we most definitely will.

 

uncle pete was one of a kind.
i am thankful i had the privilege of knowing him.
tomorrow we say our goodbyes.
what a blessing eternal families are.

Pass-along cards? Anyone? Anyone?

Do you ever have a hard time titling your post?  I do.

Well...  our pass-along cards are done! YAY!  I know most of you are thinking that it is about time we finally got on that.  I mean after all, it's only been two years!  I know!  Anyways, I'd love to share some with you!  If you want a few (when we get them... we don't actually have them yet.  But soon.  If you happen to be taking a trip to St. George soon, let me know!) email me your address and I will send you a few!  dustynkamieATgmailDOTcom   I am so excited to see them! Yipee!  THANK YOU UNCLE MATT!  Oh, and incase you missed it or forgot, we need your pass-along cards!  We have an adoption board hanging in Dustyn's classroom.  I am also going to take some to the local hospital and women's shelter.  So feel free to email me and I will send you my address.

Anyways... on to my day.  It was a pretty good one!  My dad text me and asked me if I wanted to attend a funeral with him.  Of course I said yes.  It was the funeral of his cousin's husband.  It really was a great funeral.  I am so glad I went.  Kent was a great man!  I didn't know him well and only saw him occasionally around the holidays.  But I learned a lot about him today.  He really lived a good life.  He was a great man who was loved by many!

During the funeral there were so many great things that were said.  But since this week brings the 4th year anniversary of losing our Hannah, there was one thing that stuck in my mind.  They were talking about life and how there are 3 stages.  Kind of like a 3 act play.  (President Packer has talked about this before)  We are currently in the 2nd act.  When we leave the 1st act and come into the 2nd act (this mortal existence) there are so many people that are happy to see us and to be a part of our lives.  It is the same way when we leave this life.  We may feel sad, but there are so many more people on the other side that are happy to see our loved ones, just as it was when we arrived on earth.  It makes me happy to think about all my many wonderful relatives that have passed on that are taking care of my baby.  She is there with so many dear people.  My grandfather, Dustyn's father, Dustyn's sister, and many, many great grandparents... just to name a few.  How can we be sad about that?  She is with people we love who love her dearly.  What a blessed plan our Heavenly Father created.  He loves us so much.  I am so thankful of the knowledge that I have of the Plan of Salvation!  I am so excited to be reunited with my dear family members who have passed on.  And even meet a few that I never had the opportunity to know.  What a happy day!  (But I am hoping it is about 50+ years down the road!  :)

After the funeral, my dad and I picked up Dustyn and we went for a drive to see if we could see any deer.  We saw two bucks, but no luck.  Maybe tomorrow.

It really turned out to be a good day.  

There were so many other things that I wanted to say today, but my brain is blank.  So I guess that is all for a Monday.  We'll see how Tuesday turns out!

Lazy Friday

I am so extremely tired today.  I have been fighting sleep for the last few hours which has resulted in a  headache.  I should have just slept.  I don't have a reason not to, besides the fact that I hate napping in the middle of the day.  

I subbed over at Dustyn's school today.  It was a nice relaxing day (I think that is my problem).  I had 4 freshman classes and a few senior ones.  The freshman are always pretty quiet and don't give too many problems at the beginning of the year.  So that was nice.  I started reading "Breaking Dawn".  I almost fell asleep about every page.  But I did get through the first 3 chapters or so.  *yawn*

My house is pretty messy today.  Sadly it would take like 10 minutes to get it all clean up, but I have yet to start.  Maybe later.  ;)

I finally downloaded some pictures last night.  It has been since about the first of July since i have downloaded any pictures.  Sad, huh?  I haven't even attempted to catch up my photo blog.  I just haven't been taking pictures.  Oh well.  But here are some cute ones that I found on my camera.

Here is a picture of all the kids when we were tending the twins and Dustyn's brothers kids.  Dustyn brought them over to place once when I was tending the twins.  They had a lot of fun!

Here is my attempt to taking a picture of me and My.  Apparently she did not want her picture taken with my.  Silly girl.

I was changing REL's diaper and told her to lay down, all of a sudden I had all four kids laying down.  It was funny!  Too bad I can't get them to lay down for my any other time.

Here is my My.  I love the twins. They are so funny.  Sometimes they like to act shy.  

Here is Mal.

We took the kids over to the park to fly a kite.  They had fun running.  We had fun keeping track of 4 toddlers two and under.  

Here's My, REL, and Mal chillin'.  They loved sitting up to the picnic table on their own.  It made them feel so grown up!

Here's ADN running free.  He is such a funny kid!  And so good!  We had a lot of fun with both of them that week.

Here is the prep work for Dustyn's mom's living room.  It took us a good couple of hours to get to ready.  Sadly, I never took an after picture.  But her walls are no longer purple.

