I can't believe she's not here....I miss her SOOOO much!! She had so much passion for life, she loved her family and friends, she loved music, to dance, to laugh, shopping, girlie stuff, movies, she loved to hang out with her cousins, she loved family gatherings...with aunties and uncles and grandparents, and she absolutely worshiped Megan and wanted so much to be just like her. She was fiesty, funny, brave, loving, humble, mischievious, courageous, patient and so full of life. She definetly left her mark on this world and on my heart. As my heart breaks today I'll try to focus on all that we have to look forward to when we can all be together again.

Meggie tagged me

8 Things I am Passionate About:

1. Family
2. The Gospel
3. My guardian angels
4. Being a grandma
5. Music
6. Photography
7. scrapbooking
8. Sunsets

8 Books I Have Read and Enjoyed:

1. The Book of Mormon
2. Glass Castle
3. Twilight
4. The secret life of Bees
5. Gone With the Wind

8 Words/Phrases I Say Often:

1. What?
2. No, but thanks for asking.
3. Do you have homework?
4. Hey little monkey!
5. I'm tired
6. I love you
7. He's so cute!
8. Grandma loves you!

8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die (In no particular order):

1. Clean out my garage.
2. See a broadway play in New York
3. Be in the temple with all of my children
4. Send out a missionary.
5. go back to college.
6. Write a book
7. Run a marathon
8. Get 8 hours of sleep in one night

8 Things I Learned in this Past Year:

1. Faith is about trust
2. There are worse things than loosing a job or having a child stray.
3. I know who my friends are
4. I Love the staff at Children's Hospital
5. I understand how important service is
6. Life is precious
7. My grandsons are amazingly adorable
8. I am SO blessed

People I Want to Tag:
1. Kathy
2. Jaylene
3. Susan
4. Christy
5. Lynda

Education Week

 

What happens at 2:00 in the morning when you have nothing better to do....

Maybe a Wiley Dog?

 

 

Rocky enjoying the warm ocean and the great waves at Taramar.

This is the bench that was placed outside of the Cultural Arts Center at the high school to honor Michelle. It says, "Michelle Maline Butler, I can still hear your laughter in the trees and your melody in the flowers. You will be in our hearts forever." The notes are, "I am a Child of God". It is absolutely beautiful, and is placed underneath a 50 year old Pepper tree, where Michelle and her friends hung out at lunch-time.

Nehemiah meeting his Great-Great Grandma Eudora Maline Rasmussen.

Luke at EFY Idaho.

Luke and his buddies all ready to do their Warrior dance for the Road Show.

Our little surfer girl...

Camille with her cousins Emily and Kimber on the last day of Surf camp.

10 months.... since she's been gone. This is her with her driver's license. She worked SO hard to get it...going to "behind the wheel" during chemo...and then finally begging the Dr. to release her from the hospital because she had an appointment at the DMV to take her test. I had to stand in the line at the DMV as she was too weak to stand for long. She passed the test and got her license. It came in the mail and this is her with it, so happy to have accomplished a "normal teenager" activity. She died before she was able to get out of the hospital to use it. This picture is her about a month before she died.