I haven't had the time or the energy to post for the past few months. There has been so much going on and it has been such a weird summer for me and every single member in my family. June 19th has always been a hard day for me and my siblings just becuase we have never had a Dad in our lives so that day is always an extremely hard day for me. Now, it will be much harder. June 19 2011 will be a day that we will never forget. This year for some reason we decided we would go to my mom's first since most of my siblings were going then we would go to Heath's parents house later that night. We arrived at my mom's house at 3:00pm and quickly went next door to my grandma's to eat. We hardly ever eat at my grandma's anymore since our family has grown so much but, for some reason we went over there this father's day. We ate, played outside, got the frisbee stuck in the tree and were jumping on the tramp. Heath, me, and my 2 nieces went over to my mom's to check our laundry.... the phone rang and my niece Shaylee answered it and hurried to give me the phone. It was my brother in law Brandon's sister crying and saying that my sister, her husband and 2 kids had gotten hit head on coming down Provo canyon and my 4 yr old nephew Gage didn't make it and that Jill and Brandon had been life-lighted to the U of U
hospital. I cannot even begin to describe how I felt at that time, I repeated what she said and hung up. My Niece had heard what I had said and was already out the door to my grandparents next door. I made it over right after she had told everyone and repeated it again hoping that it wasn't real. Each family hopped in their cars and Heath, my mom and I jumped in ours and drove the hour long drive to Salt Lake not knowing if they were even alive and going to make it. We arrived as they were prepping Jill for surgery, she looked so awful, she had a huge laceration on her shoulder where she had lost alot of blood, she had an oxygen mask on, and I will never forget seeing her like that, but so glad she was okay. She had multiple breaks and fractures, her knee shattered into 50+pieces, she broke her shoulder, wrist finger all on one arm, and her ankle. Anyway, after a long few months with losing my sweet nephew gage, moving, and starting school it has been crazy. I miss Gage so much and wish I would've been a better aunt. I will never forget the last time I saw him on June 6th how cute he was. We colored for ever! He kept saying April I can't do it, I kept telling him how great at coloring he was. I love that little boy! He was always such a busy body and so much fun. He had the most contagious laugh that was so precious. Good thing I have such a strong testimony and knowledge of the gospel. I know that I will get to see Gage again and I also know that he is back home and in a better place than we are here. I can't wait for that day!
I haven't had the time or the energy to post for the past few months. There has been so much going on and it has been such a weird summer for me and every single member in my family. June 19th has always been a hard day for me and my siblings just becuase we have never had a Dad in our lives so that day is always an extremely hard day for me. Now, it will be much harder. June 19 2011 will be a day that we will never forget. This year for some reason we decided we would go to my mom's first since most of my siblings were going then we would go to Heath's parents house later that night. We arrived at my mom's house at 3:00pm and quickly went next door to my grandma's to eat. We hardly ever eat at my grandma's anymore since our family has grown so much but, for some reason we went over there this father's day. We ate, played outside, got the frisbee stuck in the tree and were jumping on the tramp. Heath, me, and my 2 nieces went over to my mom's to check our laundry.... the phone rang and my niece Shaylee answered it and hurried to give me the phone. It was my brother in law Brandon's sister crying and saying that my sister, her husband and 2 kids had gotten hit head on coming down Provo canyon and my 4 yr old nephew Gage didn't make it and that Jill and Brandon had been life-lighted to the U of U
For our anniversary I had a couple of suprises in store for my hubby. I sent him on a scavenger hunt around Logan to all or our favorite places including the logan temple and the scavenger hunt ended with me waiting for him at the anniversary inn. :) It was so fun to plan it and to see his face when he came to the inn. We stayed in the Hawaiin Paradise room to re-live our honeymoon to Hawaii and it was so much fun! I also suprised Heath with his Quilt! He loved loved loved it and it was so worth all the time and hard work. It was such a great weekend! Spent Saturday at the temple doing sealings and then we went to dinner at Le Nonne. It was a perfect end to a perfect year!
This is Ilse, Tori, and I. I thinkTori got robbed. Her hair was soo cute! she had floss and toothbrushes in it! 
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