What's a post without pics??! Here's another update!
A few weeks ago, me and B ran our first race together. It was the "Color Me Rad 5K". She did awesome! We ran the whole way and laughed our guts out. I'm so proud of her. It was a wonderful day!
This is my friend Kim. (Her son Chase and B have been great friends since 2nd grade.) She's is so sweet and has been a great friend to me, B, and our family for the past several years. She was diagonsed with stage 2 breast cancer a few weeks ago. She's been going through chemo treatments. It's been so hard on her, her body, and her wonderful family. I've been able to visit with her, and take meals in to their family on treatment days. She is doing ok, but very exhausted. She's also trying to get ready to send her oldest off on a mission to Chicago. We have been able to provide service to their family (whenever she lets us!!) and me and B have grown closer by being able to serve her and her family.
It's official...we are moving to Grantsville, Utah because Kevin is the new Chief of Police! I'm so proud of him! He has worked hard all of his career to get to this point. He beat out 26 other applicants; and had some stiff competition. We are so excited for the upcoming changes and are ready to move forward!
When Kevin got sworn in at city council meeting, they gave him his "Chief" badge. The mayor asked me to come up and pin it on him. I was so excited and surprised! It was a wonderful moment for both of us. We couldn't be more proud of him and all that he's accomplished. I know he's way excited to get in and get his feet wet. He's looking forward to working with the guys and is ready to take on whatever comes his way!
2 weeks ago, my sweet Mimi passed away. She went very quickly and we were surprised by her passing. When we went to Arizona in April, she was there visiting my parents. We were so excited to get to spend time with her and she was doing so well. We even walked around the mall! My dad called and said she was ill and they were heading up to Portland to be with her. She had lung cancer and it was moving through her body very rapidly. She fought hard for a week, and then passed away peacefully; surrounded by family. I was able to go up to Portland last weekend to attend her memorial. I flew up and then drove home with my parents. Although it was sad that Mimi wasn't there with us, it was great to remember the wonderful things about her life, our memories, and spend time with family.
My cousins are awesome! We've all grown up together and it's always fun when we get together. This is all of them, except for 1 that wasn't able to attend. I love them all, including my goofy brothers!! We had a blast!
This picture...just cracks me up! B has been going non-stop since school got out and she looked wrecked this morning! We were outside for our yard sale. She was a little delirious!! She makes me laugh!!
And lastly....Alex got his braces off and his spacer taken out! Yay!! He's so excited. We almost forgot his appointment, and I remembered and ran him down there just in time! We were both surprised when the dentist said they are coming off. It was a nice surprise though! He did great and has faithfully been wearing his retainer. He looks so handsome and grown up!
A few weeks ago, me and B ran our first race together. It was the "Color Me Rad 5K". She did awesome! We ran the whole way and laughed our guts out. I'm so proud of her. It was a wonderful day!
This is my friend Kim. (Her son Chase and B have been great friends since 2nd grade.) She's is so sweet and has been a great friend to me, B, and our family for the past several years. She was diagonsed with stage 2 breast cancer a few weeks ago. She's been going through chemo treatments. It's been so hard on her, her body, and her wonderful family. I've been able to visit with her, and take meals in to their family on treatment days. She is doing ok, but very exhausted. She's also trying to get ready to send her oldest off on a mission to Chicago. We have been able to provide service to their family (whenever she lets us!!) and me and B have grown closer by being able to serve her and her family.
It's official...we are moving to Grantsville, Utah because Kevin is the new Chief of Police! I'm so proud of him! He has worked hard all of his career to get to this point. He beat out 26 other applicants; and had some stiff competition. We are so excited for the upcoming changes and are ready to move forward!
When Kevin got sworn in at city council meeting, they gave him his "Chief" badge. The mayor asked me to come up and pin it on him. I was so excited and surprised! It was a wonderful moment for both of us. We couldn't be more proud of him and all that he's accomplished. I know he's way excited to get in and get his feet wet. He's looking forward to working with the guys and is ready to take on whatever comes his way!
2 weeks ago, my sweet Mimi passed away. She went very quickly and we were surprised by her passing. When we went to Arizona in April, she was there visiting my parents. We were so excited to get to spend time with her and she was doing so well. We even walked around the mall! My dad called and said she was ill and they were heading up to Portland to be with her. She had lung cancer and it was moving through her body very rapidly. She fought hard for a week, and then passed away peacefully; surrounded by family. I was able to go up to Portland last weekend to attend her memorial. I flew up and then drove home with my parents. Although it was sad that Mimi wasn't there with us, it was great to remember the wonderful things about her life, our memories, and spend time with family.
My cousins are awesome! We've all grown up together and it's always fun when we get together. This is all of them, except for 1 that wasn't able to attend. I love them all, including my goofy brothers!! We had a blast!
This picture...just cracks me up! B has been going non-stop since school got out and she looked wrecked this morning! We were outside for our yard sale. She was a little delirious!! She makes me laugh!!
And lastly....Alex got his braces off and his spacer taken out! Yay!! He's so excited. We almost forgot his appointment, and I remembered and ran him down there just in time! We were both surprised when the dentist said they are coming off. It was a nice surprise though! He did great and has faithfully been wearing his retainer. He looks so handsome and grown up!
3 comments:
I am so glad I found your blog Nikki! We are really going to miss having you guys around and Kevin working with Nate! He was such a good example to him and helped him and our family in so many ways! Our boys looked up to Kevin. Wish we were able to get together more and we will miss you but good luck in this new adventure! You guys deserve it and Grantsville doesn't know how lucky they are to get Kevin and your family!
Nik, so much has been happening in your world, congrats to Kevin! and Alex. I am so sorry to hear about your friend and hope she will do well in her cancer fight. I am also sad to hear about your Mimi. You totally have the right attitude though, gratitude for all the great things including memories.
I miss you so much and I miss your blogss...the only way I have to keep up. Congrats to Kevin thats a big step in his career. Sorry to hear about Mimi too...death is always a sad loss. The kids are growing so fast and so strong....Makes me wish I seen more of yours as well as Tanner and Sutton. The past can never make up for the future but the future is still a book to be written. Love you all bunches.
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