My dear uncle

I thought this was a great short video that sums up my uncle very well. He was an amazing man. I really cant believe he is gone. I dont know if I am going to make it back or not for his funeral, which makes me very sad. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have that we can all be together again.

http://www.kpho.com/news/16543893/detail.html

No camera!

Well, its been a while since we last posted, and it will be another while still. During our rainy camping trip, our camera got ruined. It was even in our tent, but ended up in a puddle, and has never worked since then. Bummer.

This summer has flown by! The kids have started swimming lessons, and they are doing great! I am so proud of them. Blake is doing Martial Arts, which really he is a natural at! Michayla is in an art class, and is doing piano. Allyson drives me crazy, but I'm trying to find ways to enjoy her:) She really is such a funny personality. Brent is driving to Kansas City everyday for his internship, which he loves. He even gets to play basketball with the partners during the day sometimes. He loves that.

I might be flying into AZ this weekend. My unlce Jake passed away this morning. He was such a great uncle, and I hope to be there so very bad! He has been in the legislature and the senate the past 10 yrs or so, and was the stake president all while I was growing up. What an example! He has two daughters close to my age, and his wife was my piano teacher. They lived just down the road from me my whole life, so as you can imagine, their house was my 2nd home. Its hard being so far away from everyone at a time like this! He was bucked off his horse just a couple weeks ago. He collapsed in his house this morning, but they dont know what it was from, since all they knew about from the horse fall was broken ribs. Anyway, sure loved him. He was a great man. I'm so grateful to have known him.