Grandma Scott and Family Time!

My Grandma, Clara Scott, passed away December 27th, 2010. She was such a joy to me and my family! We will miss her, but I am very excited for her to be with my Grandpa again! The last few months, she would say, "I wish that Grandpa would come get me, already!" I have so many wonderful memories of my Grandma, I just want to list a few of my favorite things about her that pop into my head!

1. She loves Pepsi, 1-6 cans a day and she lived to be almost 88!

2. I could get her down to 1 Pepsi a day if she knew she was going to have an Orange Dream Machine from Jamba Juice!

3. She loved toast with plenty of butter on it!

4. When I was little she would sit on the other side of the counter in the kitchen and use a step stool for a seat and the cutting board for her table to eat so she could serve us kids! I have adopted this tradition and even had the cabinet people come in and add a cutting board in my new house!

5. When I was young, she would mix chocolate milk (my favorite treat) in glass cups and I loved the way it tinked when she stirred it! And she always put in plenty of chocolate...unlike my mom! lol!

6. When staying at Grandma's house, we always woke up to the smell of the best tasting hashbrowns in the world and bacon!

7. In the daytime at Grandma's we would roll up and down her grass hills in the front of her house with our cousins, watch the movie "Savanna Smiles", and drink Shasta!

8. After dinner at Grandma's house, we would have icecream in a cone almost every time!

9. I would always have my Grandma tell me about her pregnancies and raising her kids. And about when she fell in love with my Grandpa!

10. When Grandma would come stay with us in her old age, my girls loved to help her by getting her pop and holding her hand to guide her. They were helping Grandma, but I think that by doing so Grandma was helping us!

11. Grandma always dyed her hair red from the time she was a teenager, maybe that's why I like to put a little red in my hair now and then!

12. I would say, Grandma we have all of these things to do (errands, etc..) I'd say, "Does that sound like fun?" Grandma says, "well?..." So, I asked Grandma what she thought would be fun, she said, "getting my nails done and drinking a Jamba." Grandma always had beautiful nails!

13. Grandma would pray out loud at night and I spent many times listening and shedding a tear. She would pray for every grandchild and "their babies." She was always thinking of others!

14. We took many family vacations with Grandma and Grandpa Scott; Florida, New York, Nauvoo, Omaha, San Diego, British Columbia. We always loved having them along. Except that they always wanted to eat at McDonald's! After a few times, I would just sit in the car and wait! (usually because my mom was frustrated that I wouldn't eat McDonalds for the tenth time in a row and make me stay in the car instead of listening to me whine!).

15. My Grandpa Scott died right before my 16th birthday... I remember my Grandma giving him one last kiss before they closed his casket, it was such a tender moment and I decided I wanted that kind of love for myself someday (luckily I found Ryan!)

16. I have so many more memories I can't possibly list them all. I just loved my Grandma and I will cherish her memory forever! Love you Grandma!

Love, Jules

Now, the best part of Grandma's passing was getting together with the family. It was a really wonderful time for everyone to come because it was over Christmas break. My Brother Brian and his family even got to come over from Japan, which was a little miracle itself! We had so much fun with them and Brad and Shanna! We will be holding onto these memories with them for the next three years until we will see them again (unless if I talk Ryan into taking me to Japan!!!) Grandma's funeral service was beautiful and it was a wonderful day, except that it was stinking freezing!

Christina, Kim, Julie, Melody! This is me with my cousins that are all the same age as me. Our Mom's were all sisters and all prego the same time! I will try to dig up some pictures of us when we were little! I love all of these guys to pieces!

My cousin Kim came over before they had some family pictures and I did her hair and makeup (thanks for not talking back to me Kim :) This is her adorable son Emmett! She also has Branson (6), and Eli (4). She's having the boys, and I'm having the girls!

I have some gorgeous pictures of my Grandma and Grandpa that I will have to add later! Grandma always had nice legs!

My cousin Shawn and Kim's Eli.

A little Christmas action at Grandma Colleens, she always makes everything fun!

Like Father, Like Son.

Sophie reunited with her Aunt Natalie (reunited from Heaven,... ya... I went there:)

Nathan and Uncle Ry bonded major! They were such good buddies and will be forever! Man, I am already missing those guys!

Ryan's cousin Jaclyn Hone married Isaiah, it was a gorgeous reception at the Loft! We have this cute picture of all of the babies born.. Way to go Sophie, you are the only girl, you will have so much fun running around with these boys! JimBob (E.J.'s Dad) holding Gage, John (Ray's Dad) holding Jake, Brad holding Kylan, Ryan holding Sophie! Sophie is the oldest of these, they were all born within 2 months, and Ryan's other cousin Eric had a boy (Jack) during that time as well! So fun!

Well, that is all for now! Life is good! I am getting the organizing bug, so I better take advantage of it... I have not done very good since Sophie was born, life has been pretty crazy, but good. Hopefully, things will be more normal (ya right!)

Love, Jules