Hanging with Grandpa Harris

My Grandpa has been in the hospital (in Idaho Falls) this last week. He has a not so good heart and needed quadruple bypass surgery. You better believe I was up there to see him when I found out. I freaking love my Grandpa Harris. Mom, Brant, Summer and I drove up together on Thursday (my boys stayed with my Aunt Syd...Thanks Syd!!). We got to the hospital to visit at 2:30 p.m. and stayed until 7:00 p.m. He was telling us jokes, and stories (they were hilarious) and making fun of a "heart healthy diet". It was really great visiting with him. The next morning he went into surgery at 8 a.m. so we got to the hospital at noon. It ended up taking longer than planned and he did not get out until around 4 p.m. He made it out okay, and was doing well. He was in recovery for two hours but we had to be on the road by 4:30 so my uncles called us to let us know he recovered well, and he will be moved out of the ICU tomorrow (Sunday). We are thrilled everything went well.
Love you Grandpa!

Crackin' Jokes givin' hugs.

Reading my book, waiting to go to the hospital.

Hanging out with some of the crazy Sibs. I was the lucky one and got to sleep with Brant. I woke up and told him he was a good bed mate because he didn't snore, fart, or move very much. He said "thanks" then leaned over and farted. Yeah, nice!

It was also fun seeing family
Uncle Scott, Uncle Pogi (even though I see him almost every day), Aunt Debbie, Aunt Loree, Uncle Harold, Aunt Vieane, Carolyn (grandpa's wife).
We laughed and joked around in the waiting room and the hospital staff said he loved family's like us who kept the mood light and had fun in a time of trial. We're pretty awesome! :-)