December 2010
Things got crazy after David passed away. I came home from the funeral and Thanksgiving to massive homework and finals the next week. It was insane and I was so not ready to get back into "life" but I had to just push through and hold it all in until finals were over. Then the emotions broke loose and I was a train wreck. Needless to say, within a week after finals I wanted nothing more than to go home to Medford and be with family. So we quickly packed up (Bailey and I) and headed up. Chris had to stay back and work up until Christmas Eve, but it was good that I could be with everyone at this hard time. Before we left we had decorated our little potted Christmas Tree in hopes that we could plant it in our garden after Christmas.
Once we were in Medford it was a really hard Christmas. It was good to be around family because we had each other for support, but it was also so hard to be around other people who love and miss him so much, too. His sweet wife, Angie was with us too and we love her so much! She plans on staying in Medford with mom and dad and take some classes at the community college until she can get back up on her feet. Bailey was spoiled with presents galore and we decided that we would put a limit as to how many gifts grandparents and people can buy her from now on... :)
We sang Christmas carols as a family at the gravesite
family trip to a cabin near Crater Lake--we went snowmobiling and had a blast for a couple days!
Hope's 7th Birthday Party at the Roller Rink--Bailey's first time skating:) and I had chopped my hair off and got bangs while in Medford.
Bailey & Papa
After coming home, I started a new quarter and it was back to "real life" again. School keeps me busy and my mind off feeling sad, but sometimes it still "boils over" and I have a hard time. I'm so grateful though for my Savior and the peace He gives me. Even though times can be hard, he always gives me a "break" between the down times where he carries me and I can feel his peace and love and a feeling of hope. I'm so grateful to know that families are forever...but some days I don't want to wait so long until I can see David again. I promise I will feel like blogging more about him and the accident someday soon--just not quite there yet.
Here are some fun pics of activities we have been doing as a family (some were before Christmas in December and some are right after--in January).
Decorating our little potted X-mas tree before we went to Medford. Bailey had so much fun:)
Santa came to Orchard Park in a fire truck!! Bailey likes Santa, but not enough to sit on his lap yet. I didn't post the pic of me trying to show her how:)
making cookies (notice all her princess figurines are in the bowl of flour:) they like to help too.
Ready for school!
After we came back from X-mas break, we started ballet classes! Bailey loves it so much:) She wanted to wear her ballet slippers all the time
We have also been doing a lot of hiking--this trail goes out to an old homestead and follows a pretty creek. When we got to the old homestead Bailey was convinced that it was the dwarves old cottage and we played Snow White for an hour before we hiked back:)
Leela is the newest addition to our family. Chris got her for me after David passed away. Bailey especially loves to hold her and carry her around:) We took her with us to Medford for the break.
