Busy, Busy!!

It's been a while since I've updated again. Just seems like we have been crazy busy. On Saturday the 17th Mom and I went up to Woodland, Dad was at home working. We went up to spend the day with Grandpa and help get some things done up there. Grandpa, Mom, Brody, Amber and I went over to Heber to watch Cache ride in the high school rodeo. Brody and Amber came home with Mom and I to spend the night. After church we went and got us something to eat and headed for Woodland to take the kids back home. There was a really bad accident on I-80 that closed the freeway in both directions, they said you would either have to go through Provo Canyon or Weber Canyon, but with the price of fuel I didn't really want to. I figured they'd have it opened back up and I could run them up even if it was at midnight. So we just came back home. The weather had been really nice over the weekend and Brody and Amber REALLY wanted to run in the sprinklers. So since we had to come back home they got to.

I think his bum was getting a little cold.

They decided that "running" through the sprinklers was over rated and that it was more fun to just play around in the sprinkler.

I had thought that they would have the freeway opened back up and I'd be able to take the kids home Sunday night, but they didn't. They didn't open it back up until about one in the morning. So I ended up running the kids to Kamas Monday morning before I went to work.

With all the snow that we had this last winter and then the warm weekend the river was running rather high. I've never seen it as high as it was.

This is the river right by Paul's house.

You can see here in both the above and below pictures how the river is out of it's banks.

Saturday the 24th Mom, Dad and I headed for Kamas/Woodland to spend Memorial Day Weekend. We went over to Oakley to watch Cache ride at the High School rodeo.

Grandpa, Aunt JoDe and Mom

The arena was not in the most desirable conditon. It had been rainning a lot during the week and it was really wet. This isn't Cache, just some kid that was riding, just wanted to give you an idea of what the arena was like.

Here's Cache. He had drawn a really tough bull. He didn't make it the 8 seconds, but he made a real good try.

We spent the rest of the weekend decorating graves and visiting at the cemetery. The weather was typical Memorial Day weekend weather - rainning one minute, snowing the next, and then the sun would be shining.

Milly(dog), Mom, Dad and Aunt JoDe at Grandma Bisel's grave.

Dad at Grandma and Grandpa Gines' graves.

Addey was very willing to have her picture taken, and I thought it turned out pretty cute. So since her mom hasn't updated lately I figured I put it in.

Grandma Bisel's grave looked very pretty with all the flowers.

Me and Dad

Rob (in the backseat) and Grandpa.

Mom, Dad and I spent the weekend with Grandpa. We had a really nice weekend. It's nice to be able to go and stay with him and spend as much time as possible with him. I know one thing, he sure hasn't lost his sense of humor.

I can hardly believe that May is just about over. On Monday it will have been a month since Grandma passed away and it sure doens't seem like it's been that long. I still have a hard time believing that she's gone, it seems like when I go up to Woodland that she's still going to be there. I still expect her to be standing at the kitchen window when we pull up. I guess in time it will pass. But I am so glad that I have the memories that I do of Grandma. I'll leave you with a saying I found today that I really liked.

Your loved one will always be as close as a memory!

Is It Really The Middle of May!?

The last time I updated Grandpa and Grandma had just celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversay. Well that was Saturday the 26th of April. Grandma had been saying since the first of the year that she had lived a good life but that she didn't want to pass away during the winter. She also really wanted to make it to her 65th Anniversary. She had been fighting a hard fight for about two years and on Monday the 28th the doctors told her there was no further treatments to help her get better. Her fight had come to an end. They took Grandma home on the 29th and had hospice care come to help take care of her. She spent the week at home surrounded by her family. Late Friday the 2nd of May Heavenly Father called her home.

The viewing was held at the Stake Center on Tuesday night and then the Funeral was on Wednesday. She was buried in the Woodland Cemetery and what a beautiful cemetery.

Here is Grandpa with his kids.

Here's my whole family with Grandpa.

Saturday the 10th Kylie and Amber had a dance competition at Lagoon. So we had to be up to Lagoon at eight in the morning. I don't know how the girls dance groups did but I do know that Kylie took 1st on her solo. Way to go! They both did really well.

Dad and Emma Jane

Amber and Mom

Brooke

Amber

Emma Jane

Brody

Dad and Emma Jane

Bridger

David and Stacey

Emma Jane and me

Brody and Emma Jane

David, Stacey and Paul

We had a lot of fun at Lagoon. We didn't end up leaving until close to 10 P.M. and man that makes for one long day at Lagoon.

Sunday we all got together and went to dinner for Mother's Day. We then came home and watched the Jazz game(Woo Hoo go Jazz beat the Lakers!!)! Then we rode up to Woodland to visit with Grandpa and to ride up to the cemetery and take some flowers to Grandma.