5 years down eternity to go!

For our 5 year anniversary we went out to breakfast,just the 2 of us, at Angie's then later we went on a 4 wheeler ride up cherry creek in Richmond. We decided to celebrate in Cache Valley because we have free babysitters-thanks grandma!- and we wanted to go on a 4 wheeler ride in the beautiful mountains. 

I feel so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man! He is so sensitive to the spirit, he honors his priesthood, he loves me and loves our children, he is so fun and playful, he is so good looking:), he loves to laugh, and he is a very hard worker. these past 5 years have been the best I have ever had and I am so thankful to be with him for eternity!!!!

(written by Dean himself)...

I feel like i'm the luckiest guy in the world, and my kids are so spoiled to have the mom that they have. Lacey makes me so happy and i'm so fortunate to have her for eternity. I love that she likes to be active and that she likes to make sure that everyone feels included. These past 5 years have absolutely been the greatest years of my life. I love you so much and i am so thankful that you put up with me thus far. haha. 5 years down eternity to go!!!!! Your such a cutie sitting on the 4-wheeler! 

Grandma Smith's funeral weekend

These pictures are out of order but my grandma smith's funeral was beautiful and all of my wonderful memories of her were flooding my mind this week. I went to my mom's house a couple days before the funeral so I could help with anything that needed to be done and so I could have time to myself to mourn before the whole family got there. The first time I went into her house I started bawling. She was my closest grandparent and I love her so much and the legacy she left me. She always talked of her family history and would show me all her old pictures and antiques, I give credit to her for giving me that passion and love for history and old things. I have an old soul in a young body:) 

Mya at the funeral-this is my favorite coat ever! my mom got it for her last year but it didn't quite fit until now

mindy, scott, aunt dinah

 My dad and Jaxon drove grandma from the church to the cemetery in his 1923 model T

the smith and lewis clan

The day before the viewing I took Mya over to grandmas to get some pictures of her in her old dress that she wore in 1927 when she was only 5! she kept that dress for all these years and it is BEAUTIFUL! it was hand sewn by my grandma's aunt whom she was named after, Franta. When we were walking through the door mya yells, "knock, knock!" like we always do when we go over there. Then after mya walks to the living room, where gma is usually sitting, she looks at me and shrugs her shoulders and brings her hands up and says, "where'd dama doe?" I started to tear up and I tell her she is in Heaven with Jesus. She looked a little confused but she is only 2 so I didn't want to go into detail.

my little diva

mya holding a picture of grandma in her dress and cousin Addison who posed in the dress too when she was little

Baylor and my dad working hard at mowing up leaves-i love B's face!!!

At the viewing at webb's funeral home in preston

my mom, dad and aunt verlene

my uncle brad

my cousin Houston and aunt cheryl

Jax and I

Mya, Jaxon, and Dustin

my aunt linda and uncle lewis

My handsome little man

the displays at the church for the viewing before the funeral

Halloween 2013

Mya was minnie mouse this year for Halloween and we got a picture that afternoon at aunt mindys house with the cousins.

Mya was running away from Easton in this picture because of his iron man mask..:)

my rodeo clown

 haha i love this pic of mya covering her eyes and baylor scowling

Dean didn't dress up in his samoa gear this year so it was just us 3 that was festive. At least he came trick or treating with us. Our neighborhood here in Santaquin is perfect for trick or treating, the houses are close and everyone is friendly but my favorite part was handing out candy at our first house! i'm not sure why but it made me happy

October randoms...

My friend Kami Tingey is so talented and crocheted this for Baylor! my little viking!

Mya's face when Maxee was about to lick her

 trying to be creative with chalk and make her wings

Halloween party at Michelle's with some other neighborhood kids

Baylor loves his gma smith!

Baylor's halloween pjs...thanks gma!

November 2, 2013- Grandma Franta Estelle Lewis Smith passes away...

My closest, spunky, petite grandma smith passed away. My parents were at our house, we had just gotten done with a luncheon we had after my niece Sadee was baptized, and Dean and I were getting ready for a Jazz game we had tickets for and my parents were going to watch Mya while we went with Dean's friend Russell Ward and his girlfriend. My Uncle Brad called my mom and we heard my mom start to cry and we knew what the news was right away.
 Grandma fell the week before but she was doing ok, she couldn't really walk but she didn't break anything and her mind was still as sharp as ever and she was still living at her own house, so I was surprised she went so fast. She had complained of a stomach ache that day and my uncle lewis and brad were taking her to the hospital when she passed on the way there. A few days before she fell I went to Franklin with the kids to finish some sewing projects for Halloween (I made a post on that visit) and of course when ever I go to Franklin I visit her. I walked over with the kids to visit my beloved Grandma. Mya loves going over there because she gets an "all day sucker" and she loves her toy box. I remember thinking as I was heading back to Santaquin after that visit, 'I'm not going to see grandma again' but I disregarded that thought because Dean and I were planning on coming back to Franklin for our anniversary which was only a little more than a week away (nov 7th) and I thought I would see her again then. I know now that was the Spirit speaking to me and making sure I told her I loved her and hugged her. I'm so thankful for that tender mercy. I called grandma the day before she passed just because I felt like it and I asked how she was doing and told her that I loved the night stand she gave me for our house. I am so glad I called her! I know it was the spirit guiding me so that when she passed I wouldn't have any regrets that I didn't talk to her and tell her I loved her.

I was raised right next to her and always remember having vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup, gma playing cards with her friends, playing with her jewelry, looking at her old photos and hearing all her family history stories (I am so proud of my ancestors and the legacy they left), her chopping her bottom dentures up and down to tease the kids, her smell, her old house with the big front porch swing, her beautiful yard, repainting her car port, her hair color changing quite often, her tv on so loud usually on a Jazz game, her all day suckers and cookies, her mink fur coats, her antiques (a violin built in the 1700s, a cane made by Brigham Young, her mothers wedding shoes... just to name a few), her makeup, her competitiveness in playing cards, playing checkers that she kept under the couch, her rock coffee table, peeing in her plant holder thing that looked like a toilet to me, swinging on her swing, her wishing well, her seashells, her lilac bushes, Christmas eve parties, her 3-wheeler, camping with her and gramps, watching the Idaho Days fireworks on her front law, etc.....

My entire life has her in it!!!! She was a spitfire and she loved everyone! She was so proud of her posterity and her ancestors and talked about us all the time.

I love her and miss her more than words can describe!!!