Spencer funny

Spencer continually cracks us up!

The other day after we picked Daniel up from school we stopped at the store to pick up some milk, etc. As we walked down the chip aisle (getting pretzels) Spencer asked for Cheetos. We told him, "Not today." He says to Daniel, who is holding his hand, "But Dad, I need them!"

Daniel has been trying to teach the concept of money to Spencer, so he said, "We need money to buy chips, do you have money for the chips?" Spencer quickly said, "Yes!"

Daniel surprised said, "You do, where?"

Spencer, "In your pocket!"

I want to give you a love

We had a very interesting experience with Spencer last week. Last saturday Daniel had gotten up with Jared, the first to wake up, to let me sleep in. While downstairs with Jared he heard Spencer calling out, sounding upset. Daniel headed up the stairs and heard Spencer urgently calling, "Grandma come back, I want to give you a love!" We call hugs and kisses "loves."

Daniel opened the door and found Spencer sitting up in his bed. He asked Spencer what was wrong and Spencer said, “I need Grandma come back, I want to give her a love.”

Daniel said, “Did Grandma come see you?”

“Yes”

Daniel said Spencer was very lucid and not groggy at all. Daniel tried to pull a little more information out and asked which grandma it was. Spencer didn’t seem to have the words to describe her so Daniel asked, “Which Grandma, the Grandma in California?

Spencer said, “Yes.”

But Daniel also asked, “Or the Grandma in Utah?” Again he said, “Yes.”

Then Spencer volunteered something to the effect of, “I go on a plane to see her but she not there. But she needs to come back, I want to give her a love!”

We’re still not sure if this was a dream or if Mom was able to come to our little boy but every time I think about it, the sweet peaceful feeling I have tells me that it was her. Of course, my natural reaction was a little jealousy. I miss her terribly, as I know we all do. But I’m grateful to have this reminder that she is still close by, watching over her family.

Warning: Clean out your email at your own risk!!

Thank you Shauna for sharing those, I had not seen them.

It also made me think about last week when I cleaned out my email Inbox. I was not prepared for the onslaught of emotions I felt as I sifted through the to-do lists for the funeral, Shauna's blog posts that got emailed to me, especially a rare email I got from Mom in June wanting to make sure people had sent me the pictures I'd asked for from her birthday party. The tears are coming just writing this.

It seems this will be the trend for a while because just tonight I was making cinnamon rolls and suddenly got hit with a deep ache. An ache for Mom, an ache to be with all of you, an ache and worry that I'm living a life good enough to be with everyone I love forever...all as I was pouring maple flavoring into some powdered sugar.

Sometimes life just stinks. I'm grateful for the gospel perspective which allows me to get through it, but it doesn't make it easy.

Have a good time tomorrow, I'll be thinking about you guys. Merry Christmas Eve!

Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt

I was short on time and materials for Jared's hat, but hopefully you get the idea.

If you couldn't figure out Spencer's headdress, it's supposed to be steam coming out of his funnel.

Pumpkin carving video...

I hope you had a happy halloween.

Love, Wendy

Hand-Foot-and-Mouth

We got home safely last night and I had a great 10 1/2 hour night sleep. Tonight however, it's back to the usual insomnia so I thought I'd hop on and post a little.

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I went back to Nephi in Friday and since I wasn't sure if anyone took pictures after the burial I snapped a few (ps, just a reminder that I want a copy of everyone's pictures). The flowers were still in pretty good shape so I left them there.

We tried to take a family picture while we were at Daniel's brother's house, this was one of the best we got...

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So it seems that the fever Spencer had at the Red Barn was the beginnings of Hand-foot-and-mouth disease. Spencer has the rash on his hands and feet but thankfully doesn't seem to have any in his mouth. I felt bad that we probably exposed several children and had to fly, but there wasn't much we could do about it. He hasn't complained about it at all, for which I am supremely grateful. He's more annoyed by the mesquito bites he got here at the airport that have swelled on his forehead, ears and neck; they're so painful to even look at...

(The weird eyes make it look even worse!)

But life seems to be quickly getting back to normal...

It was so good to see you all. Love from Texas.