Monday September 17, 2012

George was really busy today picking things up, I thought Snowbird mining would be a good thing to do and keep him busy with his hands. I took some of the gem stones he already has and put them in with the sand that Pamela gave us. When we were in the car I showed him and he said “Oh you got it already?” We had a sandwich and coffee first in a room with ski pictures. George thought one of them looked like a cat. I must have put too many rocks in the sand cause he wasn’t into it. “Too big…I don’t need that many.” Pamela told us about a trail that led to an observation deck. She went with us and helped push the wheelchair. She said she could get us tickets to the tram next time we come up. She’s so nice! When we got home George said “Oh Thank you, thank you”.

Friday September 14, 2012

I took the day off today.

George was really tired today. He was even too tired to talk to Sharon on skype. I cleaned while he took a nap in his room. He had a late skype lunch with Sharon. :) After he was done on skype, I pulled his scooter out into the driveway and when I came in he had that grin on his face. He drove it around the neighborhood and through some streets. He did really well; stopping at stop signs and looking for traffic. He was admiring lawns/houses he said “I like that one” it was a nice yard with flowers in bloom. He noticed Fran’s brother’s house and we met one of his neighbors, Joe. He liked his scooter ;) (I got on with him when we were close to the driveway). When we got back I had him do some exercises. We did some outside and then inside too, he didn’t want to stop. We did a lot of different exercises. :)

Today was kind of a cloudy and cool day. After George was ready and after I fixed him some lunch, I thought we would make it an indoor day, but after lunch the sun came out and Dennis suggested we take the scooter out. (He bought a lift last week and hooked it up to the truck). We drove the truck to Willowcreek Park and he drove around the walkway of the park. We walked over to watch some kids play soccer, they were going to have an actual game (Usually we just see them practice). It started to get cloudy and then it started to thunder. We left right in time just as it was starting to rain. He came home and got in the shower. After his shower, I showed him pictures of last week and today, when he saw the picture of the scooter he said “First time” and he had to go and check out where his scooter was. Today was an adventure.

Friday September 7, 2012

George was sitting outside on the porch today, dressed and just enjoying the day. I sat with him outside for a while; he wasn’t ready to come inside yet to get ready to go. When we were sitting outside, Dennis pulled up and George looked at me and said “Are you married to him?” It was funny. We came in and got ready to go. I took him to Sandy Urban Fishery today to watch people fish (Next time it will be his turn). He wasn’t too interested until people showed up to fish. It was a quiet day there today. He watched a guy with his son fish. They caught a small fish. We stayed there for a while and we ‘walked’ around the pond and play area. We went to eat after that and then I took him to cash his check. When we got back to the house, I had him water the plants. Trevor had been over and cut the grass and trimmed the bushes by the porch. I had George water the bushes too.

(There are 3 more pictures of the fishery on photobucket)

When George was getting ready, I got his two hats that he has out thinking he might want to wear one today, I guess not, he just threw them on the floor.  :/ He got ready to go, combed his hair… and then he got to have a lunch skype with Sharon. :) Afterwards, we went to Red Butte Garden’s. We drove up City Creek canyon and around that area and then we took the long way home. He had an appetite when he got home!

George grinning at the Rose of Sharon

I was over at the house on Tuesday. George was motioning to me and saying “Come here, come here” and telling me how the girl ‘grabbed him’ and took his clothes off and got him in the shower. “First time.” He wasn’t a happy camper.  :/
(There are about 5 more pictures on photobucket)

Happy Labor Day! Today we went to Park City Olympic Park to watch the ski jumpers. There was a lot of traffic coming down the mountain from the weekend. When we got there, no one was jumping; I asked and they were there jumping earlier in the day. We stayed for quite a while. He watched the people on the zip line, the trampoline and just people watched. It’s starting to get cool in the mountains and the leaves are changing and look really pretty. We went to Redrock afterwards; I thought he might like a beer. We shared a sampler and some spaghetti. FYI, he likes Honey Wheat ;)

George was having a nap on the porch today. He was dressed and ready to go though. I told him I was here and he came in after a bit. We went back to his room and did the usual. When he was ready to go, he went to sit on the chair in the living room and wasn’t quite ready yet. He had a lunch skype with Sharon (And Scout) first. ;) We went and got his hair cut today and as usual, it looks really nice. He had it washed too :) I tried to find the Sandy pond (Fishery) again today, I had the directions but they were off. It started raining really hard, I called Fran and Tom to see if they wanted to come over (They had called earlier to see if they could come over) they only stayed for a few minutes. I asked George if he was hungry “Just a little bit.” I got him a little bit to eat ;) (I had him give Tom and Fran one of his soaps that he made too.)

3D sidewalk art

Candy store

George combed his hair really nice today to have a lunch skype with Sharon :) They had lunch together and visited. He took a nap on the living room chair afterwards (Trevor came home and talked to Sharon on skype too. It was funny cause he wasn’t expecting her to be there “She scared me.”) When George woke up I had him get on the bike, he was only on for just a minute, and he asked “Who bought this?” I told him Sharon did. “It’s not for me”.  :/ (He tried though) We did some exercises and then went to Gardner Village; I think we went to all the shops. There were a couple places that would be good ideas for lunch. It was relaxing. We got to spend our day outside but got to go in the shops to cool off. He bought a coke and a candy necklace at the huge candy shop they have there. I was going to show him the fishery pond but couldn’t find it, again. :( (I’ll look up directions) Places were closing and I had to leave anyway. It was a good day.

(I have a couple more pictures on photobucket and added one of Wheeler Farm on Monday's blog.)