a WiSH...

Life is so interesting. It never seems to be as cookie cutter like as we wish it were. I married my sweetheart 8 years ago and gained an amazing father in law. He went by many names; Dad, Dan the Man, Danny, babe, Uncle Danny, Papa Dan and Pops. He was my Pops. Today is his birthday and I wish he were here for us to celebrate with him. I feel sad for my kids that they will never really Know who there Papa was, except through our memories of him. He was a samaritan in every meaning. His life really did revolve around serving those around him. He was a simple man with BIG dreams. I wish he could have made ALL those dreams come true before he went hoMe. I never imagined my kids growing up with only one Grandpa, but things don't always happen the way we imagine them to. I am thankful for the way he lived his life. He had 0 enemies. I love him and miss him.

I have a few songs that for one reason or another make me cry when I hear them. This is one of those songs..... listen to it.... it makes me want to cherish life more.

To POPS: I wish you a hAppy Birthday and hope your day was special. Thanks for your son. I loVe you forEVER.

One More Day

~Diamond Rio

Last night I had a crazy dream

A wish was granted just for me

It could be for anything

I didn't ask for money

Or a mansion in Malibu

I simply wished for one more day with you

One more day, one more time

One more sunset, maybe

I'd be satisfiedBut then again,

I know what it would do

Leave me wishing still for one more day with you

One more day...

First thing I'd do is pray for time to crawl

I'd unplug the telephone and keep the TV off

I'd hold you every second

Say a million 'I Love You's'

That's what I'd do with one more day with you

sNow, snow, Snow!!!!

This was such a fun LAST minute trip. We really wanted to have the kids be able to SEE snow and play it in this winter for their first time, but it was hard to make that decision since Vancey is still so little. We always make it a point to never go back on our word with things we tell the kids, so we did'nt tell the kids we were going to the snow until like 1 hour before we left. They were so exCited. We just threw together lots of warm clothes...whatever we had and just said we will make do with what we had.

We drove right outside of Payson. On our way through Payson, we were getting worried because we didn't see any snow on the sides of the streets, but 20 minutes past Payson the snow appeared. Madison went crazy!! She, Davin and Blane were screaming SNOW, SNOW, SNOW! Madison kept wanting us to pull over before we got to our destination. She was so worried that it would disappear if we drove further.What a perfect sunny day to hang in the snow. The kids had a lot of fun. Davin kept walking off by himself to find the perfect area to make snow angels, Blane enjoyed eating the snow and riding the the lil' hills, Madison really liked riding the hills as well, but she didn't like slipping on the trek back up the hill. Vance just screamed when the chill of the wind hit his face. He ended up sleeping through the majority of the time outside snuggled in his Mom, his Dad and his Aunt Nell's arms.

We stopped for some pizza in Payson to end the day. We ended up getting our pizza for free because the people took FOREVER to bring our food. On the drive back home in the car, some how we started telling the kids stories about our memories of our childhood. This was fun to watch their little faces as we told them funny incidents about us. They loved this! Davin liked his Dad's stories better than his Mom's stories. Dason was a crAzy kid what more can I say!