O Christmas Tree....how you frustrate me.

Caleb helped me bring up our tree tonight. He had to be in bed early since he has to work tomorrow morning. I have done our tree in the past with no issues. Tonight was another story. I got the tree turned so that I can plug it into the wall. There is a strand of lights that only half the lights are choosing to work. I swapped out three lights and just became more frustrated with it that I gave up. Caleb happened to come downstairs to take some pills. I showed him how the lights were not playing nicely. He said to decorate it and he will play with the light tomorrow. Deal. I had gone to a craft store earlier tonight and bought a couple of unfinished words. I bought a can of spray paint and some ribbon. The words had a red ribbon attached. Red does not match my tree. I turned on all of the lights I could without sending a bright glow underneath our bedroom door. The last thing Caleb needs is our bedroom to be light up like Vegas. I got everything on the tree and it looks good in the dark. I can't wait to come down the stairs in the morning to a collage of crap and ask myself, "why did I even waste my time attempting to get the tree up"? I did snap a picture of it in the dark, and here it is. (At the bottom of the tree you can see the "Believe" word that I painted and put new ribbon on. At the top of the tree you can see "Joy" which I also did.) I am very pleased with the outcome of my words. We will see in the morning what I think of the rest of it.

Proof.

Here is the proof that my car was not made to go up and over an unfinished island in the middle of the road. Thinking about it now, I wish I would have had someone in the car with me. We could have reenacted the movie Titanic. My passenger could have yelled out, "island straight ahead". Then I play my part as the captain and run right into it. Instead of drowning in cold water, we freeze in the snow. Sorry I have to kinda make fun of the situation to balance out how upset I really am that this happened.

Soccer.....

I am sitting on the couch watching the MLS Cup as Caleb sleeps. He wanted to record this so he can watch it tomorrow. I have never really been a fan of soccer. I understand that this game is a defense game but I need points. I have been thinking, maybe I can go back and forth between channels. I am hesitant because if I change it will it stop recording? I am not willing to stop recording. Finally a goal is scored, too bad it was not REAL. The great thing is I get to sit and watch the second half....YIPEE. I also don't understand how two people can have an assist. If three or four people would have touched the ball before the goal would they also get an assist? Goal for REAL. We are tied. I kicked my coffee table because of how exciting that was. A shoot out. This game is intense. I am glad that I did not change the channel and got to watch REAL take it.

So just when you think things could not get worse.....

Last night I was driving home during the storm and I got into a car accident. There is new construction and I ended going over a curb into the center median, down into the dirt and up and over the other side. We should know more today on how much damage I did to the car. Being that today is Friday the 13th I think I will stay inside the house.

The bad and the good...

Everyday it seems that we do the same thing. When I say we I mean the Human race. We get up and start the day whether we go to work or stay home with children. Most people have routines or tasks that have to be done each and every day. There are so many times that I wish I would have stopped and really looked and evaluated myself. The last week or so has been one of these weeks. My grandfather's health was going down hill so my parents decided last Sunday to put him in a care facility to be evaluated. We each have taken time out of our normal schedules and lives to go and see him. To comfort him and let him know that he is not alone. As the last week has come and gone he has steadily gotten worse. At 3:00am this morning I received a phone call from my mom telling me that my grandfather only has a couple of hours left. I ran through the house, threw on some close and headed to the facility. I got there around 3:30-3:45. I Walked into his room knowing that I was about to lose the only grandfather I have left. As I walked into his room I took a deep breathe and watched my grandmother hold his hand with both my parents sitting at his bedside. As we are sitting there one of the nurses tells us that if we keep the oxygen on it would be a couple of hours and if we remove it we would have about a half hour. My grandmother wanted to take it off and my dad wanted it on. At 5:00 am I called Bud and asked if he was coming up. As we sat there waiting for Bud and reminiscing of times with my grandfather my dad asked me if I know what today is. It is my parents 32nd wedding anniversary. What a way to start celebrating. As one marriage is celebrated another is fading away. Bud joined us by about 5:30. Around 5:40 we decided to take off the oxygen for my grandmother's sake. In a matter of a couple of minutes and a few short breathes he left us.

(June 21st 1920 - November 12th 2009)

When my parents got back to their house it was time to make the call to Cort's Mission Pres. I think this is all I have been thinking about for the last week. Cort. has an amazing relationship with my grandfather. My Grandfather passing away was one of two of Cort's biggest worries before he ever left for his mission. My mom called and told him and he said tat he would forward the message to Cort. Within 10 min the phone rings and my mom answered and it's Cort. We talked to him for about 40min. That was the Highlight for all of us. We didn't think we would get to talk to him. He is doing great he said that he can't have any one else pass away while he is gone. He has been out since July 1st and there have now been 3 deaths. Enough is enough, I agree with him. I told him that we would talk to him in about 50days. He sounded great on the phone about the whole thing. I hope that he can stay strong while dealing with this.

Family Pictures.....

A couple of weeks ago we had family pictures taken on Caleb's side of the family. Here are a few of them. We had them taken at Gardner Village. That is also where Caleb and I had our engagement pictures taken.