Parents & Puzzles, Temples & Tolmans

I had my first vocal therapy appointment, as required by the Workman's Comp. lawyer, on Thursday December 14 in Layton, Utah. I drove down on Wednesday afternoon and spent the night with my parents in Providence. My mom and dad took me out to dinner at a nice restaurant that evening, and I helped my mom work on a puzzle at her house. 

There was a cute Christmas light display in Preston, Idaho
that I drove through on my way to Utah. 

On Thursday morning, I left for my appointment. The vocal therapist informed me at the appointment that she's not certified in Idaho and can't even do virtual appointments with me from Idaho. She was the therapist that the Idaho Workman's Comp. chose to handle my case, and it was frustrating to realize that I'd have to take so much time off work and take days off without pay to keep traveling up to 10 times to Utah in order to follow through with their mandates. After I told my lawyer that, there was months of discussion between both parties, and I was thankfully transferred to a vocal therapist in Boise after that who could do virtual appointments, which would cost less overall for both me and the Workman's Comp. case. After my appointment, I drove to Orem to go to the new temple open house there. It was SO pretty with lots of stained glass depicting cherry tree blossoms. I'm so glad I went! I drove back to Logan and spent the night again on Thursday with my parents and worked some more on the Christmas puzzle with my mom. 

On Friday, I went to the Logan temple with my parents in the morning and we did some sealings, which was really cool--I haven't done sealings for many years. After that, I took my mom to Ogden. We visited Amanda at her home. Amanda trimmed both of our hair, and we worked on a puzzle with her mom Hannah while we visited for a bit. Then I took my mom shoe shopping in Ogden, and we both got some new shoes. We went to a new movie called "Wonka" in Providence that night. My mom was so happy all day to have some girl time away from home!

On Saturday, Josh drove down to Utah with his dad and sister to go to a funeral in Honeyville for his older cousin's wife Elaine Tolman. I drove over that morning too and met him there. We visited with some of the Jerome cousins who also arrived before the funeral. It was a nice funeral, and her family paid a lovely tribute to her. She was a generous and kind lady and loved her family dearly. We went to the Honeyville Cemetery and walked around the Tolman plots after the burial. It's a beautiful cemetery! We went to the family luncheon back at the Honeyville church afterwards. It was good to see some family and spend time together! Josh and I visited Amanda and Ryan in Ogden Saturday afternoon and had a nice chat with them before going back to Logan. My parents took us out for dinner in Logan that night, and then we drove around and looked at a Christmas light display in a neighborhood that shows pictures of scriptures detailing the birth and life of Jesus. My mom and I finished the puzzle we'd been working on all weekend. 

Aunt Louise is the last living child of the 10 children
of the posterity of Benjamin Hewitt Tolman. 

We unknowingly wore matching clothes!

We ate dinner at Angie's in Logan. It was the first
time Josh and I had eaten there. It was really good!

Josh and I drove back home to Salmon on Sunday. It was a wonderful trip to Utah, and I'm so glad that I got to spend so much time with my parents and Amanda! I don't usually have that kind of time available due to work schedules. It was the most one-on-one time I'd spent with my parents in years, and I was so grateful that I was able to!