Life

Last Saturday we went to a funeral of a 16 month old boy who addidently drowned at home. Nathan and Rachael had never been to a funeral so we took the entire family. The service was wonderful and a great celebration of Jackson's life. Just listening to the stories you could tell he had taught a lot to his parents in his short life time. Afterwards, we went and looked at all the pictures they had of Jackson. It made me think wow, I need to take more pictures of my kids. One thing that his dad, Coby, mentioned was that they took the four heart valves and were able to donate them to other children. So, having the gospel in your life really makes you think and know with more surity that there is life after this time on earth. That there is a greater plan for all of us, but yet we can't see it right now.

After the funeral we went to Costco for food shopping and then put things in the fridge/freezer and left the rest out. We went to Murray Rec Center for Greg and Nathan to work out and the rest of us went swimming. The best thing was that it was FREE!!!! Yep. Free. It was a day where there were several recreation centers open for free to get families out and exercise and to check out what the center's had. We had a fun time. Payton's favorite thing to do is go down the big waterslide with somebody. She laughs the entire time.

That night we made hogie sandwiches and relaxed watching Spiderwick. The time was late when everybody went to bed, but after the day's events (and earlier in the week with the passing of Jackson) it made you hug your kids, be around them more and just give in on some of the rules in the house.

Yesterday - Utah Utes beat Oregon State in football right at the last second with a field goal to win by 3. Tonight, BYU plays Utah State. Even though I graduated from Utah State, I know that the true blue team will come out on top. USU? Nope. BYU.