Wish It Could Have Lasted Longer

HAPPY EASTER everyone! Its been a beautiful day here in Colorado and it was an added bonus that General Conference fell on Easter Sunday. Love that!

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I spent last weekend, March25th-28th, in Utah. It was a very enjoyable weekend especially since all my siblings were there. It is such a rare treat when that happens, the last time was July 2008. I so love hanging with my family! I got in on Thursday evening and loved visiting until well past our bedtime! We were having so much fun being entertained by Ryan and Brent and their crazy stories that no one wanted to say goodnight!

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Friday was a nice day. My Grandma B. past away on March 19th and everyone gathered for the funeral which was held this day. My mom spoke and did an awesome job, but no surprise there, she always does! It was a nice funeral and while sad for those left behind we all have a smile knowing she is in a much better place. I’m sure it was a joyous reunion as she was reunited with Grandpa B. Here are some pictures from the funeral:

Brent got to be a pallbearer since he is the oldest male grandson. I took this picture for you Ashley since he got to wear a flower! :^)

Go Aggies!

It wouldn’t be a family funeral if there was actually nice weather!

Grandma always did have a green thumb and loved flowers. The flowers looked awesome that day! Grandma always held my hands, gave me a hug, and had a big smile on her face (even if she couldn't rember my name or who I belonged to) and was just happy to see me. You'll be missed Grandma!

After the funeral we headed to Jessica’s and just got to hang. Good times playing with the kiddos and enjoying each others company! Here are some more pictures:

Dog Pile on Uncle Jared!

Cute cousins, Jackson and Jacob!

Saturday was a day were a mystery was finally solved and put to rest (literally). My Grandma had a dog, Sarah, that she absolutely loved. Well, Sarah died 12 years ago and the story was that Sarah was buried in a freezer in the yard (the freezer was used once upon a time to store potatoes in the ground). The house is for sale and it is just wrong to have a new homeowner come across a freezer with a dead dog in it (if that is really where she was), so with Uncle Richard leading the charge we went to unbury the freezer and solve the mystery. Here are some pictures from the big event:

The trunk where Sarah was buried.

On-lookers of the big event!

More witnesses!

After the dog was discovered, she was given a proper burial and I got to cast the first shovel of dirt!

Nice work guys!

Cayden was a great supervisor!

Saturday afternoon was nice enough to work in Mom's yard…

Cayden was again a fabulous supervisor!

Then Mom put Jared to work and Cayden wanted to help…

There is never a dull moment when engineers are around I’ve decided. Their mind is definitely wired differently which makes for very entertaining evenings. It was not enough to simply construct a catapult, it had to be tested of course! Then it wasn’t enough to simply try it out… no, flames had to be involved! It was pretty funny, even Uncle Steve, Auntie Annie, and Mom got in on the action.

Sunday morning was little Jackson’s blessing. It was a perfect day. Sean did great, the brunch was wonderful, and you can’t get better company. We took a lot of pictures since we were all there together:

What a good looking family!

Of course we had to get a Grandma picture with the man of the hour!

It was fitting that Ryan have a picture with Jackson since Jackson shares his name!

Cute cousins!

On Friday Jenny was not very happy with herself that day. So, what do good brothers do? Well, they cheer her up of course! So for the next two days Ryan and Brent were always quick to tell her that she has really nice opposable thumbs! It was hilarious and never seemed to get old... too funny!

Mozart or Cayden?

We enjoyed the afternoon playing with the kiddos and visiting. It is always so sad when it has to come to an end. I wish we all lived closer so we could get together more often, but since we don’t it makes for such cherished memories when we are all together. I love this place...

Within the temple walls contains the power for our family to be together forever. Such an amazing blessing! I love my family!