My Nephew

I thought I would take some time today and post about by nephew. Many of you may know that I had a nephew who was battling a rare brain tumor called a Chordoma Tumor. In May of this year he was diagnosed and past away a few days after Thanksgiving. It was a very tender time as I began to think about what my brother may be feeling and thinking and realizing there is no possible way for me to comprehend what his family is/was going through. I love my nephew very much and it was so fun to be an outsider watching him grow up. Before making our trek to south Texas, Lynette and I found a second home with my brother Andrew and his wife, Jaime. We taught them the Weston tradition of Rook and Canasta card games and other fun games and spent many an evening with them. We watched their kids and played games, watched movies, read stories and many other things. As a result we became close to them and loved them. I am sad to see that Jared has passed away but I know that he is better and healthy. Unfortunately, for him to be happy where he is, his family is sad to have him gone. I thought I would attach the link to their story, I can only share it as an outsider and feel it should be shared from their point of view. Here is the link to their blog for those who would like to read it; jaredvance.blogspot.com. I thought I would attach a couple of my favorite pictures of my superhero of a nephew, Jared. The bottom shows Jared in the most touching picture (to me). There is something heavenly about seeing him resting with so much white around him.


I love my brother so much and am so sad to see him lose his son, but I know he has a testimony of the Gospel and will be stronger for it.

We love and we'll miss you Jared!

Fall Festivities

CC doesn't get too fall-y but that didn't stop a few of us from doing all the Fall-ish activities. We carved pumpkins and coated apples with caramel and other goodies.



For the week of Halloween I went up to AR to take care of the Bills kids. The plan was for Anth to come up the after work on Thursday but he surprised me by taking off work on Thursday and getting there early. It was a great surprise! We had a lot of fun with the kids, going to their school parties, community festival, the Battlefield, and trick-or-treating. We had a great time - thanks Bills!!!

The Nurse

The Astronaut

Wonder Women

The Monkey

The Washed-Up Football Player

Battlefield 1

Battlefield 2

Yellow Brick Road

For my profession I sew. After moving down here I got a job at a quilt store. Quilting is a different kind of sewing than regular sewing. I just finished my 1st quilt. I love it and want to make more. It was a fairly easy quilt, which I wanted for my 1st one (its name is Yellow Brick Road). I made a babyish size. So I picked out 6 fat quarters and set to work. I'm excited to start #2 soon.

Chosen Fat Quarters

Top

Top with small outside boarder

Finished with outside boarder

Finished quilted, backing and bound

Catch-Up

I didn't die at girls camp. I know you were all worried.

But now I have a ton to catch-up on.

August 2009
-Blasted Hot Girls Camp, almost killed by a Javelina (sp?) in the form of leaders/girls in other ward attacking camp with recording of lion roar.
-Anthony took me to Wicked in Austin for my/his birthday. It was great and so fun to see with him!
-Went early to Utah to see family and friends. I tried to get pictures of everyone I saw but it didn't happen. I loved seeing friends from the ward, millcreek, old roommates, etc :)

September 2009
-Sisters Weekend: 8 of the 12 Weston Women up in Park City, shopping and Swiss Days. It was a blast and I can't wait for next year.
-My 31st Birthday. It was wonderful. Everyone should be 31 at least once.
-Anth got called as 2nd counselor in the bishopric.
-Anth had a trip to Utah for work, recruiting. He even got to go to a U of U football game.

October 2009
-Our first watching of General Conference on a computer. Including pictures of Prophet and Apostles on mantle with prior FHE reports (it was something we did growing up and I still love learning about those great men).
-Our first visitors. Anthony's parents came to visit so his Dad could ordain him a High Priest. Of course there was a cold front so they wondered why we complain about the heat.
-Next monday I'm flying to Arkansas to watch the Bills kids and then Anth will be driving up so we can be there for Halloween.

Below are some pictures of the above mentioned happenings. I'll try to put them in order but it never works.

Only picture at Wicked (really bad)

Greg, Teresa, Sara Anne, LeAnn, Holly and me

Eight sisters

31 years

Prophets and Apostles

Anth and his parents at the beach

Pre-Girls Camp

I'm the Stake Asst. Camp Director and the Ward Camp Director. Don't ask. It just works.
I'm going to Girls Camp next week! I haven't been in over 10 years and I'm super excited! Just thinking of sitting by the camp fire, snuggling in blankets, going for hikes in the mountains sounds wonderful. But it's not the South of Texas way of camping. We're going to a lake about a half hour away where it'll be 95+ degrees every day (and night), we can't have fires because we're in a drought and we're at sea level with the highest point being the camp ground ant hill. I might die. I'll let you know. Or actually Anth will if I really do.

My 2 Jobs

I have two jobs. I was planning on doing what most teachers do and taking the summer off but when opportunities present themselves, you have to take them.
Job #1:
Medical Billing - Not my dream job. A lady in the ward down here does it out of her home and offered me the job after being here one week. (I'm pretty sure she was impressed by how healthy I am.) I only work there part time, in the mornings. When I was younger I dreamed of working in the business world. It's not for me. I can't sit at a computer all day and not talk to people except to tell them they have a balance on their account and ask them how I can help them resolve it. I need interaction with people. But on the plus side I have learned a lot about insurances and how the system works, the ladies I work with are super great, and it's pretty flexible so if I need time off I can have it.
Job #2:
The Quilt Cottage - Last summer when we were here I found the shop and would occasionally buy fabric and dream about working at a place like it. After we got back in Utah when people would ask what I was going to do once we moved I would say perhaps teach but that I'd love to work at the quilt shop. But most quilt shops don't really hire people off the streets, they just have people they've know for a hundred years working for them. So after going in a few times my first week here and offering my services the owner hired me :) It's been heaven! I love it! I work about 3-4 times a week in the afternoons and sometimes Saturdays. It's so fun talking to women (and a few men) about fabric and the different projects they are buying fabric for. I do sew but quilting is totally different. I'm learning a ton and feel like this may be the only time in my life I get this opportunity. I've started my first quilt and will post pictures later.

The 2nd Time Was Worse

I was so confident that the second one would go even better than the 1st. Not so. All was going well until I took a huge chunk out of the back. I told Anth that he would never even know it was there but he opted for the buzz. He says it's cooler (both senses of the word). I'm not giving up. I will be able to cut his hair. Next time for sure!! (or the next, or the next...ect)