This is a picture that we took when we went to the SLC Temple on the way home from the FSA conference.  We did some sealings.  It was really neat.  I want to go back and go through a session.  It was my first time in the SLC Temple.  Beautiful.

We took a picture of ourselves.  And man, was I looking stunning that day!  Ha ha ha.

Then I took a picture of Dustyn.  Then the little man in the background took the time out to get a picture of both of us.  He was a funny little man.

Here is the picture that he took.  Nice!  :)  And again, don't I look stunning?  :)  I was exhausted.  

Here are some picture from Dustyn's grandpa's funeral.  Dustyn's cousin, his mom and Grandpa's sister.

This is my niece Bobbie who is getting married tomorrow!  Congratulation Bobbie!  Love you!  You can also see her mother (Hi Jer) and Dustyn's other sister and her family.

Here is Dustyn's older brother and a few of his kids.

And here they are again with a few more of the kids.  I really didn't take too many pictures, but here are the ones I did take.  It was a really nice day.

And here is a random picture of me that was taken yesterday.  Just in case you wanted to see my sunburned head.  Lovely, huh?

And that concludes the picture portion of this post!  I know these pictures are old from past post, but hey...  you still might be interested, right?  

Well enough rambling for one post.  Have a great weekend ya'll.  

Love. Eternal Love.

Today was Dustyn's Grandpa's Funeral. It was a really good service. It was fun to hang out and talk to so many relatives that I don't know very well. I mean Dustyn and I have been together almost 5 years, but most of them live out of state. It was a really nice day. Grandpa Freeman really was an amazing man. I am sad I never really got to know him.

At the beginning of the funeral, they were reading the obituary. Something caught me completely off guard. Dustyn's sweet mom included our Hannah. As they were reading her name, I stopped and thought, are they talking about my Hannah? At that point, I lost it. I had a complete meltdown. It has been a long time since I have done that. I was sobbing. (At least I was at a Funeral so I didn't look so crazy - although it started during the opening song and I was on the front row!) I talk about her all the time, but there was something about someone else saying her name out loud that completely caught me off guard and brought back so many emotions. (And it meant so much to me that she was included) But I wasn't sad. I was so happy. Happy that I know I will be with her again. Happy to be her Mother. I was a complete wreck the entire funeral. I am sure the people around me were a little confused, because Grandpa Freeman's funeral really was a happy one and a time to celebrate his 94 years of life. I have only known him 5 of those years (almost). But I sat sobbing - the entire time.

It felt good to feel her again. It has been something I have missed (not the sobbing in public). I love knowing that I can still feel her, even though it isn't as constant as it use to be. I know she is there. She will always be my baby.



Grandpa Freeman, we love you! Thanks for the legacy you left us. What an amazing man you are.

Eson Milton Freeman

Eson Milton Freeman passed away on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at his daughter's home. He was born in Yucon, Idaho on March 28, 1914 to Milton John and Lydia Stewart Adams Freeman. He was called to serve an LDS mission from 1936-1938 in Canada. He married his sweetheart, Maurine Dustin in the Salt Lake Temple on March 8, 1940. They had six children.

Milton farmed in Osgood, Idaho until finding a position as a laborer in the AEC Plant when it opened in Arco. He studied and achieved his Journeyman Electrician's license. He volunteered as a civilian electrician in Vietnam from 1966-1968. He worked in construction until his retirement in 1976. He worked on small motors for Kirby vacuums plus being a door-to-door salesman.

He held many positions in the church, including Bishop, YM President, a teacher of many organizations and a fireside favorite! He and his wife served two missions: Hartford, CT in 1986 and Fiji Islands in 1988.

Milton's mind was sharp right to the end and he never lost his sense of humor. He is survived by two daughters and two sons: Myrna Allen, Marva Ward, David Milton (Nancy) Freeman and Dallas Dustin (Penny) Freeman; two sisters: Lavela Petersen and Nada Meikle; 22 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Millene (Stan) Murphy and son, Daniel Morley Freeman; granddaughters Lynea Allen and Dilene Murphy; great-granddaughter Hannah Allen; and five siblings.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. in the Genola LDS Chapel, Main & Center, Genola, Utah. Friends may call from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the chapel. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery, 610 S. State, Provo. Condolences may be sent to info@bergmortuary.com.

the Weekend

It was a pretty good weekend. Friday when I got finished with school, we came home and packed and headed for SLC. On Saturday we attended my Uncle Jeff's funeral. It was a really nice funeral and I am glad I was able to attend. All of the kids talked and I was proud of them all. I don't think I could have done that. It was so good to see them all. It's been a long time. We drove home on Saturday afternoon to attend the burial in Elsinore. It was cold and snowing. But it was really nice.

Afterwards we went to my Grandma's house and hung out. CamRee, Tryen and Hadi drove to Richfield with Dustyn, Mom and I. It was so fun to see them. We played all evening. They are going home today. I miss them!