A P_____ T_____ puzzle

Hello from Wichita:

Our theme since the last post seems to be health so to make that more interesting our tale has a puzzle for you.  When there are two words together that start with a "P" and a "T" you get to fill in the blanks😊

Vicki has been seeing a p____ t____ for her sciatic nerve.  It seems to be helping already  She's been told that continuing to do the excercises can make the p____ t_____ disappear.  Tim also has gone to a p____ t_____ for his foot.  It wants to "drop" so they are strengthening his muscles in his foot and leg.  Samuel continues to p____.  T___ psychologist is requesting an MRI of his brain and he has sent off for his DNA reading.  He has several shows coming up.  

Since our last post, we have had several birthdays.  Samuel had red velvet cake and likes his p____ t____ out of the middle.  

Erik had a cookie cake made by Aunt Lynne.  We still p____ t__ go out for a dinner with him as soon as schedules fall together.    

Aunt Lynne also had a birthday and the Rivers came to help her celebrate.

In other news we have a new sink in the downstairs p____ t____.

Erik and Samuel have gone to the p_____.  T____ flew Erik's drone up and down the river.  They have also p____ t____ the frisbee golf course here in town.  Samuel found a clam shell the size of a grapefruit.  Would it have p____ t____?

The dffodils are coming up an the quince is budding.  No blooms yet but they will be p____ t____ for spring.  And here's one more just for fun.  If I miss the nail and hit my hand, I might have a p_____ t_____!😉

Love Vicki

answers (just in case)  physical therapist,    pain totally
physical therapist,     progress.  The
portion totally,    plan to
petite toilet
pasture.  They,     played through,    powerful teeth?
pretty treasures,   Puffy Thumb!

Austin Update

James and I are doing well in Austin! We've been waiting to post until we had the house ready to share. Nesting is taking quite a bit longer than we thought so instead of putting off the post any longer we thought we'd write a quick update and save the complete house highlights for another post.

Saturday I attended the Round Rock ISD Harp Festival. There were 39 harpists performing (3 from Hopewell). We're so lucky to have the teachers, instruments, and budget. I only know of a few other districts with programs like it.

Yesterday, I went to a teacher workshop for string teachers, and guess who was the teacher presenting??? Jan Coleman!!! She mentioned she was from Hutchinson, KS and I said that my family lived there. When I said the family name was Kinast, she immediately knew Vicki and Pam. She knew my dad from piano lessons and of course Uncle Randy :). She then asked how Tim Givan fit into the family and I explained he was my uncle and then she remembered Auntie. She said Uncle Tim really helped her family while she was away. She is still living in Seattle (25 years and counting) and is a well respected Suzuki violin teacher! How cool is that!

We put up a bird feeder two weeks ago and the birds finally found it this weekend. We had a pair of cardinals, chickadees, and tufted titmice. Of course, later the morning doves and grackles showed up, too.

The kitties seem to be at home and enjoy all the windows! There is a neighborhood cat to watch as well as lots of squirrels and birds.

There are lots of new places to explore. Rimsky managed to find his way on top of the kitchen cabinets in pursuit of a bug :).

 Lots of love to everyone! Hope to see you soon,

Hannah and James

Chris and Theresa Update

We're almost late!

Theresa and I don't have much to report, unfortunately. I'm still at the library, making too little to pay the bills, and Theresa's still working with Kate to sell clothes via Lu La Roe. Not much to report there because after the holiday travels it's taken a while to get back into the swing of things!

I have been working on saving the missile pictured below by finding it a new museum. The museum that currently owns it is closing down, and it's actually a rarity (the only one on public display in the US). It hails from China and was designed under the direction of Tsien, the father of their space program. Besides being a good start to a Chinese collection of artifacts, Tsien has a very timely story—a Chinese immigrant who helped found JPL and worked with various aerospace luminaries in the post-war period, he was expelled from the US because of fears he was a communist. He wasn't, but after his poor experience with the US government, he was more than happy to help China build their ballistic missile and space programs. He died in 2009 without ever having returned, despite being close friends with many of the people who'd defended him against the baseless claims/fears of his being a communist. 

I found the missile accidentally but have since negotiated a purchase price ($2500) and figured out the transport cost ($1100), I just have to find a museum that will pay those so I don't end up owning a 24' long, 6600lbs missile just to save it from being scrapped or lost to obscurity! The Cosmosphere declined, though I seem to have been unbanned from the building... , so my next call is to the Cosmosphere's founder and former CEO and his museum—they seem flush with cash and Max apparently loved finding the rare artifacts. While the Cosmosphere was my first choice for displaying, I have a list of other museums that it would fit with, but if anyone knows of someone willing to sponsor a missile, let me know!

(It's rough-looking, and poorly displayed, at the moment, hence why it probably never attracted much attention)