My Grandma

On Monday, Jan. 14th, my mom called to let me know that my Aunt had found my Grandma Hale unconcious on the floor of her Rigby, Idaho home. They rushed her to the hospital and found that she had had a massive stroke and that it would only be a week or so before she passed. Wednesday morning we were told that she wasn't going to make it another day. We pulled the kids out of school and drove to Idaho Falls to say goodbye. We returned home late that night and Thursday morning she let go and was reunited with Grandpa, who had been gone for 20 years. Friday we drove back up there to be with my family and on Saturday we had the privilage to go through the Rexburg Temple Open House. Although it was below 10 degrees outside, the warmth and beauty of the Lord's house gave me comfort in knowing that I would see my Grandma again. She is happy where she is and she is at peace. In 6 degrees on Monday morning, amoungst the clear blue skies of Idaho Falls we buried Grandma next to Grandpa and said goodbye. During the funeral services, my sisters Kari and Kourtney and I were asked to read memories of Grandma that family and friends had put down on paper. I had a hard time trying to come up with a specific memory of my Grandma to share. After a long time thinking, this is what I remember: holding her hand as she listened intently to the stories of our lives. Her soft hand on my arm as she responded with wise and whitty comments. A kitchen drawer always filled with vanilla cream sandwich cookies, frozen milk, and every National Geographic Magazine ever published. Although she couldn't see us, she could hear very well and always welcomed us with a big happy smile and a pat on the cheek.

Until we meet again, Grandma. I love you.

For those of you who do not know this yet, my computer crashed and I am forced to break into my boss' computer at work to post this! Hopefully it is nothing too expensive or time consuming, it has already been over a week. Hope all of you are well. I miss blogging.

a sleding we went...

We woke up to 5 inches of heavy, wet snow Saturday morning and made the most of it by taking our kids sledding for the first time. You would think that living in a "snow" state we would be able to find any form of "sled", 6 stores later we finally found one at Target. (Do I get a fee for that plug?) Anyway, we all had fun and the kids are already asking to go again. Here are some of my favorites:

my little song critic

Yesterday while driving home from a friends house, Kortlan and I were listening to the 80's station on the XM radio. Madonna's "Material Girl" was playing and of course I was doing my best karaoke version along with her, when I hear from the back seat , "Mom, everybody is a material girl because we all wear clothes. Well, I'm not a girl, so I would be a material boy."



Then on another occasion, we were listening to One Republic with Timbaland's "Too Late to Apologize" and Kortlan informed me that it is never too late to apologize, if you have done something bad, you need to say your sorry. I told him he was right, we should always apologize when we have done something wrong. Then he told me, "I don't think his mom taught him to do that very well."



Thru the eyes of a child...