About The Fam

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Grandma Helen Lavon Suker

You will forever be missed in our lives. Truly a life that will forever leave a legacy in our hearts. We love you!

1928 ~ 2013
Lavon Suker passed away on August 8, 2013 at the age of 85. She was born on February 23, 1928 in Arma, Kansas to John and Ella Masquelier. She married the love of her life, Harry Suker, on March 4, 1946 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harry and Lavon joined the LDS church in 1959 and were sealed in the Jordan River Utah Temple in 1989. Lavon had a beautiful loving marriage with her husband Harry for 67 years. They were often seen holding hands and talking about their wonderful life together.
They served as church service missionaries for seven years at the Utah State Prison which included Lavon teaching the men how to knit.
Lavon used her boundless energy improving the lives of her husband, children, grandchildren, friends, and neighbors. She shared her warmth and love with everyone by calling them, "Honey" including the grocery produce men and young baggers. Lavon loved to cook and one of her greatest accomplishments was her legendary English Toffee. She willingly taught her signature recipe plus secrets to everyone insuring a lasting memory of her.
She is survived by her husband - Harry, daughter- Kristy (Robert), son- Randy (Mary), nine grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. She will be missed by many, but we are happy that she is in a better place.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 17, 2013, 11:00 a.m., at the Alta View Stake Center, 1850 East 8600 South, Sandy, Utah, where visitations will be held Friday, August 16th 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Saturday 9:30-10:45 a.m. Interment Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery/Mortuary. Online condolences: www.larkincares.com
In lieu of flowers make a donation to Lavon's favorite charity Wounded Warriors. Online donations: www.woundedwarriorproject.org - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=helen-lavon-suker&pid=166337510#fbLoggedOut

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Back to School...Back to Life....

Well believe it or not school around here started on July 25th...crazy considering they were only out for four weeks. And the 24th was a LATE night holiday so let's just say the kids were pretty exhausted. Either way, school morning came and it was super exciting for us all!

Third Grader here she comes!

The MOST excited first grader ever!

I made Caleb's preschool sign for him even though he doesn't start for another month. So we will save it and take more pictures of that day...but this little kid wanted to be in on the picture taking.

The two monkies together!

Jake is so happy he FINALLY gets to ride the bus all day long with his sister!

Super excited little dude. I love that smile.

After ONE day of school we had the kids miss a day for the 24th weekend. We headed down to Fillmore Utah for the 2nd Annual Fillmore Family Fun Days. It was a hopping place. We had I believe 48 people staying at the Fillmore residence. It was a spectacular family fun weekend. We all had a place to sleep, eat and many fun activities. This picture is of a WILD WET and COLD 4 -wheeler ride we went on together with Riley and Todd. It was AWESOME. We went through rivers, winded around the entire mountain. Just to get POURED RAINED on. We returned back to the city. I haven't been that cold since skiing in the winter! Either way it was the highlight of the vacation for Jared and I both. We loved it!

The men did some serious 4-wheeling up the canyon.

The kids roamed free on the farm land and dirt hills.

The women cooked and cleaned...and enjoyed the chatting sessions.

The darling little house!

The finale activity was a disco roller skating night. The kids were in HEAVEN.

I have to admit Ben was my all time favorite roller skater. From the moment we walked in he wanted the shoes on! We held him up and rolled around and around. It really was so darling.

Here is to Ben shopping in Jared's closet. This kid loves to try on all of Jared's colored tennis shoes while I'm showering and getting ready. This time he was extra cute because I heard this clomping sound and him saying "Daddy, shoes...Daddy, shoes"

I couldn't resist I had to snap a photo of my current favorite little fellow. There are so many things I need to blog about but until the next time. This is a quick way delayed update on life around here.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Girls Camp 2013

What an amazing experience. Honestly the whole experience...Before, After and During...was truly life changing and taught me so very much. But alas I'm back home and I'm Trying to adjust to life at home...without a timeline...with out having to get things done ASAP...I'm re-learning how to function in this new home and it not be complete chaos...and not be in a hurry. I can't wait to share all the amazing camp experiences with you soon.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Here we go again....

Yes, what is the giddy smile for you ask....

It's official. We are expecting baby #5...

We brought out the sparklers, had the cousins all over for a swimming party...

My darling friend made this cake for us to find out what exactly it was....You see we've never found out the gender before the baby is actually born. But this time around, I've had my fair share of "Oh, I wonder if it's a girl..." "Or, It's a boy...again!" So after three boys in a row I decided I needed to really be connected with the baby, whether it's a boy or a girl. So I caved and gave in to finding out the gender! (Even though I had my suspicions of what it already was...)

One excited big brother to find out what we are having.

Our little baby sucking it's thumb....(Caleb LOVED that he shared this in common with the new baby!)

Well, after much deliberation we teared into the cake...to find it GREEN....not sure what that meant I called my friend to confirm it was a BOY! Honestly, it was hilarious. We thought she was playing a bigger joke on us. But no, it took a yellow cake mix plus two jars of food coloring and it came out green. She figured we'd get it since it was a blue shade and nothing close to pink....We all laughed in hysterics....Either way it made for some fun moments.

Alayna trying to put on her best happy face that she gets, yet again ANOTHER brother! Four brothers...crazy.

More sparklers!

And probably the happiest little big brother ever! So with all of Caleb's excitement we are thrilled and over whelmed with the idea of having four boys. I knew in so many ways it was a boy, and personally I couldn't be more pleased. Boys are great. They are full of energy, but man alive they are awesome. Thankfully Alayna has great Aunts and Cousins and me of course to help her in life with out a sister! Now it's just the dilemma of coming up with yet again another baby name! Any suggestions!!! We will be welcoming this little buddy in the fall.