Wayne Tiner

As you all know by now Amanda's father Wayne passed away on March 2nd around 4:30pm.

After a two year battle with cancer he finally is able to be at peace. We are all holding up remarkably well and thank everyone for their love and prayers.

In our sadness we also feel relief, his relief at finally being healthy and leaving the sick body that could no longer support his spirit.

Services will be held March 11th at 2pm.

we send our love to all of your families and hope to see you all again very soon. And on a lighter note, in 7 weeks we will be posting pictures of the newest addition to the Sproul family.

Take care everyone

love

James & Amanda

Quilt for Mom and Dad

I told the kids I would post a picture of the finished quilt, so here it is. Be sure and show them how great their squares look all together. :)

Sproul Reunion

I endured through the uploading process and posted some pictures of the reunion on my blog

Thanks

Just a simple note to express thanks to all of you; you made Thanksgiving and the reunion wonderful. I am privileged to be associated with you, and I am privileged to be connected with those who were not there.

Reunion Countdown!

Is everyone hyped for the Thanksgiving reunion? I am, I can't wait to see everyone and spend Thanksgiving together. It should be fun. We will be leaving Wednesday afternoon, as soon as Jonathan and Teresa get done with work and school. Unfortunately it probably won't be until 2-3pm. So we'll be getting in to St. George late. Mom is picking up the food for the meals, other than Thanksgiving and will let us know our cost when we all get there.  Thanksgiving is a potluck thing, everyone has been assigned something.

Desserts - John and Emily
Yams and Dixie Salad - Aunt Nedra
Turkey, gravy and Stuffing - Mom
Mashed potatoes and part of Breakfast - James and Amanda
Rolls and Vegetables - Jo
Help with prep - Rick and Boys

We have a continental style breakfast planned for Thursday, then some snacks and dinner around 3pm. I have some activities for Thursday morning. We also plan to bring some games and movies, so if you have any favorites you'd like to share - bring them. Friday bring your favorite type of cereal to share, we'll have the milk there. Picnic at the park for lunch, and some games - weather permitting. Hot Dogs and Hamburgers. Dinner will be leftovers from Thursday. Saturday morning will be pancakes, and a serious clean-up. My little family will be taking off after things are taken care of, hopefully by 1pm.

Did I miss anything?

No More Updates

I believe in the comfort promised, but I have learned that comfort, in any amount, does not do away with those parts of our love that are so hard to bear when those whom we love move on.

More Update

We visited with Jim this morning, in ICU. He seems to be improving; while we were there, the doctor come in and changed his respirator to a c-pap protocol, which means Jim is breathing on his own, without the help of the respirator. He's still on the respirator, but it is acting like a c-pap machine, with a little oxygen. The doctor said there is a possibility Jim can come completely off the respirator (removal of all the tubes) tomorrow.

The PT people were also in this morning and walked him about triple what they did yesterday. The walk tired Jim, but it was good for him, and he was in a chair for about three hours before he felt he had to get back into bed and get some rest.

Bob came down later this morning, and the three of us (and mom) had a good visit. Of course, Jim could only stare at us and nod or shake his head. He was able to write what he wanted on a piece of paper, but his writing was sometimes difficult to read.

We are hopeful.