Time to say goodbye!

It is always hard to say goodbye, especially when it is someone who has played such a huge role and influence in your life. My Grandma Dora Bennett passed away on Novemeber 29,2011. To be quite honest I was devastated! It was quite sudden, I am just so lucky and grateful I got to say goodbye. I know it was her time to go and that she is happy where she is now ! I just wanted to do a list of some memories and things that I loved about this amazing woman:
-she was always dressed to the nines...she had the most beautiful outfits, classy jewelry (she definitely rocked the broach)and the biggest closet full of shoes that I loved to try on as a little girl
-I loved to go watch her touch up her make-up in the bathroom because she would powder my nose and spray me with her favorite perfume Giorgio!
-she was an amazing cook, creamed peas, homemade buns, pumpkin pie and goof balls were some of my faves! You always left her table beyond full
-she loved to play cards and sometimes you could catch her cheating (Old Maid, 7's, 99 and 65)
-she taught me how to make a bed, wash my hair and set the table properly
-I loved to ride the golf cart with her around the desert (Palm Springs)
-she had a great sense of humor...Knock knock..whose there? Flower, flower who? Flower Pot, was a joke she once told us. hahah
-she loved to sing songs to us when we were little
-I loved her soft chuckle
-she was so small and petite, I was so excited when I passed her in height
-she always remembered our birthdays
-she was always smiling
-she loved to brag about her grandchildren
-she had a strong testimony of the gospel, I loved to hear it at the reunions
-I loved her knuckle knock to pass during cards, and the way she kept the beat during Matthew, Mark, Luke and John with her thumbs out!(a bit of an inside joke I guess)
-she had so many friends
-I love how proud she was to have my grandpa as her husband, she always told me how lucky she was
-she has 28 grandchildren and 63 great grandchildren and counting....wow what a legacy she has left!
My grandma had the most beautiful funeral service; I know she loved it. The grandchildren and great grandchildren got to sing "Families Can Be Together Forever" and "I Love To See The Temple" which were her favorite primary songs! She looked beautiful happy and peaceful! Grandma you were loved by many and we will really miss you!

An airplane ride from H-E-double hockey sticks!

I have come to realize that I have really bad luck when it comes to flying, like REALLY bad luck, for example...on our honeymoon our flights were cancelled for 3 days due to weather. We had to sleep on army cots in the Dallas airport with no blankets, because all the hotels in the surrounding area were full! We had to walk from terminal to terminal all day just to see if we had made the standby list. I missed my interview with Edmonton Public Schools and Melvin missed his first day of work with Sapphire Technologies. It was brutal, but now I may have a story to top it. Melvin, Andie and I were heading to Vancouver for his work Christmas party...a simple hour and a half flight, or so I thought. To start things off our flight was delayed an hour, no biggie happens all the time. Then we board the plane, our seats are the two inside seats and we know someone had to sit by us. In walks a 25 year-old Australian dude who just wreaked of alcohol. I was sitting holding Andie in my lap, he looks over and says, "ugh I freaking hate babies!" but with more vulgar words, I said, "well lucky you, you are sitting in the perfect row then." He then went on to tell us that he was going to be a dad in a couple of months and it was the worst thing that has ever happened to him! blah blah blah. He also lifted his leg and let one rip and smirked...just terrible. Now on to take off, I look over and the dude has his cheeks blown up like a puffer fish, I yell to Melv "look out he is going to puke," and sure enough projectile vomits everywhere, including in the ladies hair in front of us. No word of exaggeration he probably puked 15 times the whole trip. There was no room for him to move anywhere and he was too sick to clean up the mess; he even rested his head on all the puke that was on the t.v. screen. It just wreaked, every time he puked he would fart, I thought he had even done a number in his pants! Melv turned to me and said, "I don't think a smell this bad has ever come out of me," it was that bad! My eyes were burning and I couldn't even stomach eating my snack. I was rude and put my shirt over my nose most of the time. The hour and a half flight felt more like a 5 hour flight. The man was passed out before we landed and had to be escorted off the plane by the police and paramedics. I wanted Melvin to go complain so we could get our money back, but he just said, "do you really want to stay in the airport any longer," nope I didn't. So off we went to enjoy our day in Vancouver. Ughgh why do these nasty things always happen to me? Poop in bags, puke on a plane what is next?

He's Two!

Well he did turn two a couple months ago, but I still better post about it! For Bennett's birthday we were pretty lame. Grandma and Grandpa Easthope, Aunt Melissa, Aunt Megan and Uncle Coco were all here to celebrate! Ottewell was having a mini carnival with cotton candy, snow cones, popcorn and games....yes they had the whole shebang and Bennett was in heaven; he loved it!
Here is what Bennett is like at two:
- his favorite thing to do is play hockey in the back with Melvin...his wrist shot is something to brag about
- Megan gave him a hat for his birthday...he calls it his hockey helmet and loves to wear it everywhere he goes
- his favorite movie is Toy Story and Lion King he would watch them 5 times a day if I let him, he will have to stick to 3!
- he is obsessed with his sous (soother)...don't judge me he only gets it while in his crib
- he now loves his little sister and always talks to her in a super high voice, he still calls her "Annie" girl
- his favorite food is chips and scrambled eggs
- his favorite word is mine, zamboni, and Okay?
- he loves to read books
- he loves to say hello and goodbye to strangers while shopping
- he loves to go visit our neighbors Gus and Verna
- he loves to say "hey whats up?" on the phone
- he loves his scentsy buddy Roarbert and has to sleep with it every night
- he loves to roll his eyes when I am getting mad at him or giving him an order
- he is beyond obsessed with his Aunt Mizza as he calls her, he loves her more than me!

Bennett is pretty rambunctious, funny and loves to ignore me....a typical two year old I guess. Happy Birthday Buddy we sure love you!

Look A-likes!

You know those crazy moms out there that will pretty much do anything to make it so their baby looks like them....well I may be turning into one of them. No I did not dye my hair strawberry blonde and get a pixie cut, but I did go and get some luscious lashes put on. Both my kids have been blessed with long lashes (thanks to their father) and I couldn't stop staring at how beautiful Andie's lashes were so I went and got some. Hey give me a break...a girls gotta do something to make herself feel glamorous after having a baby! They lasted a whole month and some and I didn't have to wear makeup ever, not that I wear it that much anyways! An Ugly picture, but the only one I had of the lashes...They are a bit drag-queen-ish but whateves they were fun while they lasted!