!

Story time on Grandpa Olson's lap.

Our dainty little lady...

Sitting in her toy box in her bedroom

It's official... I'm moving! I signed the papers today for a new place. Sadly it's not in Coral Canyon which brings tears to my eyes, but it's what I need to do. I'm REALLY down sizing into a one bedroom apartment in a nice complex. As most of you know, I am a minimalist so I don't have a lot of crap to find a place for. I still have the option to take a 2 bedroom if one becomes available on Sept 1st, but I'm thinking I'm going to give the 1-bedroom a try. In some ways I feel like I am regressing going from a home to an apartment but, in reality, it will fit into my current single lifestyle and financially it's a win-win! There is a clubhouse with a pool and fitness center and I took a 3rd floor unit with a view from the patio. I have had the most fabulous views for last year and a half, but, life goes on! It's closer to work and close to everything in St George so I'm sure I will adjust to the location. The boys are NOT happy about moving all of my heavy furniture up 3 flights of stairs, but they will do it for their MOM :0). I will email new contact information out once I'm closer to moving time. If your bored and you want to help me pack and move, let me know and I'll buy the beer and pizza for everyone who helps! Patrick, don't let the 1-bedroom thing change your vacation plans! My couch is VERY comfortable!

I went to dinner with my girlfriend Christa at Red Robin tonight. She is adorable and so much fun. Christa was in Europe at the same time I was! We have not had a chance to get together and compare notes since we both returned. She loves Europe as much as I do so of course we day dreamed about a group of us getting together next year and doing a girls trip abroad. How cool would that be!

Cort is doing some yard work for Ron and Kathy up in New Harmony and he and Michelle are going up Friday night to do some measuring and planning for parts. I think I'm going to join them and probably have a sleepover. I also can take Stella for the evening while Jason and Tawni go to the Temple....So many choices!! Sunday I want to go back up to Zions, this time remembering my camera! I might take the same trail so I can capture what I missed last Sunday. If you want to join me, let me know! I'll head out about 8 am Sunday morning...also check my Facebook for updates.

Have a great weekend, do fun things and keep smiling!

Changing it Up!

Nice!

Much, much better...

Cort and Stella

I'm already surprised by the number of you that have responded and asked for me to keep doing my blog. I'm still not sure what I want to do about keeping up with it. It was alot of fun while it lasted, which was over a year and a half ago! I can't believe it has been so long. I decided to start to blog my blog on a Monday and Stella was born 3 days later. It then became the Chronicles of Stella for all to read and to follow. It was for certain the biggest reason people visited the blog and even still today, people check in just to see how well she is doing.

I'm making a lot of changes in my life right now. I'm looking for another place to live now that Cort and Michelle have moved in together. They have a cute house that is decorated so wonderfully! I don't need this much space and I could certainly use the reduction in rent! I will hate not living in Coral Canyon so near all the things I love so much, but, I'm sure I will adjust to where ever I live.

I'm looking for another part-time job now that my leg has improved. I'm not sure what, but need to find something in the next couple of weeks.

I'm going to Salt Lake in a couple of weeks and already have lined up alot of fun things with old and new friends. I'm really looking forward to seeing my Dad as well.

Patrick, my friend from Maine emailed and wants to meet me in Vegas and then come to St. George and spend the rest of his vacation hanging out with me and the family. We had such a great time when he was here last November. He'll be here sometime mid-September and we are all looking forward to it (especially Tawni!)

Congrats to Brad and Tina who will be getting married on the 23rd of the month in Maine. I am so sorry I couldn't be there as planned, but I still have some travel restrictions until my leg is free of bloodclots. Love to you, and wishes for a wonderful married life together!

Amber, get your butt back here to St. George. I miss you terribly! Christa, I can't wait until this Thursday when we get to share our mutual trips to Europe! Treena, get your butt out of Maine and back here to St. George, NOW! Rocky, keep those cards, phone calls and drive-bys coming, you are the best! Michelle, Heidi, Lori, Heather, Kristen, and Kam Marie...it's time for another GNO at my house. Craig, when is the 2nd Poker Night at Glenda's scheduled for? We better do it before I move...last time we had about 20 people here! Vicki, Tom, Kathy and Ron...I love ya!

Have a good week everyone, big hugs and kisses. MUAH!

Question for You!

I am trying to decide whether to continue updating my blog. Some of you I am in contact with thru Facebook and others, well I'm just not sure how many people are still following me and my ever changing life! If you still follow my Blog and want me to continue it, please email me at emailgwilson@gmail.com and reply "update" or "forget-about-it"!

Thanks
Glenda

Almost Back To Normal!

Today was the best I have felt since I first developed blood clots in my leg. I can't beleive it was almost 2 months ago! I went for my first "hike" in Zions. I don't think you can really call it a hike, it's a paved, gradual uphill walk thru the Temple of Sinawava along the Virgin River to the mouth of The Narrows. I made it in the same amount of time as I used to do it pre-injury. It's nice to be back in the outdoor world again!

