HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR ANGEL!!

31 years ago today and Angel entered into our lives, choosing my mom and dad as his parents, only staying a short time and then continued his journey on to Heaven. We know that he is saving a place for all of us there. I have always felt he has been my family's Angel. It is so amazing to know that we have an Angel in our family, some one that is perfect and just needed a body to complete His journey. For as long as I can remember, on October 28th every year, my family has always gone to the cemetery to see him and sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him. I never realized how much this tradition meant to me until one year I was unable to go because I had to work. Ever since then, I have done everything in my power to be there for his birthday. This year we will not be there and I am sad. We are going to see him when we are visiting for Halloween. I know that he understands. I often wonder what life would have been like if things would have turned out differently. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us, and this was Gervace's plan. I know that he knows that I love him and think of him often, but I want to say it to him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERVACE!! OWEN, KENDYLLEE AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!! Thank you so much for choosing us as your family!! You could not have picked a better one!!

This picture was taken on June, 6, 2008. Kendyllee was only 4 weeks old to the day. This is her first of many she will have with him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY ANGEL BROTHER!!

Bye Bye G-ma and G-pa

These pictures were taken while my parents where visiting. They were just getting ready to leave. Kendyllee sure had a good time with them while they were here. Thanks for coming to visit G-ma and G-pa. We love and miss you and will see you soon.

17 Months old and talking like crazy!

On Friday, Kendyllee turned 17 months old. She has learned so many new things in the last month. She has learned many new words and is learning how and when to use them. Here are some pictures of her saying "CHEEEEZZZE!" She had never said it before until we were sitting at the dinner table with mom and dad and she looked at dad and said it for the first time. We all about died laughing and then went running for the cameras.

Madee

While mom and dad were visiting us, their little Toy Schnauzer became very ill. She developed Pancreatitus. She was loosing a lot of blood and not interested in eating and by the end of the first night was not even able to hold her own head up. That night mom and I took her to the Animal Hospital in Grand Junction, where they put her in ICU and gave her many liquids, pain pills and an anti-nausea medicine. When we picked her up the next morning, she was still not doing so good, but tons better than the night before. Before taking her to a vet in Fruita for the day, we came home to get dad and have Owen give her a blessing. When we got her to the vet's office that morning she was able to walk a bit and was not loosing near the blood. By the end of the day on Friday when they picked her up, she was walking and doing her little trot she does. She still was on a very strict diet and no playing. Here are some fun pics of her!!

This is at the hospital the first night. She just wanted to lay in the sink. We thought it was because it was cool!At the vet's office the next day!

She is now doing so much better and happy to be in her own home!!

Sleep well Peggy!!

For those of you who know my family more than likely know all about Peggy. She is our horse. My dad bought her from his dad before she was even born. She is older than I am, 29 1/2 years to be exact. She was born on June 4, 1980. She is the most gorgeous horse I have ever seen and has been a member of our family since day 1. I have many wonderful memories while riding her up and down the road and thru the fields as a child. Every day during the summer, dad would saddle Peggy and Jackson and Luke and I would ride them, an hour on each horse. She was the first horse I learned to saddle and she was the only horse that I dared to pick up her front hoof. I remember riding her like crazy during the summer on the long hot days and I thought she must have been exhausted by the time we were done, but then dad would get on her and she would have more life in her than she did when he first saddled her. She also loved the sound of Ol' Green. One summer, dad took them to pasture at his cousins house just outside of Rexburg along the Salem highway. Every day dad would drive past to and from work and she would start to winnie and prance when ever she heard him coming. She could hear him coming in that pick-up from miles away. We always knew when he was close because she told us. She hated moose with a passion. She loved all the dogs my parents have had over the years. We had a dog named Claude and he was almost beaten and chewed to death by a Pit bull when he was a puppy so he was scared of other dogs. There were many times when dad would have Peggy and Claude out for a nice ride on the Dunes or the Junipers and run into a sheep camp. Claude was so terrified of those dogs, so dad would pull him up onto the saddle and he would just ride right along with him. Peggy did not care one bit. I think she knew that he was scared. She lived a very long life for a horse and it will not be the same to go home and not have here there. That had been her home longer than it has been mine. Over the last couple of years, her health has faded and she has gone down hill this last year. My dad did not want her to be cold another winter or maybe not even make it thru another one, so on Saturday October 3, 2009 he put her to rest in her pasture. It is very sad to me but yet very comforting to know that she is no longer in pain. She will sleep very peacefully in her pasture and can now run and play with her mom and Sadie.

Here are some of the pics I have of her.

Tyson and Brooklinn

Tyson taking Kendyllee for her one and only ride on Peggy on her 1st birthday! May 9, 2009

Grandpa with his "pups'' and Peggy Sue
My last and final ride on her May 9, 2009I love this pic!!

Tyson on Sassy and Dad on Peggy (notice he is bare back) This is how I remember Peggy. With her ears forward and her tail in the air. With such life!

She loved to have dad on her back. It always made her feel young. She always had such spirit and spunk when he rode her!

One of dad's favorite places to be! She has always been so loyal to dad and he has taken such amazing care of her. He always called her "his girlfriend".

Shootin the BreezeDad and Mike on Peggy

Dad, Mike and Madee on Peggy

One of my favorites!!

This is their last picture together.
Peggy will be missed greatly by all of us.

Colorado National Monument Park and road trip to Rifle

Mom and dad enjoyed seeing the sights of Colorado during their visit. We went thru the Colorado National Monument Park and drove to Rifle so they could see the mountains and the trees changing colors.

We stopped at the Visitor Center in the park so we could look around.

DadMomEvery time mom and dad got out of the car to take pics and look around, Kendyllee screamed!! I guess she did not want to be in the car with just boring mommy!! Thanks Kendyllee!!

She was screaming so hard, I decided to take her out of the car and look around with them.

Mom and dad trying to get Kendyllee's attention.Much better this time.

These are our sad attempts of trying to take pics of ourselves. My arms just weren't long enough I guess!!

Soo sweet!

Garfield Mountain on our way to Rifle. This mountain is so pretty.

These clouds were so pretty as they hung down over the tops of the mountains.

Dad was so bummed when he looked at this pic just after he took it and noticed the road sign smack in the middle of it. Great job dad!

I really like this one because there are no roads, signs or cars in it!!

Kendyllee has this thing lately with hugging and kissing arms!