Grandma Ruth Parrish

My sweet Grandma Parrish passed away on Tuesday, May 28th. When I received the phone call I was completely shocked mostly because we had just spent the day with her on Monday. While talking to my Mom she had told me that she was able to spend the whole weekend with different family members, so I would like to think that when she went to bed on Monday night her heart was full of happiness and love for her family.  There are many things I will remember about my Grandma. She was a very strong willed, hard working women. She would work out in her yard everyday whether it was sunny, raining, or if there was 2 feet of snow on the ground she was out there doing something. She always told us it was her gym and I fully believe that is why she stayed so healthy throughout her life. For the last few years her memory has really been gone so a lot of the time we spent with her was having the same conversation at least 5 times and reminding her who we were.  She knew we were her grandkids and that we were Neil's children but could never really remember our names.  A few months back she was at my parents house looking at the pictures on my Mom's wall and they were asking her who she knew and she didn't really know any of us except Kyle.  She couldn't remember her own grandkids but she could pick out Kyle and name him by name.  We would always joke around that Grandma had the hots for Kyle but that just proved it even more.

I'm so grateful that I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she has been reunited with her husband after all these years of being alone and that we are going to get to see her again.

We love you Grandma and will miss you!

This picture was taken by my Uncle Ron the Saturday before she passed away.

Ruth Hazel Putnam Parrish

Ruth Hazel Putnam Parrish, 94, passed away peacefully at home, May 28, 2013. She was born February 27, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Utah; the daughter of Edgar R. and Hazel Fitt Putnam. Ruth was the second of eight children. She married John D. Parrish in the Salt Lake Temple March 23, 1939. Ruth grew up during the depression with few earthly possessions. She had three goals for her children; a college education, musical training, and home ownership, which she helped each purchase. She attended West High School and was an adept business woman managing the bookkeeping for the Bountiful Lumber Co. and Cook Realty for many years. Ruth was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and worked in the Salt Lake Temple with her husband, John, and continued her work there for many years after his death. She volunteered at Centerville Elementary School while many of her grandchildren attended, and for many years after. Ruth enjoyed the outdoors, especially working in her yard with her grand- children, and continued keeping her yard beautiful until she died. She loved music, dancing with her grandchildren, and always had a positive outlook. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, John and her daughter Barbara Mueller, brothers Marvin, Gordon and Harvey and sisters Norma Terrell and Donna Jaseph. She is survived by two sisters, Lois Mertlich and Alina Smith, children Beverly (Alan) Davenport, Ron (Martha), Joanne, Carolyn and Neil (Julie), 17 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 1, at 11 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Rowland Way Chapel, 610 N Rowland Way, Centerville. A viewing will be held at Russon Brothers Mortuary Friday, May 31, from 6 to 8 pm and on Saturday, from 9:30 to 10:30 am at the chapel prior to the funeral service. Interment will be in the Centerville Cemetery.

Memorial Day

We had a wonderful Memorial Day.  Kyle started out the morning golfing with a few guys from the neighborhood and then we stopped by RC Willey and purchased a new mattress for us for our upcoming anniversary.  We then went to my parents house for a BBQ and family fun time.  The kids all got wheel barrow rides from Uncle John and they all took turns swinging in the tire swing and then they attempted to run through the sprinklers.  It was a lot cooler than we had anticipated it to be but the kids braved it for a little while and had a blast running through the sprinklers.

Me and My Buddy!

I have been so enjoying this little man of ours.  I can't believe that he is going to be 5 at the end of this week.  I also cannot believe that he will be starting Kindergarten soon.  I get so emotional just thinking about it.  He is the best big brother and he is beyond excited for this new baby to join our family (hopefully soon). 

The Reservoir

Ever since we moved to Herriman people keep telling us about the Reservoir and how great it is so on Sunday we decided to go explore and see what this is all about.  I thought that it would be fun for the kids to stick their feet in.  Little did I know that it would turn into Emma falling in and then Corbin thinking it was so funny that Emma was wet that he would join her and they both ended up soaked.  At first Kyle and I kept telling them to stop but while we watched them and they would start to laugh and splash at each other we decided that it wasn't that big of a deal and we just enjoyed watching them play.  We are so excited for it to get warm and to take advantage of this this summer with the kids.  When we got back to the car we just decided to strip them down completely and cover them with a blanket.

Emma and the Lego

Last Friday I had dropped the kids off at a babysitter while I went to my doctors appointment. After being there for an hour and half due to having to be evacuated and still waiting to see the doctor I got a phone call from my friend telling me that Emma had stuck a Lego up her nose.  She was trying to get it out but she wasn't having much success.  I told her I was getting ready to see the doctor and would be home to take care of her.  Once I got to her she seemed fine and didn't act like anything was bothering her.  I tried to get her to smell pepper and get her to sneeze but it did not work.  I decided to wait for Kyle to get home so we could double team her.  Kyle got home from work and had been told by a few of his coworkers who have gone through the same thing to get a straw and suck it out of her nose so he took a pen apart and laid Emma down on the floor and began to suck.  After a couple of sucks I took over, we finally got to the point that we could see something in her nose.  Kyle decided to start attaching the pen to the vacuum to suck it out of her.  While he did that I decided to grab some tweezers and luckily I was able to help it come out.  Hopefully she has learned her lesson and won't stick anything up her nose again.

Broken

On Tuesday night after t-ball we decided to take the kids on a quick bike ride around the neighborhood. They both have been doing so well riding their bikes.  Corbin got going down the hill and got going a little fast and forgot to hit the brakes and crashed.  He of course started crying and picked himself up off the road.  We checked him over and talked to him and he seemed to be ok.  It was sensitive to the touch but he got back on and road his bike most of the way home.  We decided to wait it out and see how he was in the morning.  Morning came and he told me that it hurt but he could still move his arm.  As the day went on he seemed to be favoring his arm a lot more and by evening we noticed that he was not moving it at all and that there was a little bit of swelling so we decided it was time to take him in and get it checked out.  Turns out he had a broken collarbone.  TOTAL FAIL!  Worst parents ever!  He was so brave and didn't cry at all while at the doctors.  So they gave him an arm sling and told us that he needs to wear it for 10 days and then he's good to go.

BYU Fan Fest

Last night we went to the BYU Fan Fest with Josh and Meg and their little boy Beckett. Cosmo was there, which Corbin loved, Emma not so much but luckily we were able to have her avoid him the majority of the time. He wanted to go and just hang out with him and he loved that Cosmo gave him a piggy back ride.  They also had a place for him to try on a BYU football helmet, pads and jersey.  Then we got to meet a few of the athletes for soccer, volleyball, basketball and football. The evening ended up being a lot cooler than we anticipated and as we walked back down the hill both kids were freezing so Kyle, because he refused to let me help him and carry one of them, carried both of his kids down the hill.