Thursday, January 31, 2019

Melt your heart.

Skyler carried Grandma's urn from the hearse to the gravesite yesterday.  Not a dry eye in the house...


I walked over to intercept but didn't need to.  He got to do this by walking over to the funeral director Jason and shaking his hand and saying "I'm Skyler".  Jason asked him carry the urn.  :)

He was very careful!
Whew!  He didn't drop Grandma!
What a gorgeous urn!  Mom would be proud to know Skyler acted so mature and carried her for the last time.  ðŸ˜¥

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Monday, January 28, 2019

Winter training.

Or burning off excess energy inside on the mag trainer!

Look at the blur of his legs!

Happy.

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Saturday afternoon Fat Bike fun.

At the park!

It took some doing, but he finally calmed down from throwing a "it's too hard" fit and rode.

Maizey dog!

I packed a nice loop for him to ride on since the non-packed snow was "too hard"!

Wheely!

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Spelling test.

Skyler got 90 out of 100 on his spelling test yesterday.  Pretty good for not much practice!

Ms. Joyce took these pics of him taking his test.

His handwriting is still a little rough.

Friday, January 25, 2019

STEM Thursdays at school.

Skyler built a marble roller coaster for STEM yesterday!

He was SO thrilled!!!

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Snow day.

Skyler and I kept busy Monday most of the day playing/plowing snow.  It was nice to have the distraction and keep busy.

We came in the first time from plowing and I started cleaning up around the mailbox.  Sebastian from next door come out to play a little with Skyler.  Skyler is ON the mailbox!

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

More of Mom's amazing sunset.

This time from Ventura, California where we all traveled with Mom for our last vacation together as a family.  I'm so glad we did this!  Skyler is forever in love with California and the ocean now.  

Thanks Mom, I love you!

This was also on the same day she passed.  Mom managed to light up the entire West!!
Photo courtesy of Ventura 's Facebook page.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

This.

My sister has a gift of being able to write everything beautifully.  She wrote a nice piece about my Mom today on her blog.

Click here to read her post.

Monday, January 21, 2019

A fitting sunset for Mom.


Carmen Kaminski.   
April 15, 1948 - January 20, 2019  

It's only fitting that the day my Mom passes away, the sunset was the most beautiful one I've ever seen.


Mom was finally happy again last night.

Cheers Mom!  You're finally free of the surly bonds of this earth.  No more pain.


Sunday, January 20, 2019

Improved igloo.

Skyler got to take all of his art home on Friday.  He seemed most proud of his igloo.  So much so, that yesterday morning he set off "improving" it a little.

From left to right:  Skyler and his ice fishing hole and fish, fire with 3d log, and North Pole sign.  A door flap was the final modification.  :)

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Possibly a rare sight?

Skyler's Venus Fly Trap that his former teacher Ms. Emily gave him for Christmas is blooming!!

It probably helps that I carry it around the house following the sun on the days we have sunshine.  Pretty good!

Friday, January 18, 2019

Art show!

The entire school prepared art for the annual school open house yesterday.

Memories of the desert on our way to California.

Tree scapes.
Bob Ross inspired cabin and waterfall.
Marshmallow igloo complete with penguin!
Paper icicle.
The "gallery" in the gym.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Nice...

Way to go City of West Jordan!!  Notice anything wrong with this picture?!

Nothing like burning up cutting edges for the fun of it!  No snow on the road and the blade is down!



Wednesday, January 16, 2019

We were overdue anyway...

Skyler came down with a bug.  He was lethargic after school yesterday and today he's home from school.

A PBS day on the couch for us today.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Trying to stay positive.

We're all going through a pretty rough time here lately due to Grandma's cancer.  We're each dealing with it our own separate ways but we will get through it together as a family.


Sunday, January 13, 2019

Art is everywhere.

We saw this painting yesterday while eating lunch at "The Habit Grill".  I really enjoyed the painting while eating what was quite possibly the world's best hamburger!  Sorry Crown Burger.

Reminds me so much of Ventura County California.  More of her work here.