Greetings dear family and friends,

So, it has been 2 1/2 years since we finished our mission in New York City (Brooklyn) and posted anything in this blog.  We returned to our new ward in Hooper, Utah, and built a new home next door to our oldest daughter, Cindy and her family.

We love our new home and we enjoy Utah very much.

For the most part we have been well, but we presently have a health challenge that we would like to share with you dear loved ones.

My sweet wife, Linda, has recently acquired lymphoma cancer.  We first noticed a mass growing on the left side of her neck about the first of the year.  After two biopsy's, a PET scan, two CT scans and an ultrasound, the doctors have now determined that she had Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (large B cell variety).  It is extensive in her neck, chest and abdomen areas - stage 2 or 3.

She will start a 5 month regimen of chemotherapy in the middle of this month. Some friends and family have asked us to keep them posted on the developments, so we will try to do that.

Love you all, Carl and Linda