Sunday, June 19, 2011
Daddy & Tristin go to Utah for 4 days...
With my wild brian, I was really happy that Trav left for 4 days on the same weekend as the yard sale. I had enough panic attacks before he & Tristin left to spread over an entire year- and I had the yard sale to help occupy those weird places in my brain that NEVER stop worrying! I was almost too exahusted to realize they were gone and even more tired to worry that:
*They would be found in a ditch somewhere
*The police would show up on my doorstep and tell me the horrif news
*I would be a single parent with the girls
*Willow would never stop asking for "dadum"
*I would be forever lost without my boys
*The funeral would be too much to handle
*I wouldn't know our bank account password to pay the bills
*I wouldn't have Tristin around to kiss my cheeck and tell me he loves me
*the closet door in the girl's room would never get fixed because he always does it for me
*all the pictures would fall down because I never anchor them in the wall the way Trav does
*I would miss all the talk about guns, knives & explosions
*I wouldn't know how to make quilts for the girl's out of their Daddy's clothes
*I wouldn't be able to sleep in our bed without Trav
*I would miss Trav scraping the ice cream bowl 100 times trying to scoop out every last drop ...
Lets just say- I can relax a little now that they have been home safe for 6 wonderful days!
They drove down to Utah with G-ma & G-pa for Rob & Amy's baby blessing and had a great time! We were all thrilled to have them home again!
*They would be found in a ditch somewhere
*The police would show up on my doorstep and tell me the horrif news
*I would be a single parent with the girls
*Willow would never stop asking for "dadum"
*I would be forever lost without my boys
*The funeral would be too much to handle
*I wouldn't know our bank account password to pay the bills
*I wouldn't have Tristin around to kiss my cheeck and tell me he loves me
*the closet door in the girl's room would never get fixed because he always does it for me
*all the pictures would fall down because I never anchor them in the wall the way Trav does
*I would miss all the talk about guns, knives & explosions
*I wouldn't know how to make quilts for the girl's out of their Daddy's clothes
*I wouldn't be able to sleep in our bed without Trav
*I would miss Trav scraping the ice cream bowl 100 times trying to scoop out every last drop ...
Lets just say- I can relax a little now that they have been home safe for 6 wonderful days!
They drove down to Utah with G-ma & G-pa for Rob & Amy's baby blessing and had a great time! We were all thrilled to have them home again!
A successful yard sale!
There's nothing better than getting 3-4 hours a sleep for days in a row and then having a huge yard sale over the weekend to top it off. I was wiped out by the time Saturday hit, and it took awhile to recover, let me tell you!
I was practicaly dilerious with weird dizzy spells -but we did it and only had rain the tail end of Friday!
Like always, it was great to hang out with Miss Angie for the weekend and eat amaizing egg salad sandwiches, visit with "really" interesting people, and watch as people try to talk you down on a .10 item. It was great to be with her and the girls had fun too. I'm glad Miss Kara came over for awhile to hang out and help with the madness as well- she is a rare gem.
Everyone worked their tails off and I'm pretty glad I won't be having another one this season- 2 is enough! (And then there's Angie- who's had or helped with 4 aready- crazy lady!)
I was practicaly dilerious with weird dizzy spells -but we did it and only had rain the tail end of Friday!
Like always, it was great to hang out with Miss Angie for the weekend and eat amaizing egg salad sandwiches, visit with "really" interesting people, and watch as people try to talk you down on a .10 item. It was great to be with her and the girls had fun too. I'm glad Miss Kara came over for awhile to hang out and help with the madness as well- she is a rare gem.
Everyone worked their tails off and I'm pretty glad I won't be having another one this season- 2 is enough! (And then there's Angie- who's had or helped with 4 aready- crazy lady!)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Feeling very grateful for my crazy life...
It's really crazy when the diasters around the world finally hit home and effect your family...
My Uncle Richard, his wife Ann & my 2 cousins (and their families) had to evacuate Arizona yesterday and today because of the fire.
