What a weekend!!!

We had a crazy weekend!  My sister-in-law, Christina, flew down from WA state to see her mom because she was sick and in the hospital.  After she arrived she found out that her mom was not going to make it out of the hospital.  Since Nicholas was still in WA, I went to be with Christina.  Barbara passed away on Saturday at 12:46 am.  Nicholas drove through the night so he could be there when Christina woke up that morning.  I was able to spend a day with my two beautiful nieces and my super cute nephew.  It was so fun to see them since I have missed them like crazy since they moved to WA a year ago.  These little kiddos are growing up way too fast!  I wish we had seen them under better circumstances but it was great to see them anyway!  I love you guys and am glad I was able to spend some extra time with Christina.  I am thankful for my family, especially Derrick, who has been amazing and is always such a help to me.  I am grateful for Jalene for taking my kids on short notice and making me available for Christina.

Ahh, the weekend...

It has been an eventful week and I am SOOO glad it is finally the weekend. It seems like Sunday was a month ago. It will be absolutely wonderful to have Monday off. Of course, like all of our weekends, it will be a busy one. We are going to visit Derrick's grandparent's graves and my dad's grave. We are going to help Nicholas and his family get some stuff done at their house. They are getting ready to sale. On Monday we are going to be BUSY getting our storage room and the scrapbook room cleaned out. We are going to be doing some rearranging of rooms and I want to have it clean before we make a mess. :-) I hope everyone has a wonderfull weekend!

I have to brag...

Congratulations to my older brother Nicholas, who graduated from UVU last Friday. They were so lucky to have President Thomas S. Monson speak at the commencement. Nicholas, Christina (his wife) and Whitney (his oldest daughter) watched as he left and kind of hung around a little. They decided to leave and Nicholas said "Let's walk this way" Next thing you know, they see a security guard and the door opens. Out walks Sister Monson and their daughter. Close behind was President Monson. We saw Whitney (she's four and a half) and said "Don't you have a pretty smile." He asked what her name was and she quitely told him. He asked her again and she said it louder. He asked her if she could blow him a kiss and she did. He shook her hand and continued on. What a sweet president and an amazing moment for my little niece to treasure. As they left she said to Nicholas "Dad, you tell all of your friends and I will tell all of mine!"