With love...

I think this is the most perfect picture that shows Mom's personality.  She loved her chunky jewelry and always had her glasses sitting on her head (and could never find them).

Sadly, Mom unexpectedly passed away on 9 Sept 2010 due to complications from her treatment in her fight against breast cancer.  She was an amazing woman who always found something positive in everything she did.  She even considered this bought with cancer as an inconvenience.  She was the best mom, and an even better grandmother.  She loved life and all it had to offer (good bad or ugly).  Where do I begin?  There is so much to share.  All I know is that I am blessed to have been able to come home and live with Mom for a couple of months and that my boys had the opportunity to know what fun she was and how much she loved them.  I am grateful for the family that I have and the love and support that they have shown to me and my sister and our families during this time.  I know that through our Heavenly Father's plan, this separation is temporary, and that we have been blessed to be an eternal family and we WILL see her again.  I know that she is whole and without pain and is surrounded by her parents and her brother that went before her.

She will be missed.

Day at the beach

We wanted to do as much as we possibly could before Kevin leaves for Korea.  One of the things was to go to Corpus Christi to the beach, and while we were there see the USS Lexington and the Aquarium.  I found a hotel right on the beach and next to the USS Lexington and on the other side of the Lexington was the Aquarium. It was the perfect spot and we had a room of the beach side.  It was great! again no pictures of us in the water, was not going to get sand and salt water all over the camera.

Shaving of the head!

No, not my head.  So mom is undergoing Chemo for Breast Cancer.  It was a big shock to us all when they found it.  She was told of all the side effects that she would have including that her hair WOULD fall out.  So far she gets a bit queasy, and tires easily.  So she didn't believe that her hair would fall out.  Little by littler her hair started to break off, then it started to fall out more and more each day.  She started to look like the refugee with mange.  At that time it was time to shave it off.  So we gathered everyone together especially the grandkids to shave off the remainder of her hair.  We were trying to make it a fun thing so the kids could see it was Grandma who chose to take it off and try and make it fun.  So the kids wanted to see Grandma with a mohawk, so they got their wish (even if just long enought for a photo opp.).  Jared did the honors of shaving it all off.

Schlitterbahn

Ok, so this is something we like to do at least once every summer.  Schlitterbahn is a local water park that is on the river in New Braunfuls.  We went with Grandma and Grandpa Pressgrove.  There are pictures of us waiting to get in and when we are taking a break for lunch (and for some a quick nap).  No pictures of us playing in the water but maybe next time....