Yesterday was crazy as everyone waited to see if they would have to leave- and sure enough, the fire came 2 miles from their home and they had to get out & somewhere safe.
It just hurts my heart for them imagining what it was like going through their house and deciding what they had space to take with them and what would have to stay. I cannot imagine a blarring fire 2 miles from my house while I packed my belongings, children and horses in hope there was enough time to get out.
My cousin Luke almost got arrested as he told the police officers he needed just a little more time to get stuff ready. After a heated conversation and back up was called- things got situatted and they evacuated without him going away in handcuffs!
They are safe in my Uncle's time share right now, but it's so sad. They grew up in that little town almost all their lives. Their homes are there, their jobs, their childhood memories, family, friends and church- and now they wait to see if everything they own and the town they love is ingulfed in flames.
I cannot imagine. We are praying for them and beyond grateful everyone is safe.
It's moments like these that make me very grateful for my little trials in life.
My Uncle Richard, his wife Ann & my 2 cousins (and their families) had to evacuate Arizona yesterday and today because of the fire.
Yesterday was crazy as everyone waited to see if they would have to leave- and sure enough, the fire came 2 miles from their home and they had to get out & somewhere safe.
It just hurts my heart for them imagining what it was like going through their house and deciding what they had space to take with them and what would have to stay. I cannot imagine a blarring fire 2 miles from my house while I packed my belongings, children and horses in hope there was enough time to get out.
My cousin Luke almost got arrested as he told the police officers he needed just a little more time to get stuff ready. After a heated conversation and back up was called- things got situatted and they evacuated without him going away in handcuffs!
They are safe in my Uncle's time share right now, but it's so sad. They grew up in that little town almost all their lives. Their homes are there, their jobs, their childhood memories, family, friends and church- and now they wait to see if everything they own and the town they love is ingulfed in flames.
I cannot imagine. We are praying for them and beyond grateful everyone is safe.
It's moments like these that make me very grateful for my little trials in life.
Friday, June 3, 2011
A wonderful visit with Grammy & G-pa...
We had a WONDERFUL time with Grammy & G-pa, I just wish they would have stayed 1 more day! We had a lot of fun yesterday- after they showed up, we ran a few errands, ate breakfast at Mc Donalds and then drove out to the "peacock park" to show them around. The rain stopped and we had a great time there- my grandparents loved it, but I think anyone who goes there does, it's an amazing place! We drove back home, put Willow down, ate ice cream cones, let G-pa take a nap too while I showed G-ma hundreds of pictures on the blog (she had to get caught up a little- she doesn't have a computer anymore!)
When Trav came home, the boys went and played golf! G-ma & I sat and talked for hours while we worked on wrapping my yarn wreath (boy, those things take a long time to wrap!)
It was great to sit and visit (not that we don't talk on the phone several times a week though!)
At 6:45- we left for G-pa Max's dinner & party. Edith made a wonderful dinner and we stayed and visited with them and the cousins for a few hours. We left at 9:00, drove G-ma & G-pa back to their hotel and said goodbye with lots of hugs, pictures and tears.
It was a wonderful visit and we are so happy they came. We couldn't love them more if we tried! G-ma called me at 5:51 AM to tell me they were on the road... I'm thrilled they got a cell phone and I'm glad I figured out how to program everyones #'s in it too, now I won't stress out on their drive home!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
True Love...
This is how much my G-ma loves me!!! Look at all this thread, ribbon, lace, yarn, fabric, tuelle & plastic silverware! I AM IN HEAVEN!!!
Thanks G-ma, you sure know the way to my heart!
Thanks G-ma, you sure know the way to my heart!
My Grandparents are here!!!
I wish there were words to express the amount of love, respect and devotion I have for my grandparents, but simply put, there are not.
There are not enough words to even give you a glimmer of how my world rises and sets around them, how weak my heart gets every time G-pa walks us out to the car and then waits at the top of his driveway waving until we are gone, or how many times I call G-ma for a recipe, to vent or just hear her voice.
