Happy Birthday Wyatt!!!!!

Today is my little cousin Wyatt's first birthday. He was born a year ago today and then five and a half months later he passed away when a virus attacked his little heart. He holds a special place in everyone in our families heart! We all learned so much from him and think of him often. I have my favorite picture of him by my bed. Every morning when I wake up I see it and it helps me remember how grateful I am that I know that families are forever. I am so lucky to have the gospel in my life. Wyatt wasn't on earth with us very long. But how grateful I am for him.

this is the picture by my bed...







Today we are letting blue balloons go in memory of Wyatt. Nat, Addie and Jakey let some go earlier this morning before they went back up to Idaho. My mom told me that when they were letting them go, Jakey was playing with the balloon and loving it. Addie let hers go and then went over to Jakey and said, "Jakey you need to let go of your balloon so it can go up to Wyatt and he can play with it." I thought that was so cute! Even though Addie is little, Wyatt still touched her life like he did the rest of us. She talks about him and says how cute he is when she sees pictures of him.

This week I have seen butterflies at practice almost every day. Everytime I see a butterfly I think about Wyatt (as I am sure most of our family does). I always get a smile on my face whenever I see one. To me, Wyatt will always be an example and a reminder of Christ and how I need to live. I am so lucky to have the family I have! I am so thankful for Wyatt! I love and miss him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WYATT!!!









Me and Wyatt

Invest in the Quest!!!

Yesterday I went to the BYU football game. The last time I went to a BYU game I was probably like 7. So it has been a while. The night before the game my softball team got together and made these shirts. As you all know, the football teams theme for this year is "The Quest." We went to a fireside for all the athletes last sunday where the football team explained the theme wasn't just about the Quest to win but the Quest of perfecting ourselves and becoming more and more like Christ (it was an amazing fireside... all the football players sang Armies of Helamen. It was pretty neat.) So we decided to make the shirts spell out "Invest in the Quest." It took us forever to make the shirts! Seriously like hours but it was fun. We had music going and all of us were painting.... Yeah it was a party.

Then, the next day we had an Athlete party thing before the game. They fed us all and then gave us tickets for the game. It was kinda fun and the food was great, like always. Then we all went to the stadium. We were on the field while the boys were warming up and then we were the "tunnel" when they came back out on the field. We also had front row seats while the team did the Haka. The faces they make were so funny! I was laughing out loud! Isn't it supposed to be intimidating?...

It was way fun tho. The game got really hot and I wanted to leave after we scored the first two touch downs but it was still way fun! BYU fans are crazy! and the whole time I kept thinkin... I can't believe my uncles, Doug and Kurt, are like these crazy fans ha ha (Just kidding Guys). GO BYU FOOTBALL!!!!

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Jill and Nat... you have to do it again....

Tagged???

K kate I am doing this for you... I hope I do this right because I have never been "tagged" before ha ha as most of you know I suck at this whole blogging thing ha ha But I will try to follow the rules of the blogging world.



I've been tagged! The Rules are... tell about 6 quirks of yours and then Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same, be sure to leave a comment to let them know.



1. Mouth noises... you have a problem with eating right? then don't eat around me. You will die. I had a roommate once that had that problem and there were multiple occations that I was about to rip her head off because of the way she talked and ate. I have no sympathy for people that can't figure out how to eat, talk, or just swallow in general... Burping is included... just don't do it around me.



2. I hate girls... yes I know I am a girl. But I hate how girls think and act. Why does everything have to be the end of the world? Drama Drama Drama! girls should just handle things like guys do. when guys have a problem they can get over it so much faster. girls cause drama by over thinking everything. If he doesn't Text you back... HE IS PROBABLY BUSY. Get over it. If a friend doesn't answer your phone call... It doesn't automatically mean that she is mad at you!!!

3. I love things that have fake cheese... Craft singles!! yummy! velveta mac and cheese!!! anything that is processed I love. Yeah I know everyone thinks it is gross but I love it!

4. My back is really ticklish... but not in the normal way. When people talk near my back it makes me squirm. It is a Vance thing I guess. All my siblings are the same way. Wispering is the worst. When I am in class and someone starts wispering behind me, I can't sit still. It is a curse...

5. Well Angie Quiocho told me to put this next one down, I don't know if it is a quirk but it is something I now have to do every day... when I play softball, practice or game, I have to put zinc oxide on my nose... Everyone makes fun of me because I look like a tourist but Chris makes me do it. My nose still gets red but whatever ha ha I also am always wearing a head band to keep my hair back. It is the only way it stays out of my face. Some days it is blue and some days it is white.

6. Cottage cheese!!! I love Cottage cheese. I put it on everything now. I used to never ever eat it. But now I put it on sandwhiches, salads, potatos, pretty much anything. It is like ranch! it goes with everything. I used to get grossed out when my family would mix cottage cheese and salsa and eat it with chips. Well now I eat that all the time. I highly recommend it to everyone!!!

I probably have alot more but that is all I can think of ha ha and I fulfilled the tagging request ha ha so now I tag... Nat, Jill, Jess, Kristie, E, and Steph. Have so much fun!!!