Icing on the Cake

Last weekend for me was not the best. It is one of those that you just trudge though until you come out the other side. And I am happy to say I came out the other side!! But I do have some pictures to show from my adventures.

To give a little recap, my grandpa was in the ER last Friday and had a severe blockage in his colon. (No more details than that, I promise.) My family was super helpful to come take care of my grandpa that Friday and Saturday and everything ended well. The rest of my family had a vacation planned for that weekend and they were going to cancel because of my grandpa but since he was doing better they decided to go. Well after the trauma of not getting any sleep for two nights straight I was looking forward to a relaxing Sunday. However, I woke up Sunday morning and my grandpa was in more pain. Long story short I had to give him more laxatives and... well you get the pictures. Not a fun Sunday.

I am not sure why but I was super emotional all last weekend. The ER was super hard to be at. The last time I was there was when Brighton's mom passed away and every image I had from last December came flooding back and I just cried my eyes out! I never do that. I cry but I don't bawl. It was also super stormy and rainy all last weekend. Now I usually am not a seasonally depressed person but the rain was destroying any happiness I could muster up. Why?? I have no idea!

After helping my grandpa out all Sunday day I was exhausted and I wanted to talk to some of my family. So I was walking down the stairs to call my brother and his wife in Omaha when I looked out the door and saw this...

Oh my heck!!!!! I had to do a double take and sure enough, a tree in my grandpa's back yard had blown over and fallen in my neighbors back yard. Great! I knew I hated the rain and weather last weekend for a reason! After trying to get a hold of my neighbor (who by the way is super nice) I decided there was only two options at the point I could do. Cry or take pictures. So after taking a little breather I took pictures. :)

I had been telling my family since we moved in that this dead tree should go and now I got my wish! There is more than one way to skin a cat. :)

My amazing husband cutting up the tree. Brighton was phenomenal all weekend to help me out. He let me cry and was there when I needed him. When the tree fell he didn't even say anything. He just went right into my grandpa's garage, got a chainsaw, and starting cutting up the tree.

Since the tree was so dead it actually didn't take us that long to clean up. It pretty much snapped in our hands.

My neighbor Joey. When he came home and saw the tree he asked if we had added a new addition so his home. And then he and his family helped us clean it up.

We were super lucky with how the tree fell. It missed all of the power and phone lines, all windows, any part of Joey's house and anything of worth. It did break the fence but it needed replacing anyway. I like to think of the tree as a blessing in disguise. It actually helped me to get outside and smile, I did end up enjoying the wind and clouds, and it got rid of a tree that we have wanted gone for a long time.

Moral of the story? Blessing came in every shape and size!

High School

I went to update my blog about my past Sunday event and I realized that I am a lot further behind on blogging than I though. Oops. So keep you eyes open for a few more post in the next couple of days.

The night right before Brighton and I left to Disneyland some of my friends from high school got together for dinner! Man, it brought back a whole lot of memories. By the end of the night we were are crazy old high school selves laughing at the lamest stuff! But that is why were are friends right? What happens in high school, stays in high school.

Who needs words when you got pictures.

Family Time

I was not quite sure what to call this post but I figured since this post is about time a Saturday I spent with my family it would be called family time. However, all my post are about times I spend with my family so I am not sure why it is different than any other post oh well.

This first set of pictures are of a piano recital my mom was in. My mom has been teaching piano since before I was born and she is phenomenal. However, I never get to hear her perform. I hear her accompany student and hear her accompany singers but never perform. So I thought it was awesome to hear her perform at the Libby Gardener Hall a couple of Saturdays ago. It was a performance to raise money for another piano teacher whose husband just had a heart transplant so it was a lighthearted, fun, concert. But my mom did amazing!!!

My mom is the one with the blonde hair (clearly).

The entire group. There were some phenomenal songs played and I am bound and determined to learn some of them.

Part of my family and my AMAZING mother!!!

Now I was the only one in jeans because right before my mom's concert I went to a fire in the canyon with Brighton's family. I was planning on making it home to change before the concert but I didn't have time. So I sat away from my family (because I stank) and was totally under dressed. :)

This next group of pictures were supposed to go before my mom's recital pictures but oh well. That takes way too much time to figure out.

Brighton's side of the family! All at the fire and playing at a stream nearby.

Maleaha has this thing that when you say cheese she squints her eyes! It was so cute.

I love time spent with family!!!

Concert #2

My sisters and I decided to go to another concert since we loved the Tim McGraw concert so much. So what concert did we go to? The Brad Paisley concert. And we loved it! It was completely different than the Tim McGraw concert but just as good. I didn't get as many pictures because I got there late but I guess that happens when you get off on 6 wrong exits!! Don't ask, the story raises my blood pressure. :) But Darius Rucker calmed me down and I ended up enjoying it!!

This picture describes our whole pre-concert experience.

Brad Paisley!