These two incredible people have sacraficed a million moments of their time and their lives- just to make ours better. They helped raise us. They fed us. Clothed us. Let us live with them. Took us on vacations. Drove us to work in the berry field. Taugh us the importance of hard work. Opened our first savings account. Taught us to save. Taught us to love. To take care of family and to love the Lord. They taught us that the world wasn't big enough to hold all the love they felt for us and that they would go to the end and back if they had too just to make sure we were safe.They gave us more love and time than we knew what to do with- and now- that is what we cherish because we finally understand that what they gave us was the most amazing gift in the entire world.
I can't begin to count how many perms G-ma gave me growing up & how I wish her arms were there to help me now-everytime I put one in myself. Or how she took me to the temple for the first time and sewed white lace on my temple slippers. Or how they were there when we was married and came out to Rexburg to visit us and we ate at Big Judds, and then came here to visit after we bought our house 4 years ago. I love when we go home to Seattle and we stay a night with them and the boys go play golf & G-ma & I go thrift store shopping and she makes all my favorite food even when she tired of hearing all my requests. I love the packages of random socks, beads and cards she ALWAYS sends me home with and the times we stay up past midnight playing Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo...
Almost every happy memory of my entire life includes them. There are thousands of memories... they were there for every single moment that mattered and I can never thank them like I should. I guess my love in return is all that is expected, but oh, how I wish there was something I could do to repay them for an incredible life filled with enough love to sprinkle around an entire universe.
(To say we are close is an understatement of a lifetime!)
I adore them. I ache for them. I honor them. Am lost without them. Smile when I think of them and cry when I think they endured the long drive all the way here just to spend time with us for a few days. Thank you G-ma & G-pa. Thank you, thank you, thank you! We love you!
There are not enough words to even give you a glimmer of how my world rises and sets around them, how weak my heart gets every time G-pa walks us out to the car and then waits at the top of his driveway waving until we are gone, or how many times I call G-ma for a recipe, to vent or just hear her voice.
These two incredible people have sacraficed a million moments of their time and their lives- just to make ours better. They helped raise us. They fed us. Clothed us. Let us live with them. Took us on vacations. Drove us to work in the berry field. Taugh us the importance of hard work. Opened our first savings account. Taught us to save. Taught us to love. To take care of family and to love the Lord. They taught us that the world wasn't big enough to hold all the love they felt for us and that they would go to the end and back if they had too just to make sure we were safe.They gave us more love and time than we knew what to do with- and now- that is what we cherish because we finally understand that what they gave us was the most amazing gift in the entire world.
I can't begin to count how many perms G-ma gave me growing up & how I wish her arms were there to help me now-everytime I put one in myself. Or how she took me to the temple for the first time and sewed white lace on my temple slippers. Or how they were there when we was married and came out to Rexburg to visit us and we ate at Big Judds, and then came here to visit after we bought our house 4 years ago. I love when we go home to Seattle and we stay a night with them and the boys go play golf & G-ma & I go thrift store shopping and she makes all my favorite food even when she tired of hearing all my requests. I love the packages of random socks, beads and cards she ALWAYS sends me home with and the times we stay up past midnight playing Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo...
Almost every happy memory of my entire life includes them. There are thousands of memories... they were there for every single moment that mattered and I can never thank them like I should. I guess my love in return is all that is expected, but oh, how I wish there was something I could do to repay them for an incredible life filled with enough love to sprinkle around an entire universe.
(To say we are close is an understatement of a lifetime!)
I adore them. I ache for them. I honor them. Am lost without them. Smile when I think of them and cry when I think they endured the long drive all the way here just to spend time with us for a few days. Thank you G-ma & G-pa. Thank you, thank you, thank you! We love you!
Memorial Day...
It was great to have lots of friends over for Shane & Chelsea's get together on Monday! It was fun to decorate in red, white & blue, although there are no pictures! Oh well...
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