Monday's Memory

Fish Lake
Memorial Day Weekend

2002

On our way camping at Fish Lake, Todd's truck blew a tire and he had no spare! Who drives without a spare? Well, I guess Todd did. Anyway, we piled our tents and sleeping bags into the Durango and drove on to the lake. After the tents were up, the boys went back for the rest of our stuff while the girls went to bed to get warm. It was FREEZING! The next day we went back to the truck to see about getting a tire and a very nice sheriff told us where to get a new one. Jackpot!! The town also had a great ice cream store. Kathy was a real trooper, being 6 months pregnant. I think we may have turned her against camping, though, as she has not gone since.

Emma's Recital

Last Saturday, Emma performed in her first dance recital. All I can say is that she was just so darn cute. We were taking bets as to whether she would freeze on stage, go crazy doing her own thing, or perform the dance as learned. She actually remembered the dance and SHE WAS GREAT! Of course, she was the star of the show (at least in this grandma's eyes.) I actually got a little misty watching, remembering that it wasn't that long ago that I was sitting in the audience watching Amy in her first recital. I miss those times...here's hoping that we'll have years to come enjoying Emma.

Monday's Memory

Washington DC

My best friend, Ann, is also my traveling companion. We have had some great trips together, but the one I'd like to share tonight was a trip to Washington DC in the spring of 2004 . We timed it just right to be there when the cherry trees by the Jefferson Memorial were in full bloom and it was beautiful. The first couple of days there, it rained, but we didn't let that stop us. We were able to stay dry by visiting the museums. This was when the Star Spangled Banner was being cleaned and it was amazing to see that huge flag all spread out. People were on a scaffolding on their stomachs using cotton balls to clean it. Fascinating. The sun came out the last few days, so we were able to get to some of the outdoor monuments. My favorite memory from that trip was after we had been to Arlington to see Kennedy's grave and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, we decided that we would walk through the cemetery and over to see Iwo Jima. Little did we know that there was a pretty tall wall we had to scale. It makes me smile, every time I think about how we must have looked.

Monday's memory

132 Perch!

On one of our family trips to Idaho, we decided to go fishing. This was nothing new. We usually went fishing when we were in Twin. But this time, Grandpa Busby told us that he would clean all of the fish we caught. Well, let me tell you, we caught fish. When we got home that afternoon, you should have seen grandpa's eyes when he saw the fish we caught, 132 perch!! This picture shows grandpa, dad, and myself cleaning the fish with grandma Busby and mom in the background. It took quite a while, and dinner was pretty late that night, but all the fish were either fried and eaten or frozen for later. We still laugh about that day. I'm sure we must have set some kind of record.

New start

I have been so lax in updating my blog and it really makes me sad. My whole purpose of this blog was to journal important events and activities and to take a trip down "memory lane" to document past events. I'm afraid I've failed miserably. But this is a new year and a new start. And I am going to make a better effort.
Our bishop has asked us to have consistant family home evenings. That's kinda hard when your family is all gone. But I had this great idea of how to follow the bishops council and keep my blog up to date. I loved it when Kathy did her "Flashback Fridays". I'm going to steal her idea and start Monday's Memories. Monday evenings, for FHE, you will find me on my computer connecting with family, both present and past. Good idea, huh?

Christmas 2010--It's All About Kids

Carson's surgery

Carson had brain surgery this past week. I don't want to go into all of the details. For those who are interested, you can check out Amy's blog. I wanted to talk about something else. Last year, Amy had the opportunity to "retire" from teaching with a sweet deal. I was pretty nervous because of the tight teaching market and felt it would be awfully hard for her to get a job when she was ready to go back to work. Amy and Todd prayed about it and decided that taking the "golden handshake" was the right decision. As it turned out, it was a great decision. Amy could not have been there for Carson if she had been working. With all of the appointments before and the healing time after, not to mention the stress involved, she never would have been able to keep her job. I KNOW that the Lord's hand was in this whole thing, preparing things, arranging things, long before we were even aware anything was wrong. I KNOW that the Lord knows us and loves us. He will be in our lives guiding us if we let him.