visit to grandma's

the visit to grandma for grandpa's funeral was

sad and hard, but I think that there was a nice

time had by all, under the circumstances. a lot

of the cousins have not seen each other in years.

it really was quite amazing to have everyone

there (minus one on a mission). we had people

coming from all over the country (d.c., penn state,

co, wi, ga) to name a few. i know grandma was

so thrilled to have us all come and say our goodbyes

to our sweet grandpa! it was very hard, but I

must say I was honored to be in the presence of

some of my wonderfully talented cousins!

bren tanner duncan

me bren

lauren kate

annie ally

annie jamie lauren abby

annie jamie kate

teresa jocelyn katelyn

grandma is so awesome. i think she has more

style than i do, and she is definitely stronger

than i am. she is such a wonderful lady and i am

honored to have her name as my middle name.

i love this little lady soooooo much!!

grandma having a little surprise birthday party after

the funeral. she was so happy and so surprised. thank

you Halversons for putting everything together for this!

grandma posing with all the grandkids.

a great family reunion to celebrate wonderful

grandpa (and grandma too!!) so fun to see all

of you cuzs'!!

cocoa girl

Logan doesn't like to listen very often, so when she decided to open the can of cocoa herself she was blasted with powder in her face.

Fun Fall Break

We started out by going to see "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs" on friday. I took the girls and they had a great time. It was a pretty cute movie too. We were a little disappointed that the 3D stopped working about 15 minutes into the film, but they just played it in 2D, and offered us free passes for another showing. We were happy with that.
(no pics of movie going)
I have these pics backward in order. Always forget that I need to do last, first and first, last. So, anyway, this is our wonderful sunday drive up Payson Canyon. We love going for drives there! It was SOO beautiful, and our camera can't quite capture all the vivid colors. We tried anyway!


James was so excited to see deer everywhere

Autumn posing in the grove

Logan and Autumn


So here is our visit to the country farm fest, here in Payson.
Very fun local pumpkin patch. It had everything to offer!
Face painting Girls wanted to be kitties!

Huge black cat to play with

Petting zoo Logan didn't want to go in.
Autumn loved it though.

Mr. and Mrs. Scarecrow

Picking out pumpkins

Logan and Autumn at the huge pumpkins

We had a great weekend with the girls enjoying
wonderful fall time traditions!

Grandpa Stimpson

I have dreaded this day for as long as I can remember. I have cried a million tears over leaving their house, every summer while growing up, thinking it would be the last time I would ever see him. I knew back in June, it would be the last. We had such a wonderful visit with Grandpa. He sat out on the back porch with me and split a butterfinger bar (even though I had just been crowned biggest loser, i gladly accepted). We watched the girls race around the back yard, and I was stressing that we were being too big of a pain to have around the house while dad and James worked on fixing some leaky faucets in the bathrooms. I tried listening to that little still small voice that was telling me, everything would be okay and that you better enjoy this last visit with your grandpa. He watched them dip their feet with me in the pool, and would occasionally splash us with the pool net. He seemed to love to watch them giggle. It was so great to see my grandpa and my daughters play together. I had spent so many magical days baking in the sun out on their back patio. So many wonderful games of fooze ball (sp?), marbles, going for swamps, GOLFING, fishing, four wheeling, bb guns, swimming in the pool was definitely my favorite. I loved the slide, the diving board, and especially making WAVES!!
I am so truly grateful for my sweet grandpa, who called me his "little darlin'". When he called me this, I said, "I ain't no darlin'". Those memories will stay with me always. I am even more grateful to know of the plan of happiness, and I know I will see him again! NO EMPTY SEATS! Right?! He has always been a wonderful example to me between knowing right from wrong, and I know he tried to teach us all to be our best! I hope I can always make him proud. I love you so much sweet Grandpa! We know you are in a better place now, having some wonderful reunions,with a wonderful daughter, a few wonderful grandsons, and lots of other loved ones, but we will all miss you!!!!


Stimpson Family Reunion 2007
Sunriver, Or