Wednesday, September 16, 2009

'Til We Meet Again 9/16/09

A few weeks ago my Grandpa passed away and I wanted to post one of the last generation pictures I got with him. These were taken at our annual Christmas party a couple of years ago. I will miss him dearly and it makes me grateful for the Gospel and the knowledge that we will all be together forever someday. Me and my girls had the pleasure of sitting with his body the morning he died at the care center before the Mortuary came to take him away. We had an amazing experience. I was holding Bridgette and the moment we stood in the doorway she stared at him and pointed in front of him and said, "Jesus." Tears came to my eyes and we went to stand over him and she said again, "Jesus." A few seconds later she said, "Great Grandpa......Jesus." I have never been so humbled by my sweet daughter. I walked to my mom and asked if she had said anything to her before we came and she said she had not. I hadn't discussed anything with her either. I knew she could see far more than we could. I am so thankful for moments like these that bring our eternal purpose back into focus. 4 generations in this picture....Grandpa, my Dad, Me, and Bridgette.




These were some of things at his viewing.
My Grandpa LOVED to ride motorcycles and compete- it has been a family tradition since before I was even born. Some of my best memories growing up are riding motorcyles with my family. These are some of the medals he won.
Me and my brother Jake.
My dad and Bridgette.
My girls adore their daddy!
My girls and their cousin Spring.
Sweet Bridgette...
My dad and his siblings at the funeral.

Me and Soni with our Dad.















Wednesday, September 2, 2009

GIRL PARTY! 8/14/09

Every 6 months or so my mom has an "All Girl" party with the granddaughters, but there are so many now that my mom has asked the daughters to join in the fun. This time we did it at my sister Soni's house since there is a reservoir in her backyard and the kids wanted to go swimming. Soni has 4 boys, so it pretty much turned into an "All Grandkids" party. We had so much fun!

Parker was the King of the Floatie!

Mom, sister Soni, and me.
Second oldest niece, Harmonie, and Soni's boys.
Manly men!
Idgy and Bridgette.
Brooklyn was making sand castles.
My oldest sister REFUSED to be in the photo.
My mom bought a professional Glitter Toes system from a wholesale show in Vegas and was so nice to share it with all of us! We took turns doing Glitter Toes on all of the girls.

My oldest niece Starrie got Bridgette to sleep- she needs the practice since she is expecting her first in December!

My mom told the kids a story about "strength in numbers" with sticks as a visual, so they were trying to break the whole bundle of sticks to no avail!
Priceless!!! My mom and Bridgette.


















Sunday, August 23, 2009

Annual Timp Hike 8/13/09

Me and some of my family decided to hike Timp again this year, but we took a different trail and it was 2 miles longer. The scenery was gorgeous though. This is standing at the bottom looking up to where we are about to hike, though it is only the beginning once we get to the top of that ridge.
My sister Soni, Brother Jake, Brother-in-law Mike, Brother Ryan and his son Quade.

My brother Jake.
Another shot of the trail.


The picture of this waterfall does not do it justice. There were little fascets in the rocks and it trickled down them and was almost glittery. It was so beautiful.
A shot of how steep the trail was.
This is the glacier we slid down on our way back- it was so fun!
Emerald Lake at the bottom of the galcier.
We are almost to the saddle and this is a shot of how much further we still have to go.
The valley from the Saddle.

As we got closer to the top there were a few mountain goats checking us out.
He stood on a rock and looked right down on us.

Finally at the summit! It is an 18 mile round-trip hike- we were feeling pretty good this time when we reached the top.
Taking it all in...
The views from the top are breathtaking...
The top ridge we followed to get to the glacier- this was the scariest part for me because I am not exactly a fan of heights and the trail is very narrow with a dropoff on one side.
Looking down at Emerald Lake.
It looks like we are on top of the world!