Monday, December 5, 2011

Gooseberry with Grandpa & Grandma B.

Three blog posts in one day, whew!!!

This is now such a treasured memory. Jon had been wanting to take our family fishing for a long while. A colleague of his told him about this place called Gooseberry, which was not too far away and where we would be able to wheel my Mom right up to the side of the lake to watch the fishing. So on October 21st, we tried it out, and it was perfect! We got there before dawn and everything was gray and covered with frost. That didn't seem to bother Enoch, who kept crawling off the picnic blanket:
Poor Jon's fingers were absolutely frozen as he tied flies on the fishing poles. (I don't think he minded, though; he was really having a great time!)
When the sun (finally) came up and began to melt the frost, we realized that this was not some dismal gray place, it was GORGEOUS!
Without light, we couldn't tell, but once it was lit by the sun, it was really beautiful.


Hyrum caught the first fish of the day (and the first fish in our family history!). He was so proud:What's great is that next, Caleb caught one:
...and then so did Andrew:
By the time Grandma and Grandma joined us at about 11:00 am, we had caught 5 fish already! And with Grandpa's help we caught 6 more. Even Sam helped Grandpa reel one in:
We all had such a great time, freezimg temperatures or not.
We'll definitely be doing this again!
It was a wonderful memory for us and the boys with their Grandma and Grandpa B. The boys love doing this kind of thing with their Grandpa, and just 20 short days later their Grandma was gone. I'm so glad they were able to come with us, despite how sick Mom was feeling. Thanks to her perpetual sense of adventure, and a great daddy who wanted to introduce his boys to fishing, we will remember this day forever.

Mom's Last Haircut

Mom would probably HATE that I'm putting these pictures on my blog, but as far as I know these were the last pictures that were taken of her while she lived. She would think she looked fat; really she was just retaining water from her cancer and the meds--NOT her fault, NOT in her control. Oh well, it's my blog and she's not here to stop me. And it's being posted with love because I want to remember her!
BEFORE:


It was October 22nd, and she had just been to the temple with Jamilyn and Nathan. They came straight from there to our house, where Mom asked if I would give her an ultra-short "do." She said her hair was just falling out all over the place, so she wanted it barely long enough for a funny little "faux-hawk."
AFTER:


Cheesy, happy Mom! Love and miss you, funny little faux-hawk. It sure did make her happy!

Halloween 2011

Sorry this post is sooooo late in coming! This was our Halloween. We didn't actually take any pictures the day of, I thought it would be too busy. So we did a photo shoot the week before Halloween:
Let's see, we have Andrew the Ninja Turtle, Samuel the Baby Jaguar, Hyrum the Captain America, Enoch the M'n'M, and Caleb the Spider Man.
The kids dressed up in their costumes (and each other's) for weeks before Halloween, and for days after. They love to dress up!
And this one was from our ward's "Trunk-or-Treat," the first we have ever done in the Briarwood Ward! It was a blast, the kids really enjoyed it. And they loved Daddy and Grandpa B. taking them all around Everettwood Drive and the neighborhood round about. It was a successful Halloween!