Get me otta here!

She spent 4 days in the hospital.  They had her up and walking the day after her operation and here she is ready to go home.  She has to walk on her tip toe (right foot) for one month so she doesn't put too much weight on her new hip so she'll be using a walker.  A visiting nurse and physical rehab will be coming to her in our HitchHiker.

Time for a new hip

Judy has been having troubles getting around for several months and decided it was time to take action.  We were at the Baldwin County Hospital and 6 am today for a 7 am right hip replacement operation.  As you can see she is READY to go!  Doctor Roberts repaired here hand last year and did a fine job so she wanted to have him perform the operation.  She was in her room at noon and all went well.

petting dolphins

 

Devyn & Maria got to visit some dalphins and get a kiss.

Christmas day

On Christmas Renato's family all came over for a Brazilian meal.  Renato got a pork hind leg to BBQ as he has done lots of beef and wanted to try pork.  Randy was giving Renato a helping hand as he likes to cook out too.

 To cook the leg they made their own cooker using a bottomless grill on top of a cement block base in which they burned the wood for cooking.

Renato's mom and his two brothers and they wives and kids were at Jody & Renato's for Christmas dinner.

Christmas Eve

                                               Christmas Eve was a big night for Maria.

Christmas time is Kooken time!

Randy and Devyn came down to Biloxi to join the rest of the family for Christmas.  Renato's daughter, Maria has flown up from Brazil for a month long visit, Renato is a happy fellow.  It's summer in Brazil and the kids have a long school vacation.  Here's the group getting down & dirty mixing up a full batch of Lubkuchens.

 

Well, now that they have been mixed up, it takes about 4 hours to bake the 200 to 300 cookies.

 

 

 

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Late December