Grandpa Gordon

Last weekend (June 13) we made a trip up to Spanish Fork to see Chet's Grandpa, who has been in a care center for the last 2 years. He has Alzheimers and has been in the last stages of it for a few weeks now. So we wanted to see him and say goodbye before he passed away. We went to see him Friday and he was sleeping, we could not get him to wake up. Luckily we tried again on Sunday. Grandpa was alert and wanted us to stay. While he could not talk much he did like and responded when Cooper would give him kisses. We were glad that we made the trip because Wednesday morning we were informed that he passed away in his sleep. As Chet said, sometimes we make good decisions and going to see grandpa was one of them. Cooper will have good memories of visiting him and singing him some church hymns. We know that Grandpa is in a much happier place and has been reunited with Grandma. We love you Grandpa.

Red Rock

Saturday was such a beautiful day that we decided to go for our first family hike. We went to Red Rock Canyon and took a trail that leads to a waterfall (that is only active during the spring). The boys had a great time climbing on all the rocks. Beckham was such a gentleman and would help me down off the rocks. I had to be sure I was ready to take his hand because the second we connected he pulled on me. What a helper. The boys also thought it was fun to use my camera to take pictures. Cooper also thought that we should stick our tounges out in every picture. As said before that was our first family hike, the boys cannot wait to go hiking again.

So Proud

I read somewhere that you should brag about your kids in front of them so that they gain more confidence and realize when they have made good decisions. So occationally I try to do that. Today Cooper chased a plastic garbage bag down and wanted to throw it away so it would not be littering. I later told Chet about that in the so proud mommy voice. What I think is so funny is that whenever I tell Chet about these types of things the second I am done Cooper will tell the same story in his So Proud voice.