Memorial Memory (Part deux!)

So as mentioned before, I drove us home on Sunday whilst Sean stayed to finish his tournament...which i might add they bull-dozed everybody and WON their league. Go babe!  Im so sad i didn't get any pictures of them playing.

   My sister Brittney and fam flew out from Georgia that weekend and I finally saw them on Memorial day at my parents house.  We were doing yard work and cleaning up the place.

 

 After clean up we ate and sat around the table conversing and enjoying the lingering cool air.

Heres Uncle Chris and Evy crackin' smiles :o)

 

Im just gonna go ahead and jump to the next event. That weekend, we all drove up to a large cabin in Heber and enjoyed a wonderful and fun family reunion .

 

There was so much to do here it was ridiculous but it sure was nice to camp indoors...as sean would say. I couldn't care less.

M and Tate were having a blast.

 

Relaxing after the drive up. 

 

Played a little T ball with daddy. Great hit M! 

 

 Just a taste of this great cabin 

Love this kitchen.

 

male bonding :o)

Dad couldn't stop crackin' up. Love it!

 In the game room there was much to do: shoot pool, air some hockey, ping-pong, or watch movies on the flat screen.

 Or sometimes just sit  

M have a fair share of the indoor play room...but love the outdoors too.

 

You'd think she was a boy...she loved playing ball with daddy. 

As a parent I believe i reserve the right to say that my daughter would be an awesome ball player!  Nana was kind enough to hold the baby while i went and rode the horses. 

Sweet niece Macey.  Evy was a good sport and let others chill with her...she's here with her cousin Trin.
(oooh, look at dat belly!)

Nana even kicked up her heels

 They even were kind enough to let us take their (er) thing off roading in the pines.  i went with Chris, that was sure a wild ride! *see video below

 My sister Julie and Tatum

My sissie-in-law geared up and kindly took pictures of all the family.  Sure was windy tho(my hair was bland anyway), so sadly i don't  think i will use the pictures in my house.:(

 

Nana and papa with the kizzez

 pictures of all the families: In order of Eldest.

 The parents 

  Lori and Jim

 Julie and  Brent

 Michelle and Jon

 Brittney and Chris.............(see it was w-i-n-d-y)

 Shaun and Lauren

It was a memorable weekend I'll hardly forget it!
- Aezra

No words can express:o(

sometimes my  brain cannot conjure up the right words to express...but at best all i can say is I am grateful to God.

  Today my innocent 4 yr old  took the initiative to have fun with her sister, carried her outside(which i have told her over and over never to pick up sister), then somehow managed to log her onto the trampoline.  Your 2nd worst fear just flashed into your mind and it happened...evalyn fell off the trampoline and landed on her head.

Im getting dressed in my master bath when I hear a high pitched cry....no more then a few minutes i walked out of the family room where they were playing that this happened.  I couldn't determine where the cry came from...it sounded like it echoed from the baby's monitor....so i walked across the house to the babys room.  Theres no crying(thats bad.) I jumped at the thought they were in the garage, i ran fast to open the laundry door that leads into the garage, flung open the door, no cries,...no children. 


 ....."Where ARE THEY?!" ....
 I sped across the house again when the backyard window caught my eye and i see M....just standing there next to the trampoline, starring at the ground, not moving.
 "Wheres Evy?!?!" thats when i heard some whimpers.  I opened the glass door and at this point i caught eye of evalyn, lying in the dirt, trying to sit up.  At this instant i knew what had happened.  I ran to her while trying to hold back tears and anger.

 Evalyn just looked terrible and looked like she got hit by a bus, she was dazed.  My 10 month old baby! Dazed & whimpering! Heart wrenching!!! 

 I ran to her as she caught sight of me she just started to cry with this look in her eye..."mommy, hold me." I can't describe it...shes only 10 months but i could just see what she was feeling. 

 I think back at it now and know why i heard 1 high-pitched cry and silence after that...it was probably because she got the wind knocked out of her.  That just breaks my heart. 
I just held her and let her cry, looked in her eyes to see any signs of neurological problems....and waited for her to vomit or get sleepy...but she didn't. THANK HEAVENS!  I knew she was spared and that she was meant to live another day...an angel was watching over her.  I asked M as i grabbed evy what had happened and she confirmed my fear.  I tried so hard to hold back my natural reaction and barely handled a firm reiteration to "NEVER pick up sister." 

Im so so SO grateful to heavenly father and thanked him over again.  I love my kids more than life and would just die if i ever had one taken from me.  I don't ever want to know the feeling.
 

 Tonight after i got back from a my sisters dinner out, I crept in and checked on her.  She is such an angel, especially when she sleeps.  checked to feel her chest rise and fall. Relief is up there with one of the BEST emotions a human can feel and Gratitude IS the Best.

-aezra

Memorial Memory(Part 1)

May 27, 2011

It was previously decided that we as a unit would go with sean to cheer him on in his softball tournament.  Every year its held up in Show Low/Pinetop area where the weather is nice and we can enjoy, really, our ONLY family vacation of the year.  The other players families had all backed out, but NO-Sir-y were we backing out.  So I came into the weekend planning that we'd be the only family unit in a cabin full of "boys" essentially.  But our luck turned...at the last minute families were showing up left and right.  I was grateful that M had playmates so as to pass the time up in the mountains. 
Because of Sean's superiority unfailing ability to win competitive bets...he won first dibs on any room in the cabin.  Of course we picked the biggest.>>>

Luckily for us we were able to persuade our good friends, the Dixons, to come and share the weekend with us.

 

we visited her grandparents house for an afternoon.  We talked. Kids played.

 And i wandered the premises taking pictures :o)

I love this moment i caught:)

  classy aged.

tour of our cabin and surroundings

 Previously a Bed & Breakfast

Some friends above our door to greet you...but don't expect any greeting because your hello falls upon sleeping ears.

 (bats)

 Horses fenced and wild horses wild.

Ah, the good ole' Out house.

On our last day(should i say my last day) we ate at a quaint little cafe off the main road.  Big plates, Fullll bellies, bliss :)

I took the 4 hr trip back home in time to meet up with some good friends...Rulon and Laura.
It was a very pleasant day :)
-aezra