All the Fun of Thanksgiving.

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Seth and I went to TURN for the annual Friends Thanksgiving Dinner. Seth loves to chase the wheelchairs, and gets tons of attention.

Thanksgiving Day...

We worked in the yard. We have spent tons of time trying to get our grass to come in and wasn't going to let it die. I turned out to be alot of fun. Seth LOVED the leaves. He laughed when they crackled and thought it was the greatest thing to throw them. I have a tone of pictures but will just share a few.

After the leaves we found out that Seth can open the fridge. I found him huttled behind Sam's chair eating a block of cheese.

We decided that since this was a first year in our own house we would just have Thanksgiving with the three of us. It turned out so nice. (I was a little sad we didn't make it to Texas though)



Our Thanksgiving Dinner (The table is my Grandma's and I love it, it doesn't match a thing but I don't care!)




Seth waiting for dinner and signing more


Maggie waiting for Seth's dinner to drop on the floor


Boys watching football after dinner (Yes that is 10 remotes on the arm rest, 2 of which are universal so that when Seth decides he needs to hide one we can still use the electronics until we find the remote again.)

Black Friday...
Ok I'm so not into getting up early and clawing my way to a deal. I'd much rather sit at home and order the same deal online. So I did.

Later that day we went to my parents house for Thanksgiving Dinner. My parents, brothers John and Jeff were there along with their families. We ate, and then the Kids dressed up and made a movie. Then Grandpa took them all on a treasure hunt. The treasure is hidden in a HUGE pile of leaves and the kids get to jump in and play and dig for the treasure.




Running to find the Treasure


Not so sure the Treasure is worth it



Ok maybe if everyone else is doing it.

Daddy came to help


Grandpa with Duncan, Seth, Emma, Brinley, and Meikle


Being a Cowboy YEE HAW!

Grandma and the girls

All the pictures from Grandma and Grandpas

And that's how we celebrated Thanksgiving.

Other things that have happened since then

1. Seth learned how to completely undress himself

2. Seth learned to bite and pinch. I think he's trying to bite the way we play bite him and his pinching is supposed to be tickleing

3. How to put on a hat.

4. He now flushes things down the toilet and unrolls the TP

5. He uses the remote for the TV. 11 takes him to his "stories"

6. Always wear a helmet and goggles when riding your bike.

7. He's figured out how to turn off the computer. (this is fabulous, I had to update my research paper like 7 times because he would turn off the computer in the middle of working on it. But it's all done now! YEAH)

8. That Marionberry Jam from Oregon is the best stuff ever.

9. working out on the Wii fit is fun

10. Life is better with an Ipod.

11. He's still the most adorable kid I've ever seen

Do you ever have one of those moments...

I had one of those moments today. We got home from running around and the mail man had left a package on my doorstep. I was tempted not to open it just in case it was something for Christmas but I'm not patient and I opened it immediately.

Inside was a gift for the family. The gift itself was wonderful and was very generous, but it was one of those moments that make you cry and you just don't know why. I guess it's because it was so nice to be important to someone. To know that they were thinking about us and the gift brought back so many fun memories of times spent together now that they are far away. I miss them so much...

GRAD SCHOOL HERE HE COMES!

He is sooo my Sexy Sam!

I am so proud of Sam! He got accepted to Westminster's MBA Program this week! He starts the first week in January. It's a two year program, he will drive to Salt Lake two nights a week, and he's so EXCITED! (and of course so are Seth and I)

Sam also impressed the big bosses from the LDS Churchs Ivory tower this week. He had a HUGE inspection by the head of the church's welfare system. And he exceeded what was expected! YEAH!

It is Thanksgiving today so Sam and Seth are what I am most grateful for.

Sam is amazing! He works so hard so I can stay home with Seth and go to school. He's supporting me in turning our whole life upside down. (more details to follow on how I am turning our life upside down besides having both of us going to school)

Seth is growing, learning and astounding me everyday. And I couldn't ask for a better little boy.

In between Seth and Sam I have a hard time keeping a straight face. Just thinking about them makes me smile.

So on this day of Thanksgiving I'm thankful for my Baugh Boys!

New Family Pictures

Ok so I have a wonderful Brother in Law, Doug. He's a professional photograph, and has taken wonderful pictures for us over the years. He was teaching a community ed class about photography and asked if we could combine our yearly family pictures with his class on portraits. It was so much fun! Photographers everywhere (there were like 15 of them), smiling and it was just a really fun time. Seth was tired by the end of the 2 hours but did really well on the whole. But we were getting ready to go (I put Seth in his Jammies so if he fell asleep it would be easy to put him into bed when we got home.) But we decided to take a few more pictures, that's why some of the pictures he's in red monkey jammies. But I still think they turned out cute.

You can check out more of Doug's pictures at sim's pix

Here are my favorites...

There's a bunch more but I figured I would just post my favorite ones.

Sooo what now?

Sunday, the day my Grandma passed away I was up early and didn't know what to do. I didn't want to cry so I had to keep myself busy. So, I dressed Sam and Seth the same for church. Of course then I had to take pictures. I thought they looked cute, Sam said it was dorky and but only the women noticed at church.

We left our church an hour early and we went to my Brother Jeff's because he blessed his baby. I didn't take many pictures but the one I did get was off my Dad and most of the Grand kids that were there.

