Serving For The Greater Good

Dear Family and Friends,

It was yet another successful 'Make A Difference Day,' our family has a name for all of us; we are called, "Team Angels!"
Thank you for combining with Caleb and the other angels above as we served with them, in being the earthly angels here; as you did your various acts of loving service. Thank you for going out of your way and using some of your most valuable time to put your lives on hold to serve and share your love of the Savior to others. Whether it was that you donated to Caleb's scholarship, shared your talents and gifts, wrote letters to long lost friends or grandparents, or simply just smiled and waved to strangers....
We know of so many friends and family that have joined with us in our efforts to simply Make a Difference.

I was so full of anxiety going into another Angel Anniversary, I felt that I would be all alone with our memories, and carrying the full weight of sorrow and pain, but I was simply wrong.
Our aching hearts truly have been lifted by all your loving support: your service, your emails, your cards, your phone calls and most importantly your prayers. I can not begin to express how much each and everyone of you have so greatly helped with bring comfort to our aching hearts at this time of year.

From the depths of our soul we express with much gratitude to you, our Family and Friends, Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you for helping us to Make A Difference, in sharing and bring the light of Christ to all those that we served.
Thank You Team Angels.

With Much Love, The Mathison Family

Dearest Family and Friends,

Our Second Annual Make A Difference Day is coming up. It's on the 24th-25th. We have two days because on the 24th was the accident, but it wasn't until the wee hours of the next morning that they declared that Our Sweet Caleb passed. This is a VERY difficult Angel Anniversary for us. We are greatly in need of ALL our Family and Friends to stand by us, to help us, that these days may be used for much good. That on these days we may help to share our love for Caleb, by serving in some small way, anyway you can; to show him that we haven't forgotten him, nor his loving example to us all. By doing this we help and serve with him on his mission, in assisting him to help people feel the Love of Christ in their lives.

Please if you can serve with us, please do; it will help with our healing hearts. As a family we are once again going to deliver baskets of goodies to many families in our city, with leaving a note saying "Happy Make a Difference Day."

If you can, please post on this blog or on Caleb's of what service that you and your family performed to help Make a Difference.

We cannot express ALL of our gratitude and appreciation for ALL your continued love, support, and prayers- of which we continue to be in need of.

Much Love to you all. May you feel the loving approval of the Lord smile upon you and your family as you help Make a Difference with us this year! And may you feel our sweet Caleb smiling upon you too.


=) Love The Mathison Family
Eric.Tanya.Liahona.Tamara.Montey. AND of course Caleb

On July 28th, We, as a family celebrated together.

We rode on a ferry to Orcas Island.

We went swimming.

We went hiking.

It was a nice way to celebrate this special occasion as a family, with being together. I use to think it was important to be only a couple on our anniversary, but truly it is our family that we need to celebrate- for we have been together for all these years.
We are grateful to be blessed with a goal to become and strive for an eternal family someday. And to have these opportunities to build strong earthy memories to keep us close.
Happy Family Anniversary to us!

(The kittens in the picture are our new family members. It is nice to have some healthy happy distractions in our family, not to replace the deep whole but to help soften it. They have been a joy to have. They too loved the Orcas Island trip and all the attention from strangers.)