Just So You Know. . .

I told the kids that this year on Memorial Day we were going to do the Grand Cemetery Tour--visit lots of grave sites all in one day. They weren't thrilled, but were willing to go along, especially after I promised breakfast at Kneader's (all-you-can-eat chunky cinnamon french toast, yum!) and a BBQ at Geoff & Marla's in the afternoon. We visited 6 cemeteries and I was able to tell them a few things about their ancestors that (perhaps) they hadn't heard before. We cleaned up the headstones of my paternal grandparents and great grandmother (my namesake). We spent lots of time in the car being silly. My favorite line of the day was when Carson, not quite 18 years old, replied to some comment made by a sibling, "I'm so old." Really? Give it a few years son!

Here are a few pictures of the day. We started out first thing in the morning at American Fork City Cemetery at Gary's grave.

After breakfast, we headed to the Provo City Cemetery to see their Nana's (my mom, Karen) grave. There are also lots of my dad's relatives buried in the same area.

Next was the longest drive--to the Ogden City Cemetery. My maternal grandparents (Dale & Dorothy Wright), great aunt (Virginia Schweitzer), great grandparents (Adolph & Grace Schweitzer), and great great grandparents (William & Emma Weber) are buried there.

We drove to the Centerville City Cemetery next. The kids' great great grandfather, BH Roberts is buried there, along with their maternal great grandparents (Lawrence & Olive Roberts).


My paternal grandparents (John Elmo & Blanche Henrichsen) and my great grandmother namesake (Else Johanna Anne Marie Nybo Williams) are buried in the Elysian Burial Gardens in the Millcreek area of Salt Lake. These headstones required a lot of trimming of grass and clearing off, so we spent quite a bit of time here.


The kids were about done, but luckily we only had one more visit to make. Gary's dad, LaRelle Hatch, and grandparents, Hugh & Ardean Hatch, (the kids' grandfather and great grandparents) are buried in the South Jordan City Cemetery. You can see by the look on Carson's face that it was time to head on over to eat!

We ended the Grand Cemetery Tour by eating yummy grilled chicken and Nathan's hot dogs with several family members at Geoff & Marla's house. I tried to take  a few pictures of my great niece with her grandparents, but she wasn't super cooperative. She's a real cutie and loves her grandma the most. And grandpa is ok too.  :)



All in all, I think it was a pretty successful Memorial Day!

It's been a long time coming, but today was Carson's graduation. He's so happy to be done with high school and so ready to move on to the next phase of his life. I'm ready for him too, but am going to miss him a TON when he moves down to school for fall semester (luckily for me, it's only down to Provo, so I hope to get to see him a little bit anyway).

Here are a few pictures (or maybe more than a few) that I took last night at the American Fork Amphitheater and this morning at the actual graduation. (pre-photoshop since I messed up a couple of the settings...)

In his thoughtful pose

I've got an idea!

Carson in his natural state--texting :)

Looking Good!

Finally, the day has arrived!

I love this guy!

My Kiddos

Proud Mom and Happy Son

The family

Right after filing in, we're trying to get his attention from the audience

Choir singing "Battle Hymn of the Republic"  Carson is the tallest one in the back row near the right hand side

Acknowledging his adoring fans

Diploma Time

  

Jumping for Joy!

 I'm so proud of Carson and all his accomplishments so far. I know he's going great places and today is just the beginning. I love you my tallest son!

Computers--you love them when they're working, but can't stand it when they have problems. SOOOO, until further notice, contact us by cell phone numbers or email :)

Yeah, it's been quite some time since I've posted here to my blog. Don't know if it's that I haven't been feeling very reflective, I've been busy with the daily-ness of life, I feel like I'm always tired, or some combination of all three (probably). But I'm still here, moving along, JSYK :)