Speaking of little kids that rock my freaking world.... i have one of the best friends in America, her name is Jamie Smith... below.... Rylee is the adorable little one above!!!
ok where was i.... oh ya Jamie... i have to tell you that jamie is probably one of my oldest and dearest friends... i met her in seventh grade when my elementary and hers joined together at NLJH!!!! She was most def the most popular girl in school, and she befriended me with no questions asked!!! she took me under her wing, and she didn't know then, but i did, that she was my saving grace.... Jamie has been there through jeeping in MOAB, we were both the first ones to turn 16 so we drove everyone EVERYWHERE. and we loved it... we had stomps in the target parking lot.... we TP'ed the crap out of everyone and he house was the place to be!! (thank you Laurie)
well it was time to graduate and she went down to SUU and i to USU while she was away she met this freaking amazing man named Steve! They got married and i loved him instantly... they then had a baby a few years later and named her Rylee Jo Smith.... this little girl is the best!!! she has the freaking best personality and Steve is going to have to beat the boys off with a stick!!!! (as you can see)
Well with growing up, comes grown up problems.... what i wouldn't give to have a good old dance in the target parking lot.... well in 06 i got divorced... and it was the lowest part in my life, but Jamie was there and so was Steve, they didn't judge me, they didn't look down on me and thought that i failed.... they just opened their big open arms and hugged me as tight as they could... and at a time when i couldn't feel more empty and alone... Jamie was there with her smile and her incredible optimism, Steve was there with his huge engulfing hugs and then there was Rylee... she was the best therapy there was.... When going through something like that, you feel, alone, ashamed, embarrassed, a failure, and that no one needs you in the world... and there was Rylee... she let me hold her, and she clung to me and slept on my chest... she needed me... and i needed her.... i needed her mom and i needed her dad and the Smith family will never know how much they mean to me!
they were and still are a HUGE light in the darkness and i know that in them i have not only great friends... but i have family!!!
Thank you Jamie for being my friend and my sister for so long.... Steve, thank you for always being there for me to talk to, to joke with and for your hugs when i needed one most!
And Dear little Rylee, thank you for giving me hope... and faith that i didn't fail.. somethings are just not meant to be. and restoring in me my self-worth... You are so tiny and so small... but you do amazing things.....!!! i love you all!!!
So here we have a beautiful love seat... and there is also a matching over-stuffed chair..... those are vacuum marks... done worry... it is microsuede and practically brand new... i bought them from Zions Bank.. when they were eliminating a department.... i was super excited about them brought them home, SURPRISED my husband... only for him .... to hate them! now Ry is a very easy going guy... and i had to fight off a couple of people at the bank in order to get them... but he is not a fan... something about the riviots.... but i dug them and still do!!!
our beloved Pastor Steve.... what can be said about him.... obviously not enough but i will try my hardest to say what i can. Steve helped us more then he will ever know... through our pre-marriage classes, to his friendship, to the most amazing and touching ceremony, i have ever heard, and not just because it was my own. Steve has an amazing command of the english language!!! he did the best job in the world!!!! Thank you Steve for everything and all things that you have done for us!!!! God bless you!!!
Memorial day is a special day... when i was younger i didn't really get it.. why do we have to have a special day to remember those that have passed..? i just thought about my loved ones that have past all the time.. i didn't just want to do it on one day and that is it!!! but now that i am older.. it is a special day to pay respects... to go out and to make sure that your loved ones that have served and have done epic things through out their lives it is a day to go and make sure that their final resting places are as they should be and time to go out and hang with them in mind, body and soul... well this memorial day hit me pretty hard.. with the war and a lot of people that i know fighting in it, going out to Camp Williams to visit those who have moved on from this life was quite the site... the above photo is just a taste... there were flags everywhere and this was a time that you can really see people that gave up everything for our freedom... and you saw it in mass quantity.. the way that it should be. God bless our TROOPS!!!
