On behalf of the Olympics......

About 3 years ago my best friend Jessica and I were invited to a party at Rulon Gardners house. For those of you who that name is not ringing a bell... not only is this guy a BIG teddy bear, but he is a teddy bear who won an Olympic Gold Medal in wrestling. I feel lucky to be one of the few people to have had the honor of an Olympic Gold Medal around my neck =)

Andrew Comes to Visit

First of all I have to say shame on Jon and I for buying a new camera and then never taking it anywhere! UGHHH!

Anyways; my long lost best friend from 1st grade, Andrew Elliott, came to visit Jon and I for the weekend. He's been wanting to come out for awhile to meet my amazing hubby and spur of the moment decided to come on down this past weekend. Friday night we picked him up at the airport and one of the first things he said was "wow this place smells; are you really telling me thats not fog out there." oh yes Andrew you are correct. That is the sight of the nations worst air looking right at you! yummy!! Saturday morning we went snowboarding up at Brighton with my dad. Surprisingly my knee really didn't hurt at all! It was just the burn in the muscles after the 7th run that made me stop. But the boys had a good time. Oh and can I say I love watching Jon snowboard. He's amazing how!! and super cute in his snow clothes =) Anyways; after snowboarding we hurried to Cafe Rio (Utah Classic) and then went to mine and Jon's soccer game. Yes a soccer game after snowboarding! Apparently my knee wasn't too worn out since I did score a goal =) Right after the game we met Jessica Ann and her hubby and adorable son, Tyson the Tank, at our house to go to the Jazz game. It was Tyson first basketball game and boy did he love it! He couldn't take his eyes off the court the whole time. After the game we went to Training Table (another utah classic)

Sunday we took a little stroll down Park City Main and had some yummy sushi. We enjoyed wondering in and out of the art galleries and laughing at the comparisons of art prices. Art that looked like a kindergarten kid drew, $5,999. Art that was a Picasso original. $3,000. We also found a furr shop that the cheapest furr coat they had was about $100,000! Really? People buy those???? However there was a furr joke strap for only $35! What a steal!

Monday we went to the Wing Coop where Jon and Andrew dared trying the "Number Eleven" sauce. (the hottest wings they have) and I like how the worker said it, "they smell like death." and they did. Poor boys..... lets just leave it at that. After they somewhat recovered we went bowling and saw our good friend Sean there! It was his birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEAN! so needless to say he and his girlfriend joined in on our fun and came over to our house afterwards for some yummy ice cream! Oh yeah and I bowled a 130!! yey for me!!!

It was so much fun having Andrew for the weekend and we cannot wait to make a trip up to washington to visit him. We're seeing in our future an Alaska Cruise out of seattle and going a little vaca before hand.

Best Friends

Milo loves when Jon picks him up and carries him like a baby. Now they have found something new they both love....

You have to love those two!

Where were you 10 years ago?

I wanted to write down all the things from the last decade of my life since everyone else was doing it. I can't believe that Y2K was 10 years ago!!!

2000- Big JR High student! Went to Hawaii
2001-Ankle Surgery #1&2; Broken Collar Bone and fingers
2002- Student Body Officer; Captain of Freshman HS Soccer
2003-Drivers License! YEY!
2004-Moved to Utah; Knee Surgery #1
2005-Went on a Western Caribbean Cruise with Jessica and got stuck in a hurricane; Knee Surgery #2; Head Life Guard at So. Jordan Rec.
2006-Graduated High School; Knee Surgery #3, started my job at SecureAlert; Met Jon; Went to Guatemala to pick up Chris from his mission
2007- Went on a Cruise with the family to Puerto Rico, Aruba, St. Thomas, St. Martaan and Curacao. Went to DisneyWorld with Jon. Scuba and EMT Certified.
2008-Got Married! Jon Graduated with his Bachelors Degree! Bought a Home
2009- Added Milo to the family, knee surgery #4; Started School Again

Pappy

My sweet Pappy passed away Sunday night at the age of 94. What a holiday season my family has been through. Even though I am going to miss his sweet spirit and contagious smile I am so glad to have the gospel and know that I will see him again. I can't imagine the joy he's having being reunited with my Aunt Linda.

It's always nice to reflect on the memories you've had with a loved one. I am one of his youngest grandchildren so I do not have any memories of him running around and having alot of energy. I do remember though with the energy he'd save up to play the harmonica and sing songs to me. One of my favorite memories was playing toss with a balloon with him at my fathers birthday party. We were playing for almost an hour and I was getting warn out so I stopped playing and he turned to me and said "am I out of the game?" haha oh Pappy. He's just adorable.

Below is a news article the deseret news wrote about him along with his obituary.


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705350157/Elder-Royden-Glade-Derrick-dies.html

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=royden-derrick&pid=137101736

Fall Photos

A couple weeks ago our friends friend took some pictures of our little family. Here are some favorites.....

She will be missed

DaleLene Hardman Peacock 12/22/1955~11/1/2009

DaleLene Hardman Peacock, beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, niece and friend died November 1st, 2009 from complications of surgery. Born December 22, 1955 to Dale and Thelma Addley Hardman in Salt Lake City, UT. Married Randy Peacock April 11, 1980 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Served faithfully in many callings including President of the Relief Society, Young Women's and Primary organizations. She fell in love with football when her two sons started playing in little league. They got her to do in an instant what her husband could not do in years. Member of the West Jordan High School Football Booster club. Proud replacement in the "Pounce Bunch." Survived by husband Randy, sons Jeremy and Cameron and siblings Kelly (Cindy) Hardman, Twin Falls, Patricia (Bruce) Derrick, South Jordan, Max (Cindy) Hardman, West Jordan. Also Mary Jean and Clark Killian. Related by law, bound by love. She is an Aunt to 37 nieces and nephews and friend to many. She found the good in everyone and fought the good fight. She will be deeply missed yet she will be with us always and forever. Services will be held Mon. Nov. 9th 2009 at 12 noon in the West Jordan East Stake Center, 1899 W. 7600 S., West Jordan. There will be a viewing on Sun. Nov 8th, 2009 at the same location from 6-8 p.m. and prior to services on the 9th from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will take place at Redwood Memorial Estates, 6500 S. Redwood Road, West Jordan, UT. Many thanks to the team at Intermountain Medical Center for their kind and thoughtful care.




My Aunt was as close to a second mom as it could get. I remember her always wanting to help buy me dresses for my homecoming dances because she didn't have a girl of her own to buy one for. My favorite memory of her was wedding dress shopping with her and my mom. It was a special experience and got spoiled by two moms at my wedding. She was always there when you needed to talk or to ask silly questions like "how in the world do I make brown sugar soft again." I had the unique opportunity to go with my mom and cousin Jessica on Friday afternoon to dress her in her temple clothes. It was a very special experience to be able to have that alone time with her and be able to place her in her resting clothes with all of the love we had. It was very hard yesterday at her funeral but it makes me so glad to know that this is not the end. We could all just imagine the reunion of her and my grandparents. We're pretty sure my grandpa said something like "what the heck are you doing here!" but then nothing but hugs. I did have a little laugh though when I was saying my last goodbyes and looked into her casket and saw that someone put a diet coke in there. My uncle Randy (her husband) said something that I will never forget...

"I have not lost her... I know right where she is"