Wyatt, Seth, Brinley, Duncan, Meikle and Grandpa

The week went by and Friday morning we drove to Idaho falls for my Grandma's funeral. It's was kindof a bitter sweet thing. Everyone was sad to see her go because of the loss they have in their life but everyone was happy Grandma she didn't hurt any more and she is with Grandpa. Everyone talked about how much she served everyone around her, her garden, and how she wasn't afraid to "scold" you, but Grandma's scoldings made you want to be better and in the end you felt loved, so it wasn't really a scolding I guess. It was great to see the family. We drove home Friday night. The rest of the family continued to Nampa the next day. But Sam had already missed a big training on Friday and Seth was tired of being in the car. And I don't like the grave side services. It all seems so final and sad to just walk away and leave them there in the ground. (I know the spirit isn't there, but still) I didn't take any pictures at the funeral...it's just not my thing. I like to remember when they are alive not when they are gone.

Saturday Sam ended up taking the day off to be with me anyway, because he was worried I would be really upset. He cleaned out the garage for me, that way I can park the car in there out of the snow. That way I don't have to take Seth into the cold, and it made unloading groceries so much easier today.

Our Car in the garage!

After the garage was clean we wanted to do something fun. So we went exploring. We stopped at Bridal Veil Falls, then headed up the canyon. We had every intention of ending up in Heber, but we took a detour to Wallsburg. If any one's interested it's a tiny town with a huge stake center and a huge ranch of some sort you drive in a circle around the town half way around the circle you can take a dirt road (which was closed because of snow) or finish the rest of the circle back to where you started. (I guess there's a reason it's called Circle canyon). It was nice to get out for a little while and not have to accomplish anything. Grandma loved to go for drives around where she lived and show people the Island Park area.

Bridal Veil Falls

My Boys at the falls

Sunday was the Primary Program. I thought it went really well. Monday was back to homework, dishes, laundry and the same old stuff. So we'll have to wait and see what is the next adventure that comes along.

Thanks!

Thank you to everyone who sent me the stories of how they met. I copy and pasted them into my report. (of course I cited that they came directly from my "interview") And I have to say it was one of the easiest reports I've ever written.
It's already back and graded! I got 128 out of 120. Yep extra credit for my wonderful interview skills.

So Thanks Again.

I'll do another post later with pictures and a summary of what's been going on.

It's hard to say Goodbye...

The most amazing woman I've ever met passed away yesterday morning. Marco Keller Forsgren, my Grandma. It's a very bitter sweet passing. She was hurting so bad and had lived the most wonderful life, so it was her time to go. And knowing that she's with my Grandpa again makes me happy. You've never seen two people who loved each other more than they did.

Their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Since I'm not a very eloquent writer this might just end up being random ramblings about my Grandma...

One of my favorites memories of my Grandparents was when I was 18 or 19 and was visiting them in Nampa. It was Father's day, I woke up to the sound of some music in the living room. I peeked around the corner and there was my Grandma cuddled up in my Grandpa's lap in his big lazy boy chair they were kissing and watching old home movies of their kids and grand kids. They served each other and that's how Grandma said you knew they loved each other.

Oh, my Grandpa teased my Grandma relentlessly. But she loved it and it was never mean spirted. He would answer the phone "Marco Forsgren's answering service..."
I've always adored my Grandparents! And I'm so glad I had a chance to get to know them. I spent a lot of time with them growing up. My cousins Kellie and Angie and I got to spend a week most summers with my Grandparents, it was our cousin reunion. Grandma took us swimming, shopping at the Pic n' Save, stayed up late with us to watch old movies and eat root beer floats, and a million other wonderful things.

When I was diagnosed with diabetes I called my Grandparents to tell them. Grandma asked what she could do to help make it better and I said come visit. They did. They were there the day I got out of the hospital. But to make me feel better while I was in the hospital my Grandparents and my Cousin Kellie sent me a teddy bear that had a wrinkly face like my Grandpa and legs that were straight so they didn't get in the way when you hugged him. In the sixth grade they drove to come and see my country presentation. And then they checked me out of school and we went to the zoo just me and them. Even though it was hard for Grandpa to walk very far.

Grandma could always get away saying things to me that no one else could. Like if anyone had told me to take out my extra piercing in my ears I would have rebelled. But I happen to be at my Grandparents house the conference when President Hinckley said "one piercing per ear." She just turned and looked at me and the extra earrings came out. On another visit I showed up with Orange hair with blond streaks, I thought it looked great! Nope, I was out Grandma's salon by that afternoon with lovely brown hair with a few blond highlights.

She would always tell me how lucky I was to end up with Sam and what an amazing guy he is. I have to agree. Sam and I got married while she was on her mission in Australia. (Yes, my sweet little Grandma ran away to Australia after my Grandpa passed away). I was tempted to wait for her to get home but she said that we should get married because my life couldn't wait around for her. I remember her walking off the plane from her mission and just bawling that she was finally home. Since she came home Sam and I have been to visit quite a few times. I'm glad Sam had a chance to get to know her to. It just makes me sad that Seth won't... I guess I will just have to pass on the stories. But at least he got to meet her.

Seth and Grandma when Seth was 2 months old

My Dad, Grandma, Seth and Me in Feb 2008

Our visit with Grandma a few weeks ago

again not the most flattering picture of me but it's good of Grandma

She was in so much pain but got all dressed up while we were there so we could video tape her testimony for all her Grandkids.

The last few years weren't the easiest for my Grandma. She had an acoustic neroma removed in 2005, recovered from that only to get an infection around her heart, she was finally getting better when this tumor started. Even when she was in such pain and struggling she would focus in the positive. I got to spend quite a bit of time with Grandma over the last few years and it was wonderful. it's all the little things that will remind me of Grandma.