This last weekend, Matt and I had the opportunity to take a quick trip home. We flew to Salt Lake on Friday night and flew home on Sunday night. Thanks to Matt's mom and dad, we got to use their car to take to Idaho Falls. My grandma Shick passed away on September 3rd, and my life isn't going to be the same without her. I guess I always thought that grandmas were always grandmas, and they would always be there. My grandma Shick was the best lady I knew, and made the best cinnamon rolls. I know everyone says that about their grandma's Cinnamon rolls, but my grandma's were the best. Her funeral was beautiful, and the speakers were perfect. My cousin Eric gave a talk on the best gifts from my grandma--her french bread recipe and hand-made pajama bottoms for Christmas--and tied it into the best gifts from our Heavenly Father--the Plan of Salvation and the atonement. It was also good to see so much of my extended family that I don't see on a regular basis. This picture of my grandma was taken at our wedding reception in the summer of '06. Going to the funeral was much harder than I thought it would be. I cried a lot that day, but it was so good to see her looking quite beautiful. Everyone kept saying that the great people at Coltrin Mortuary made my grandma look 20 years younger. My grandma was a very simple lady, worked very hard to raise her 7 children on her own, and lived a life full of service. Although I am sad that she is gone, I know that she is so happy now, with her husband, her daughter, and her two grandchildren that passed away before she did. We're going to miss her a lot.
The weekend we were there was also the weekend of the Idaho State Fair, which I love. We weren't able to make it to the fair, but spent the time with my cousins and aunts and uncles I don't always see, instead. To make up for me not being able to go to the fair, or to rub in the fact that I couldn't go, my mom sent me this picture of my dad and my sister eating Tiger Ears, the reason to go the fair. Not fair. Maybe next year.
