[Birthday]

Happy Birthday....to me (last week.) It was just a quiet day. Ashton and I spent the evening together running a couple errands and just being together. Keanna was at girls camp and Ray was out of town. Ambrea had visited the night before. Mom had some beautiful flowers sent and on the card it said "Love, Mom and Dad". It made me cry, but it meant so much to me. Mom also called in the morning before work and sang ato me. My day started out with a run, of course, with Lacey. We ran 16 miles. :) She was feeling bad that we did such a long run on my B-day, but hey. It was something I love to do. We had a great time, running through every sprinkler we could find. Anyway, I don't really like to have B-days so much anymore, but I must say this one was nice. Just quiet with not much hoopla.

{Dad}

Warren Gail Shaw, the best husband, dad, grandpa, brother, son and uncle, my dad, passed away this afternoon about 1:30. He was diagnosed with cancer about 4 months ago and developed complications with his lungs due to the cancer and chemo. He has been pretty sick for the past few weeks, but when he decided it was time to go, he didn't wait around. He has always been that way. Don't make him wait for you lol. Mom had called me this morning and I was planning to come home from work, pack and head to Salina. He couldn't wait for us. We believe there was a grand reunion in heaven though. His mom died when he was just a baby. We believe she came to get him. We know and understand that he is happy, but it sure is hard for those he left behind. I'm so thankful to know that I will be able to be with him again someday. In the meantime we already miss him something horrible.

Happy Birthday G-ma!

On June 30th G-ma turned 101. Wow. I've had the opportunity to go be with her and Rick while dad was in the hospital in Provo. For the most part she was very pleasant and funny. One night she got angry over something but Rick was able to calm her down. Because her mind is like a child she will be happy one moment and angry the next. She sleeps a lot also. I will treasure the time I have spent with her, and Rick. We love you G-ma.

Boston/New York

The week after shchool was out Keanna took a trip to Boston/New York. The trip was scheduled through her school with Smithsonian. They spent a week touring these two cities. They were up at 6 and didn't get back to the Hotel till 10 or 11. She saw many fun and interesting things. I have posted a few of her pictures. She took over 900 :). I am so thankful she had this opportunity.

This is at a restaurant in Boston. She tasted a lot of new and interesting food. She said it was all very good but they serve such large portions she could never finish it.

This was in New York, obviously.

Boston

New York

They got to see the Red Sox field.

So like I said, this is just a few of her pictures. Now she has her work cut out documenting all 900 pictures. It took her two days to tell me about her trip, and she stills keeps remembering things that we haven't discussed. She is such a cutie!

Spoilin' Em Rotten

About a month ago Nate and Hazel came down to have a little family vacation with Hazel's family. Well, we got to watch the kids while they spent time with the family. It was great, we had the little one's during the day, spoiling them rotten, then Nate and Hazel came home at night. Wow, it couldn't be any better.

Of course we went to the water park to play. If you haven't notice yet this is one of our favorite water parks. They have one in almost every other neighborhood but this one is down town and the little river is a lot of fun.

Then we found some ducks on a golf course and fed them. I only brought one bag of bread though. What was I thinking? That wasn't nearly enough. The kids went through that fast.

It was a very fun weekend and we can't wait for them to come visit again very soon!

Oh, and who's boy do you think this little stinker is?? He liked me if no one else was around but when gpa was around that's who he wanted. Now when mom is around she is the only one he wants. I still love the little stink to death.

Easter 2010

We had a great time at Easter this year. Nate, Hazel and kids were able to come.
This is everyone getting ready for the egg hunt. Fun coloring eggs.

They turned out beautiful!

Catching Up...

Well, I haven't posted for forever, so I have some catching up to do. This post might be a little boring because I'm not including pictures right now. Ashton needs to put them on the computer for me. :)

A couple weeks ago Ray ran his first half marathon with me. Holly also ran it with us. It was in Gunnison so it was fun because mom was at the finish line waiting for us. It was foggy, windy and freezing cold at the starting line. But we soon ran out of the fog into the sunshine. Holly and I were pretty much keeping together for quite some time. Then she needed to make a stop at a water station so I was able to get ahead of her. (Whew) I was able to get a new personal record which is 1 hour 49 minutes. Holly came in right after me and Ray wasn't far behind. He was dissappointed he didn't finish in the time he wanted to but I'm still proud of him for doing it. He has a hard time getting as much training in as I do.

It was good to go visit with mom, dad, rick and everyone else. A few weeks before this we had gotten some not so good news. We found out dad has cancer. They diagnosed it at Hodgkins Lymphoma. He started chemo on the 6th. He will have a treatment every other week. I talked to him yesterday (mother's day) and he is feeling pretty good. It is so scarey but he has a good attitude and is being taken good care of (by mom).

Let's see, then Ashton, Ambrea and I had the opportunity to go see Kurt Bestor in concert with the South West Symphony. Natalee came with us. Our friend Bryce plays with the symphony so they were able to hook us up with tickets. They played at Tuachan. It is so much fun there. It was fun, but different to have Kurt conducting pretty much the whole time. He only played the piano twice. It was still fun.

The next day Ashton Keanna and I volunteered at the Iron Man. Keanna and I were there most of the day. Ashton got tired so Ambrea took him home. Anyway, it was so cool. In an Iron Man they swim 2.6 miles, ride a bike for 112 miles, then run a marathon, 26.2 miles. I can't believe people can do it. There were a handful of people that we know who did it. It was fun to be able to be there and cheer them on. We plan on volunteering again next year. It was a great experience.

Then yesterday was mother's day. For me it started on Saturday. Ambrea and Josh took me on a hike in Zion's. It is so beautiful there. Ashton and Jeremey (Joshs brother) also came. We packed in stuff to make sandwhiches. It was a lot of fun. Thanks guys for taking me. Hope to do it again soon.

Then on Sunday I got to take a nap and Keanna made dinner, chicken enchiladas. Then the kids all gave me a scrapbook organizer thing. It's really cool. Now to just figure out where to put it and get organized.

Anyway, we have been very busy but are having a lot of really fun, neat experiences.

Is it a Full Moon???

Some of us at work are wondering if it's a full moon this week, because people are on a rampage this week. As you know, Ambrea and I both work retail together. And I'll tell you what, people have been rude all week long. I've been yelled at twice this week. And I'm not sure that I did anything to deserve to be yelled at. The lady who was the worst I had even given her a better price on what she was buying. And she was still rude. Just a reminder to everyone out there that just because we work retail doesn't mean we are dumb and don't know what we are doing. We have feelings too and try to make peoples shopping experience pleasant. Please be nice to the people who are helping you.

Happy Birthday Ray!!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart. I hope you have a great day. I'm just so sad you had to be out of town so we can't celebrate together. How blessed we are to have such a wonderful husband and dad. Love you!!

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This is Ambrea. :)
This is where Ambrea now lives.

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This is their other roomate.

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