Sunday, December 17, 2017

Road Trip to Utah

We (Tim, Dallin, Hayleigh, Kirsten, and I) drove out to Utah over Thanksgiving break so we could see family - especially our new granddaughter who was due to be born on 11/16.

We got delayed in Wyoming for awhile because the road was closed and there really wasn't a good way around. We found a place to have some lunch and just waited it out.


All of the trucks waited too! We slowly drove over the snowy/icy highway and were only about 5 hours behind.

Baby Louisa was born on 11/17 as we were driving! We went right to the hospital to see her, even though it was 10 PM!

Hayleigh outside at Brandee & Scott's.

The mountain view from Brandee & Scott's deck.

Hayleigh and Kirsten took Mia outside to play several times.

We went to SLC and spent time with Tyler, Caitlin, and the girls. We went to a really cool mall and stopped at Lion House to get warm rolls with honey butter - HEAVENLY!

SLC Temple at night waiting for the Christmas lights to be turned on for the first time this season.

Beautiful!

Friday, December 1, 2017

With a Heavy Heart

My dear friend Liz passed away on November 20th. I am heartbroken. I went to PA yesterday for her service - it was lovely, by the way! I had a chance to speak and share some things about our many years as friends. Since I was pretty incoherent to my own ears, I thought I'd also share what I said here:

Once upon a time, in my elementary school, a new girl with very curly hair moved in. On her first day, Liz was wearing Daisy Duke shorts and tan pantyhose. She and I started talking and she told me that she had laid out in the sun all summer and that's why her legs were so tan. I informed her that he tan had a run in it. She started laughing; I started laughing and a friendship began. It soon turned into a best friendship and we pretty much lived at each other's houses for years.

In jr high school, we had many classes together, much to our teachers' dismay. We could carry on entire conversations by reading each other's lips. When the English teacher got after us because of it, we told her that we were practicing nonverbal communication. We spent weekends together listening to Loverboy, Joan Jett, and Meatloaf. We planned to write a book about our lives because we found ourselves so interesting, we figured other people would want to read about us. We snacked on Skor bars and Dr. Pepper sodas. In sr high, it was harder to spend much time together; I took business classes and Liz took academic classes. We became pretty good at tossing notes to each other in the halls during class changes.

By our senior year, we were still friends, but our lives were on different paths. We tried to get together often after graduation, but one thing led to another and we lost contact. I signed up for classmates.com and hoped that eventually Liz would sign up too. She finally did and I paid the fee so that I could message her. It was so much fun being in contact again. Because Liz didn't have a computer at home yet, we once again wrote notes to each other.

And now it seems that our paths are different once again. The actor Jack Lemmon said that Death ends a life, not a relationship. The girl scouts sing a song that says "make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold." A gold friendship lasts forever.

So. my old, gold friend, I will think of you always and rejoice that one day we will meet again.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Slow Down!

Goodness! Life sure has a way of going past at breakneck speed and stressing one out! My very dear friend from elementary school - a bazillion years ago - has been enduring some major health issues and is currently in ICU. She has been on my mind 24/7 and it's made me look at some of the things I have a habit of doing...like complaining, being lazy, putting things off, etc...
My friend and I in 2005 - shortly after baby #8 was born!

So I have been doing my favorite thing - googling my problems! I recently came across the concept of Hygge. If you haven't read about it, I highly suggest that you do! I am going to work on living this theory - and believe it or, it's Danish - and you guessed it - my friend in ICU is DANISH! It seems like it is fitting to begin this. I will post photos once I have a chance to make some lists (yes, I am a list maker!) and cozy up some places in my home.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Olivia is Here!

Tim and I drove out to Idaho in March for Olivia's birth. We were thrilled to be able to be there and to see everyone! 




JROTC Ball

Oh the weather outside was frightful! So much wind! So we took some photos inside. 

Corey and Hayleigh dressed for Corey's JROTC Ball.


Abram is ONE!

Little man is 1!! Hard to photograph this little blur...he never stops moving!



Monday, August 21, 2017

The Perfect Dress!

Hayleigh is going to the JROTC Ball and Prom this year. I am pretty sure this dress was made just for her!

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Pre-Season Tournament

Over the winter break, Kirsten transferred to a team her own age, but she was asked to guest play with her old team at a tournament. We couldn't have asked for better 'winter' weather!





Monday, May 29, 2017

Christmas Day 2016


It was just the 5 of us on Christmas Morning. We enjoyed opening gifts and just hanging out watching the Yule Log on TV until all of our visitors arrived.
Hayleigh

Kirsten

Dallin

The grandsons and their parents (hahahaha) came over and opened their gifts from us. Such cute boys! 

Abram

Abram

Hahahahahaha - Keenan just "checking" to see if all of the parts are there!


Layten



Christmas 2016 Statesville Parade

So, we are once again going to the Christmas parade in town - but not to see the band this time! Hayleigh is in the JROTC program at North, so she was marching! Awesome!



I know I haven't had a blog post in FOREVER....but things are very busy here. Stay tuned the next few weeks, because I am going to try to catch everyone up with all that has been going on here!

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