Christmas 2007

I hope that everyone has had a good Christmas. This year marked our first Christmas spent alone as a family. Mom and Dad had originally planned to come down, but the events in Utah made this incredibly improbable. Which brings me to these events. For those of you who are unaware, my Grandmother passed away on the 15th of this month after a long battle with Dementia and Alzheimer's. I had to fly out hastily. I stayed with Korynn (thanks, by the way) and got to hang out with all my siblings for a couple of days. As sad an occasion, it was fun to see everyone again and to re-unite with relatives that I haven't seen in at least a decade or two. The funeral service was really neat. It was held in the Rock Chapel in Farmington, UT. Talks were given by Tom Brown, Marilyn Reed, LaVerne Buckmaster, Rodney Olsen and Dad. They were all really neat. Richard Bushnell dedicated the grave site. After the funeral, the Farmington 1st ward relief society had lunch for us. The potatoes were excellent. Mom and Dad headed down to St. George to see Grandpa who has been struggling with heart failure. Apparently he is doing well. Mom and Dad then went home and rested. It was a long and stressful week for all of us especially them. I hate to think how tired they would have been if they had continued another 600 miles to Tennessee.
I got on a plane the next morning and headed to North Carolina for work. I worked some really long hours and got home at noon on Saturday. Then I slept most of the day. Church was dead on Sunday. In Sunday School there was probably 10 people which made participation mandatory. Christmas was awesome. Roxy and I were up by 4:30. We had to wake the kids. We had it all over with before it was really light outside. Roxy and I then took turns napping. We played all day. Yesterday we went to the movies. We had a good weekend but now it is back to business as usual. I will post pics as soon as I post them to picasa. Love all of you.

Spencer