Rice Pudding and two farewells

I have rediscovered my love for Rice Pudding, and have made it probably way more lately than I should be, seeing as how me and Makayla are basically the only ones that eat it! Can you tell that she likes it? She needed two spoons to get the maximum amount of food in her mouth at once.


Then we celebrated Jason's birthday on the 15th! He was kind of spoiled this year! ;)
And...I did not give him a candle, that was thrown in a gift bag to throw the weight, and keep him guessing. He's the biggest snoop, and a reaaaally good guesser.

and my poor mom in the background a day or two before going in for surgery on her arm.


My dad's last game as head coach of Sky View's boys soccer team. 16 plus years, it was finally time to say goodbye. He will still be coaching the girls team.


And perhaps the saddest farewell of all. We sold my little Honda Civic this month. I seriously cried when I watched it drive off down the street, with someone else behind the wheel, never to return...sheesh...I'm gonna start crying again. Who knew someone could be so attached to a car!? It was my baby, it carried my first baby for the first 2 years....lots of awesome memories in that little car. She took good care of us for 10 years! So long old friend.

Farewell

Last week was really hard. I got a call from my mom on Sunday night telling me they were life flighting my Grandpa down to the hospital in SLC. Within 2 days, he was gone. It all happened so fast, that it almost didn't seem real. But I am so grateful for the time I got to spend with him those last two days. He was able to come home and be with all of his family in his last few hours. He was laughing and joking up till the end. We had some special moments with him, before all of the family got there. (we have a REALLY big extended family). I'll never forget the last thing he said to me. We were leaving for the night, and he was still awake and concious, and I said "Grandpa, we're taking off!" And he said "You be careful how much you take off!!" I laughed SO hard, and so did the whole room. It was such a "Grandpa" moment.

We'll miss you Grandpa! You were such a hero to us all. We will never forget your love for fire, explosions, burning things, yelling at the horses, rocking grandkids to sleep, your big bear growls, your prickly whiskers, and your wonderful sense of humor and your love for your sweetheart.