It felt so good I even made dinner for the family, including Dave, Sharyl and Jared. Now I'm kicking back resting after a very fullfilling day.

Miss Stella came to dinner in her little white church dress and no shoes. She looked so adorable!

I promise to get more photos posted soon, but now I have to get ready for the big work-week. I have so many pictures to share from Henrik's visit. We enjoyed several really great rides on the Harley and of course I took a zillion photos. Henrik is now back in Denmark (rain and in the 70's). He is most likely going to return to St. George the middle of September.

Gotta go! More later!

So so sorry!

I am so sorry that I haven't been keeping up on my blog! I've gotten emails and phone calls from several of you worried me! I love that you care and I feel bad that I have at least put up a blurb here. I'm still recovering from my blood clots, improving each day. My mom passed away on July 2nd, and then my sister and her husband came down to St. George for a few days after the services so it has been one thing after another. And of course, Henrik is here. I have tons a pics to share but it will have to wait until I have a little more time.

I love you all, thanks for being patient until I get my life back in order!

Big Hugs

Hanging with the girls in the backyard

While I've been recouperating, Tawni and Stella come down to hang out....


Look at that hair! Those Pig-tails are killing me!


Stella with my garden gloves on...my hands really aren't that big! She's just so little!

Happy girl at her little table...

Grammie pulls out the the squirt guns and Stella likes me to shoot the water into her mouth.

Totally Random Continued...

I don't know about you, but when I'm not feeling well, I try to focus on special moments or memories that make me smile. Fortunately, I have so much to reminisce about with my trip so that is what I have been spending the last 10 days doing. My leg is improving, but the doctors aren't doing very well at getting my blood under control. It's been frustrating to say the least and sometimes it really gets me down. But, I'm still fighting to get strong again and back to my very active life. Here are so more random pictures for you to enjoy....

Oh and the new classical editions on my playlist were inspired by our visit to Salzburg, Austria, the birthplace of Wofgang Almadeus Mozart and also, our room in Venice at the Tribute to Music Inn was the Johann Sebastian Bach room. No, there wasn't a town, hotel or special place in Europe named Johnny Cash, I just remembered how much I liked this song so I added it!
Luv Ya!

Are you kidding me? Look at those two little pig-tails on top of her head!!

Stella looks like "Maggie" from The Simpsons, especially when she had her binky in her mouth.

The beautiful pathway through Henriks forests to his neighbor Niels' house. It is such a cozy walk and the trees smell so good as you walk along. Henrik planted and grew all of these trees, grooming this path along the way..


One of the small country roads we traveled on. Some of the roads were wide enough for one car only. This one was in Austria shortly after leaving Liectenstein.

A view of the alps and a mountain lake from inside the Neuenswanstein Castle, Bavaria

Stepping into the Courtyard of the Neuenswanstein Castle


A fish market along the winding streets of Venice...

Diving through Densenazo Del Garda, Italy

Cort and Michelle's new adopted dog Enterprise. He's a cutie!

My wheelchair escort! Rocky has been my taxi driver this week, taking me into the office for the few hours I have been able to work and picking me up when I've had enough. Again, I have the best friends on this earth!

Totally Random stuff...

Miss Smarty Pants checking out her new garden furniture at Grammies house

Michelle and Stella sharing rice. Don't you love how we have to open our mouths when we are feeding children? We all do it!

Stella stands up against the arm of the chair, because like her Daddy was, she always has to be ready for a quick get away.

Hummingbird in the bushes

For sure one of the baby hummingbirds

I'm a big girl now! I FINALLY weigh enough to be placed in a front facing car seat! She was still so light legally she had to stay in her infant seat which always faces backward. Her long little legs were so crunched up and she was so ready for mental stimulation looking forward. Stella and Tawni's life both improved drastically when we picked this up this week. Originally I had offered to buy it for her 1 year birthday. Instead I bought it on her 17th month birthday! HaHa. She looks so grown up!

Even though I didn't catch it in this photo, when Stella is without shoes, she ALWAYS walks on her toes. This doesn't surprise us because it's exactly what her Dad did. But he would curl his toes under and then run from carpet to linoleum and then back to the carpet! She has dancers legs already!

Not so sure why Grammie LaLa wasn't up running around being the normal crazy Grammie that she is. Stella came and laid her little head on the pillow where I've been resting my leg. If that isn't good medicine, nothing is!

Learning to climb in my chair.

A Sugar Smack party sitting up to my new table. She thinks she is such an adult!

I'm feeling better today and have actually managed to bathe, wash my hair, drive my car and do some laundry all by my little self. Now, I am wiped out and have resumed the laying down position that I have been doing for 7 days now.

