My Sweet Grandma

For those who don't know, my grandmother (mom's mom) passed away yesterday morning. What a joy it was to be able to know that she was finally out of pain and with the loves of her life that have passed on, it was also a sorrowful moment for me. She was the last remnant ("umbilical cord" attachment) piece of my mother that I had left here on earth. (Although I still have her siblings here and they are FANTASTIC, it's not quite the same.) I am so glad that I was able to see and talk to her before she was sedated and passed on. Grandma was always loving and patient. She taught how to love unconditionally, she gave the best advise, always listened, was a GIANT of a tease, but most of all loved me for me. She had an unwavering testimony of the Gospel and knew that it was the key to our happiness. She and Grandpa raised a family that I'm privileged be a part of. A legacy that I embrace fully. My favorite thing that I loved about grandma was the way she would always take a little ones hand and put it to her mouth and pretend she was eating it and make "yummy" grumbling noise. :) She LOVED her 6 kids, adored her 29 grandchildren, and cherished her 43 great-grandchildren. What a woman, she is exactly how I want to be with my immediate and extended family.

Karlene's Prom Dress

So Karlene and I went to "Cinderella's Closet" and found her prom dress. It only took an hour and it's absolutely GORGEOUS on her! But wait, the best part is what I paid to rent it. $10, you can't beat that anywhere. The $10 covers cleaning costs when we return it. This place is amazing. So, when I can, I'll post a picture of Karlene in her dress.

History behind songs I picked

Okay, well no pics for this entry, but I thought I'd write a little about why I chose the songs that I did. For those who don't know, I met Kyle at an LDS Friday night dance. He asked me to dance about 1/2 an hour b4 the dance was over. We continued to dance with each other the rest of the night. "Kissing A Fool" was the first slow dance we danced to. That was the night I met Kyle. 18 days later we decided to get married and did so 6 months later, and we've been together now for 19 yrs. While we have our ups & downs like EVERY other marriage out there, I LOVE him! Make no mistake about that! :) "Beautiful Disaster" - reminds me of exactly how I felt around age 17, wondering about my life. While my life is far from what "I" thought it would be, it's still "my life" and not too bad. "We R Family" - I have 3 sisters & 1 brother who lip sang this song with me at a family reunion one year and I have fond memories of it because our mother actually chose the song and it was SSSSOOOOOO appropriate! :) The rest of them I just really like and hope U do to!

The Girls

Here we are putting together my blog. I'm extremely computer savvy challenged and so Robyn, Ang, Tash, and Cala put it together for me. It was kinda funny to listen to each of them tell me what or how I should do this and that to my blog and I have no comprehension of what they were talking about. But I was game! :)