Last Weekend

The line for the grub. Blanding 8th Ward Relief Society prepared enough food to feed over 200 people. Thumbs up to them, it was wonderful!!!
Miss Arianna came to enjoy the food with us. Also got her to voluntarily come to me for the first time, and even got hugs and kisses.
Okay, this picture is actually from the previous weekend, but Brock was just so cute in this picture I had to include it.
Mom and Dad on their beautiful new deck. Lookin' pretty good.
"Lady in Red...." Miss Trish looking super sexy!!!
"Here comes the Men in Black...." Mr. Tim also looking super sexy!!
Love that we were able to find such super cute clothes for Grandma's Funeral. (Red was Grandma's favorite color, so we all tended to lean towards that color.)
Catharine & Manda Kate at the funeral. They are also looking super sexy!!
Group pic @ the funeral. Missing : Ronnie (Afghanistan), Arianna (naptime), Kaden.......wait we thought Kaden was in the picture, Where's Kaden?
I decided I am going to get all my pictures with Trish from now on. I think I always look cuter in the pictures she's in with me. Course, she looks pretty cute in the pictures with me too!

Shop 'till you Drop

So, I overdid myself again yesterday. We went shopping for Grandma Brown's funeral yesterday. (We being, me, Tim, Trish & the kids.) It seems like when we usually go shopping we can't find anything. Yesterday was not one of those days. We had SUCCESS!!!! We got Tim his very 1st suit, which looks wonderful on him. We also got Xavier a suit, he is such a little man. Lexi and I both got new dresses, and Trish tried on three dresses.......and bought three dresses which all look wonderful on her. Sexy chick-a!!! So, we might be sad this weekend, but at least we will all look fabulous! (Oh, and thank you JC Penney for having awesome sales this week!)

Grandma

01.03.1918 - 03.07.2011

Grandma was born a Capricorn, just like me. They say people born under this sign are stubborn, and I think I have to agree with them. There were many times in the past few years when we thought Grandma was going to die soon. But she didn't. This weekend when I went to Blanding we kept thinking it was her last moment, but it wasn't. Grandma did not leave this earth until she was good and ready. She was a fighter until the very end. I have been remembering lots of times I had with her in my lifetime, and I will miss her very much. When I first got the call last Friday that she was dying, the memory that came to mind and has stayed there was when I was about three years old. I remember walking up the hill from the trailer to Grandma's. I was walking along the pink roses and touching them with my hand. Grandma was out on her carport, and she said, "Tiffy, come eat breakfast with me and Grandpa." I got very excited and ran up the hill and hugged her around the legs. The early memories I have of her and Grandpa are what have been in my mind this week.

I was not able to give Grandma a Johnny-Jump-Up when I was there, so this one is for her instead. Anyone who knows us, knows I always had one for her. I love you Grandma, and will miss you in my life. Love, Tiffy

Baby Blues

That is what I expected to happen after my surgery. I expected to be feeling blue. What I didn't expect was how relieved I feel. I am sad not to meet the children me and Tim might have had. However, it is so nice to have finally made a decision, and now we can get on with the life we are going to have. I have noticed myself appreciating the two wonderful children we do have even more. I am much more excited about planning things for them, and us, to do together.

Ready, Set, Zombie!

That is what I just heard Xavier say to Lexi as they are learning how to play Uncle Sean's RPG game Crux. I have mixed feelings about the kids getting into RPG's. Part of me screams NOOOO!!! while the other part of me is happy that they are enjoying themselves, especially since they are both doing the same thing at the same time. Plus I love that they are using their imaginations. Though I think I will have to draw the line if they ask to start wearing capes. :)

Positive Feelings

This day, and this week I am struggling to find the positive feelings to think about. It seems as though everyday we wake up, we receive bad news. :( The other night one of our co-workers asked me how we keep smiling everyday, and the only answer I had was because we have each other. :) So, at least I have that thought everyday. People say that hard times make you stronger, and I have the biceps to prove it. If anyone has any extra happy thoughts, send them our way.

(The picture has nothing to do with my blog, I just liked it. It does make me remember taking Tim to Monument Valley on our first trip to Blanding together, which is a happy memory, and makes me smile.)

Thankful Me.

I am thankful. I am thankful for lots of things big and small. I am thankful that I survived Black Friday for one more year, and that I have a job in this poor economy. I might not love my job all the time, but it could be worse and I have met lots of wonderful people who have changed my life for the better. I am thankful for two wonderful kids who understand when I have to send them to Blanding for the holidays and who make the best of things the way they are. I am thankful for Harley and Jack. They are the two dogs who make life interesting, but are always excited to see me, whether I am happy or not. I am thankful for the snow, and the clouds, and how beautiful they make the world seem, even on ugly days. I am thankful to have good skin. Some days, I feel that it is one of my only "body parts" that doesn't hurt. I am thankful for Facebook. It is one of the best things to come along in awhile. I do waste hours on end, but I love being able to so easily get in contact again with so many people. I am thankful for Timothy. I spend almost every minute of every day with him, and he still loves me. Thank you to all the people in my life who provide me with the small things that make me happy and glad to be here.