I have some pictures that were on my camera card and I also took a short walk into my backyard today and took some photos of some baby hummingbirds that just learned to fly from the nest. Cort and Michelle have been watching the nest since I was in Europe. It's in a small bush in the backyard. The nest is barely 2 inches across. It's been amazing to watch them grow and now to see them flying. Funny, Funny story today. As most of you know I am petrified of birds. Absolutely petrified, even if they are hummingbirds. Well I'm out back with Momma and two babies buzzing around me and they would stop and look at me and then fly to another bush or tree. They make the strangest little chattering sound to each other. So I'm figuring they are as afraid of me and I am of them right? I happened to catch one of the flying about 4 feet away from me about 8 feet in the air so I hit the zoom then find the bird in my lens and get a fun picture. I took the camera down from my face and the little B**tard was 1 foot in front of my face hovering looking right at me!!! I screamed, crouched down and limped as fast as I could limp away. He scared the S*hit out of me!

Stella, well, this little angel has helped so much with my not feeling well. Tawni has been so good to take me to get blood tests on almost a daily basis and being able to be with Stella and see her smiles have made it so much better. Tawni takes her out of her car seat and tells her to go take my finger to help me walk. Stella does the funniest little gimpy walk like she's imitating my limp. It is so funny to watch. Let me tell you, when Stella walks into a room. All eyes are on her. Not only is she so adorable people are drawn to her, but she just has a command of her presence that says "okay folks, I'm here, the fun can now begin". Does that remind you of any one that any of you know?? HaHa... She does need some more Learning To Play Well With Others Training and Tawni is really working on that. She is so good at recognizing when Stella needs some special attention and she is so good to give it to her.

Muah!

Dinner at Niels home with Peter, Astrid, Henrik and myself.









Careful or you'll miss the entrance to the country house!










The Neushwanstein Castle in Fussen Bavaria, Germany. This is the castle inspired Walt Disneys castle for Tinkerbell and the Logo of all the Disney properties. It's actually a Schloss not a castle. Castle had a military connection. a scloss was a residence. We walked through a beautiful forest tp to the top of this hill and toured the Schloss. I bought Stella a very special music box from here.





Another view of the Schloss









A very old church that was actually in Denmark. The grounds surrounding it were amazing.








Hugs and kisses and many thanks for the calls, emails, flowers! and prayers this week. Some of you may not be aware that blood clots were discovered earlier this week in my right leg. I have not had a occurence of these for at least 15 years so what a shock it was. Right now I am at home taking daily injections in the stomach to thin my blood along with Coumadin which will be the medicine I will be using for the rest of my life. The kids have been great taking care of my every need. I should know more on Monday about how long I might be out of work.

I am anxiously awaiting Henriks arrival again. He says 3 weeks sooner if he can. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

I'm adding a few more pics mostly for me to see again!

Love, ME

Reality Bites!

I love this picture! It reminds me of all the good things on our trip. It was so relaxing for me, as Henrik did all of the driving. I sat in the passenger seat, window down and feet hanging out. This picture was taken outside of our hotel in Telfs, Austria at the Greek sidewalk cafe where we had drinks and dinner.

Most of the following pictures were taken in Northern Italy as we headed from Venice towards Trento, Italy and into Austria. The landscape here was full of vineyards and olive trees. Shortly after crossing the Austrian border we came to Innsbruck which is situated so beautifully in the Alps.

Every chance we got, we ate and drank outdoors at fun little places. Some were neighborhood bars, others were modern located in the center of town.

Have you noticed my complete transformation from perfect hair and makeup to the shower and jump in the car with wet hair and drive with the window down look???

Oh, and check out my beautiful Venetian Glass bracelet from Henrik.

Another little roadside watering hole in Italy!

On approach into Innsbruck, Austria

More of the Austrian countryside

A beautiful vineyard in the Italian Alps.

Lake Garda is Italy's biggest lake. It took us over 3 hours to drive from the southern point to the top along the eastern shoreline.

Back home in Tindbaek, Denmark. the beautiful brick wall that protects the courtyard of the farmhouse.

There is so much to tell and show, and I'll try to put some slideshows together at some point. I seriously had to pinch myself to make certain I wasn't dreaming the whole thing. Henrik drove us around for 10 days and about 2000 miles. The final list of countries that we visited was Denmark, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy and Leichtenstein. What a treat. In the beginning I told Henrik that after being locked in a car together for 10 days, that we would either kill one another or share a wonderful experience. Other than a couple of "intense negotiations", no one died and we discovered that we have even more in common than what we knew before.

So, it's back to reality...the good and the bad. Of course it was great to see my family again and to see little Stella get so excited to see me after almost 3 weeks. She is growing so fast, she's a toddler now, not a baby. It's just about time for another one if you ask me!

Love,

Glenda