My Sister

On Saturday day I was at work and had spoken to my mom throughout the day on Kris' condition. Her breathing was shallow and she wasn't reacting to anything or anyone. My work was wonderful (as always) and let me leave work early. My step dad met me at my home and us and the dogs (fergie and my parents dog) drove up to Idaho. We arrived at 9:45pm. I walked in the house to her hospital bed in the family room and sat next to her. I told her I was here and I loved her. She opened her eyes, started crying, and told me she loved me and then asked if I was hungry.....that's my sister, always concerned of others. That night I layed on a cot next to her bed while my mom slept on the couch. I helped reposition her, gave medications through her g-tube, and cleaned the constant drainage from her mouth as she coughed. It was a long night. Sunday was a peaceful day. Her blood pressure was low, breathing was still shallow, but her heart was strong and working hard. The only time she reacted to anything that day was after the "release" blessing my step dad and Bas gave her. It was beautiful and as Bas leaned in to kiss her head she sat forward and cried some tears....never trying to talk or open her eyes. We had a wonderful Sunday dinner and played some games to help lighten the mood. Last night Bas slept on the couch and my mom and I shared the cot. No one really slept, we just listened to the breathing change to more labor, less frequent breaths. At 2:30 am we thought she was trying to leave this earth....her breathing was not good. We gave her a high dose of medications and in an hour she was still working hard to take breaths but she appeared peaceful again. The hospice nurse came around 10am this morning and her oxygenation was in the 40's, and her heart was still pumping strong. We thought it would be another long day but at 1:15 this afternoon my sister was finally free of her cancer body. Bas, my mom and I were by her side.....crying, but with tears of joy and how we are going to miss her so much. She no longer has to be in pain, eat through a g-tube, and she can finally talk and be understood. I believe she beat the cancer. She never let it get her down and she fought hard for a year and 5 months. She lived a great life and had the best husband who loved her and took amazing care of her. I'll be going back home tomorrow. Damen started school today and loves his class and teacher. All of the family will be back her at the end of the week for the funeral.

Kris....I love you!

Davis County Fair

Steven, Ruth, Damen and I decided to
hit the fair for fun and entertainment.
When we arrived we bought our tickets for the rodeo then walked around the fair. We walked through the many booths then walked over to the Discovery Learning booth for kids. They had

insects and reptiles that you could hold

and interactive learning games.

Then we went over to the games and found a shooting game that Damen and Steven wanted to play. $10 dollars later Damen won a blue ball and $20 later for Steven and Ruth they won a huge yellow duck. They were excited to give it to zeus.

Then we were off to the rides. Ruth is a great sport and went on all the rides that Damen wanted to go on since she doesn't ever get sick. Then Steven had a brilliant idea to go on this ride that lifts you in the air and goes around and around....which started out to be ok. Then the ride started to drop and go back up as it turns around and around throwing you into the outside. So Damen was squishing me and Steven was crushing Ruth. As soon as the ride ended Steven walked one direction and I went the other and we both were sick and Damen was upset since the ride made horrific noises. After our stomachs recovered Ruth and Damen went on a few more rides. We ate dinner then it was off to the rodeo. It started at 8pm with a light wind and ended at 10pm with hurricaine conditions. The dirt was kicking up all over and the wind made it chilly. The rodeo was fun and entertaining. Im glad we all went!!!!

Birthday celebrations all around!

Last night we celebrated my mom's b-day that was on Sunday. Marcus, Damen, Grandma Jean, my mom and I went to dinner at Red Lobster and had a wonderful time. Damen was excited that I let him get snow crab. Honestly I didn't think he would like it....but he at the entire 1/2 lb and probably would have eaten some more if allowed. Marcus taught him how to break the crab and get the meat out. It kept him busy which was nice. Then he took some shrimp off my plate. I have never known a kid to love seafood like Damen does. Its fun cuz I share the seafood craving too. Last friday was Kris' birthday, #43, and it sounded like her and Bas had an enjoyable time and went to a dancing concert. Kris wants to come down this weekend to visit and Bas is doing everything to make it happen. This might be her last trip down here. We took the jeep to dinner last night and it was commical watching the Grandma's try to get in my fun contraption. In fact Grandma Jean made it look much easier then mom did. We had a great time!! Today Damen is spending the day with his uncle Marcus and was so excited about it. Grandma gave Damen an ipod shuffle for his b-day so Marcus was going to help him put some songs on it. Then I believe they are going to go walk around Tanner park or Liberty park. They should have a great, hopefull safe, day. :-)