Family and 26.2

We spent the past weekend in Rexburg, Idaho. Why you ask?? Scott's dad and step mom planned a family reunion. Scott's dad has 12 kids (8 sons 4 daughters) and they wanted to get everyone together. Almost everyone was there plus a lot of little kids too. It was great fun. This is a picture of Scott, his dad and five of his brothers.
After all the food and fun and festivities on Thursday and Friday, we got up at 4:00 am on Saturday for Scott's Mesa Falls marathon run. If you know anything about marathon's you know that they are 26.2 miles. I dropped him off to catch the bus at 5:00 and then at 9:00 I went out looking for him. It was great fun as I could "leap frog" ahead of him a mile or two... cheer for him, hand him a banana or water and then jump back in the car and get ahead of him a few miles later. What added to the succssful run for him was the fact that most of his family did the same thing. He and Cary ran together and the family was there cheering them on for the last 10 miles of the race. A couple of the kids jumped out of the cars and ran along with them... not for very far though. Anyway, I was so proud and happy for Scott. He finished and had a good time doing it. I believe this makes his 5th marathon and he'll be doing one in Logan next month too. This is a picture of all the "cheerleaders" and the marathon runners. (Notice the matching shirts some of us are wearing)...
Last but not least we drove up to the Mesa Falls (where the marathon all begin) to see the beautiful scenery. It was very lovely as was the weekend. I enjoyed getting to know Scott's family better. We had a wonderful time and hope to do it again soon.

"I'm Scared"

My mom called the other night at 1:00 am. She was weak and having a hard time breathing. She didn't feel "right". She wondered if this was it. My mom told me "I'm scared". Those two words struck so much emotion into my heart. My mom is 86. I don't believe she is scared of dying. She's strong in her beliefs of a life after death and of seeing her husband again. I believe she's scared of the process of dying - the how and when. Her being scared came as a shock to me. Moms aren't scared of anything! Moms will take on anyone that has wronged their child. Moms stand up for what they believe is right. Moms will even call your landlord for you! They have no fear. So I was emotional - cried some heavy duty tears - when she told me she was scared. Guess what? Moms are human too. They share our same emotions of happiness, sadness and fear. I made a discovery about myself today. I've said for years that I don't want to be "there" when she passes on. I was there with my dad and didn't want to do it again. But today I discovered that I do want to be with her when the time comes. I want to be holding her hand, telling her she's beautiful and that I love her so she won't be scared.

A "mini" Scott

Everyone in our family knows that Scott has a lot of
"interesting" hobbies. He likes dead animal skins hanging AND laying around in his cabin. He enjoys making "real" Indian drums out of hallowed out trees and deer skin (or something like that). He's made a warbonnet (as opposed to headdress), an Indian Lodge (not tepee) and a mountain man CAPOTE - not coat.

His newest hobby is carving. He has made some wonderful things.. that I'll put on later but the coolest thing is that COLBY just LOVES this stuff. He's had Scott make him mocassins to wear, he made his own medicine bag, he wants a dream catcher and now... he got Scott to carve him a walking stick with his favorite baseball team logo...a BlueJay. Colby is Scott's mini me....