Have you eaten as much as I have eaten in the past two days? If only I had the energy of these ones........

Thanksgiving Post to come.....

Love

 

Such a sweet love story.  A person could only hope for the life of  Grandma and Grandpa. The love they had. Together for so long. 72 years to be exact. Never apart. Always together. And then the music. There was always music to be sung and played. Those were my favorite times.

So many mixed emotions as we left Grandpa’s funeral. Visiting with  family we haven’t seen for so long.  Feeling so grateful for them. The Spirit was so strong, you could not deny it.

The stories and memories shared by mom, dad and the rest of Grandpa’s sweet legacy he has left behind him. So much love. So much love.

Just went through a major storm just past Fillmore. It's amazing to me how it can be so white for about 30 minutes and then be clear as a bell. Wow.

I have a feeling we are being watched over right now as we drive home from Salt Lake..

Dally and Bridger are in the very back of the car oblivious to the danger we were just in.  Earlier they complained.. “ but why to we always  have to sit in the very back where we just get SO carsick!” Each of them have yet to throw up.

They are pants-less because of the snowball fight at the gas station we all had just before we got on the road. We keep hearing them laugh as one tries to expose the other by pulling  the blankets off  just as a car passes by.

Meg is content to sit  and decorate her phone with tin foil from gum wrappers.   I realize  now why she has asked me for a new piece of gum about every five minutes.

Brinley is happy to just fall asleep while listening to ear phones. I don’t know why she isn’t satisfied with the only radio station we have left, which lucky for me just happens to be country. 

Kade sits between them. Probably cold from the snow-soaked pants he is still wearing. The panic he had in his eyes as we were going through the snowstorm is now gone, thank heavens. A trait picked up from my side of the family, no doubt.

Adam is driving. Adam is always driving. Lucky for me. I wonder if  his eye is still stinging from the snowball Zane threw.

He takes such good care of us. I am so grateful for him. He has been so good to me this weekend.

Dad just called. They were about 30 minutes behind us and are now stuck in the storm. There was an accident and traffic has stopped. They only have their little car. He is worried they won’t make it up the hill. They might have to jump in with Brandon and Heather, just to make it home. Jill only has her little car, too. What will she do? I can’t believe we made it through by just minutes.

Last night we went to Trolley Square. The little boys were so fascinated with the elevators and escalators. Something I took for granted when I grew up.  I didn’t realize that it was something they never see in our town. All they wanted to do was go up and down, up and down.

We ate at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was so yum. Then we had old fashioned taffy from the Candy Store.

Dad got us rooms at the Marriot uptown. We were on the 10th floor in a suite on the corner. The kids favorite spot was in the window seat that overlooked the city. So beautiful. It snowed last night and left everything white. Another thing the kids don’t see that often. “Please can we make a snowman?” Dally kept pleading with me. Unfortunately the snow brings with it the cold. Something we were definitely not equipped for.

I’m worried about my family behind us. We are now almost home. We might have to get the truck and head back to get them. Grandpa would probably love this. Dad said he always loved adventure. Getting stuck in the mountains in the mud etc...during the deer hunt.

I will miss Grandpa so much. It was less than a month ago that I was able to have the best visit with him.  At their little house on Lehi Drive. I will really miss going to that house to see them. So many memories there.

I will never forget the spirit I felt this weekend. So much love mixed with the grace of the gospel. Grandpa was such an example to me. He blessed me. He baptized me. I will always be grateful for that. I know he is watching over us now. Especially Grandma. I know he will continue to take care of her, as he always has. He is the sweetest man I’ll ever know.

Loves and of course, 3 kisses, to you Grandpa.

 

Photos taken with my phone during one of my last visits with Grandpa.

 

Meg and Grandma at the luncheon following the funeral.

Boy Talk

The other day I was sending the boys off to school and I said to them teasingly “Don’t forget to tell your teachers they look pretty today!”

Bridger just gave me a look that said, Mom you’re an idiot.

Dally said “ Yea, cuz my teacher is skinny. And her have little dots!

I’m assuming he is talking about her freckles.

 

O My--  Halloween has already come and gone.

i FORGOT to post.

I keep forgetting to post.

It has been a while since I posted.

Too much to do……

 

Happy Halloween!!!

Birthday Girls

My firstborn bAby is driving!!

Look out everyone, Dally says as we leave the DMV with Brinley in the driver’s seat, “We’re all gunna die!!!!!”

She looks so cute behind the wheel, her short little self!  Barely able to see above it! We can’t help but laugh our guts out. Whether in fear or humor I don’t know. Adam is her teacher thank heavens, I could not do it without having several panic attacks along the way.  He is so cute with her and so patient as he grabs the wheel before she rams the car next to us!

I DO know that I have discovered not so fun things in my new seat in the back of the car, though. Need I mention slobbery sunflower seeds and crumbly cupcake remnants. Ewwwwww!

Oooo so much to do these days…..is there really? Or am I just lazy?  The laundry just doesn’t seem to dissappear! Go away laundry, I just want to play. I want to go outside to my money tree and pick off several  hundreds and then go shopping for a new sofa and kitchen table.  Then I want to rip up my carpet in the hallway and replace it with shiny hardwood floors.

It is good to dream isn’t it?

Kade....."Mom, Can I have another bowl of cereal?"

Me......" No. I'm making sandwiches to take to the park during conference break."

Adam..... "I have a better idea. Let's go to the Grand Canyon!"

We left around 1:30. We didn't really know if we were going the right way, to be honest.

We went on pure faith that we would find it.

We had to stop to see Max. Well---where he was buried.

After searching for a while, we finally found the rock with his name on it!

It was face down about 20 yards away from his burial site!

Next we had to stop to see the big Tarantula crossing the road.

It was amazing we didn't run over it!! We had to get out and see it up close.

Meggy took pictures.

THEN we had to stop about 5 miles later to see ANOTHER HUGE Tarantula crossing the road.

This one was much bigger than the last one!! More Pictures.

After that Dally said "Okay Dad roll up the windows so no

tarantulas will jump in the car."

About 30 miles in, we came across an old schoolhouse that had been rebuilt.

The kids loved ringing the outside bell with the rope.

Another cool part about our trip was when we were listening to conference as we drove. As the Mormon Tab sang the last song of the day, we were driving through the prettiest part of the mountains. With narrow winding roads surrounded by enourmous tall pines. Loved it.

Just as we pulled up to the ranger station right before our destination,

Kade pointed out that we had a flat tire.

What luck we had when we noticed the air hose and heavy iron jack about 10 feet in front of us!

Adam and Kade changed the tire while we ate our sandwiches, chips and chocolate!

30 Minutes later...... Approximately 4 hours total into our trip we arrived at the

GRand Canyon. We made it. We were just driving slowly along when

we heard Bridger yell "look there's some people over there!"

Adam says "O yep there's some people....wait---um O....they're naked. He speeds up the car. Eyes forward everyone. Don't look!! Ha ha ha! I was laughing so hard! At first I didn't believe him! But Brinley confirmed it! Unfortunately she saw them too! Really? Really.

Nice scenery to add to our beautiful conference ride. How do you explain that one to your kids?

The Grand Canyon was beautiful. Worth the bumpy ride. Didn't seem real. So amazing.

Freaky, too! How the cliff just drops off. We had to watch the kids really close.

I have to admit I didn't really want to go at first. Seemed like such a big deal. I just wanted to watch conference on my comfy old couch and eat popcorn. BUt. Driving through nature while listening to conference was fun. The kids didn't even complain once. I'm writing this so I will remember this.

The end.