Mark

Thirty six years ago today - about 10:00 am, my brother Mark and three of his friends died in an airplane crash in southeastern Idaho, in the hills above his home. It seems so long ago, but I remember it as if it were yesterday.

Our Heavenly Father held my hand that day. At the exact time the telephone rang bringing me the awful news of the crash, Helen and Bonny sent Michael to the door to see if I was home. It was Kevin's birthday, but they were bringing Doug a birthday card, and when they came into the house, there I was lying on the floor crying uncontrollably. They helped me get things together-Helen called Steven, who was at work, I went across the street to tell my brother Ronald, Helen and Bonny took the kids, Doug, Gregg and Tarali, who was just over 1 year old. We left that day for Idaho. I don't know what I would have done without my other family, and their help.

What a hard, sad time in my life, but also a time that I was able to feel comfort and to know the Lord was near.

Forty-five years!

Forty five years!

How could it go by so fast!

Forty five years of Loving, Caring, Sharing.

Happiness, Sadness

Working, Learning, Playing.

Babies, Children, Teens.

Football, Volleyball, Sculpting,Games

Blessings, Prayers

Families, Siblings, Parents, Friends

In-laws, Ancestors, Outlaws,

Family reunions, Camping, Testimony meetings

Hawaii, Jackson Hole, Tetons

Laguna Beach, Hiking, Cross-country Skiing

Fillmore, Shelley

Morningside Elementary, Wasatch, Skyline

University of Utah

BYU Football games

Harts jugs full of red cream soda

Church,Testimony, Family Home Evening

Missions, letters, home sickness

Love, Weddings, new daughters and a son,

Grandchildren, more love, more blessings.

Young Women, Relief Society, Young Men

Bishop's counselor, High council, High Priest group leader

Bishop

Supporting, loving,

understanding

Mission to the Thai-Laotian Ward, and University Stake

Service, Concern,

Knee-surgeries,

Walking, walking, walking

with my husband at my side

Continued Support and love.

Family illnesses

Blessings, Love, Continued Prayer

Master gardener, Master builder, Master father and husband

Fountains.

I've always wanted a fountain in our yard. I finally got one - of sorts. A drinking fountain! While Steven was putting in all of the drip systems last year, he started wondering about doing a drinking fountain. We started looking around, seeing what we liked,and I suppose he was figuring it out in his head. He started collecting rocks, and then this spring he made our 'fountain'. He angled the rocks so they made the bowl, put a stone so the children could get up to drink easier, then put a stepping stone path on the side by the garden so it could be accessed on the opposite side too. We planted flowers on the end, and step-pables in the stepping stones. We call the flower area, Ethan's garden, because I patterned it after the area that Ethan planted in their garden last year. We love it! It is a beautiful addition to our yard.(Now I just have to plant a seed in Steven's head about putting in that other kind of fountain. :>)

Happy Birthday Mother!

My mom, Nina Frances Robinson, was born today-October 22, 1917.  She is 91 earth life's old, but was only 62 when she left us.  She was a wonderful lady, a wonderful mother.  She was fun, spunky, loved to play games-and win,-loved her children and her grandchildren, the gospel, riding her horses and traveling the world.  I loved to hear her sing, to watch her as she arranged flowers, and sewed our clothes.  She was a hard worker, a good cook, a good wife and mother, and I knew she loved me.  She loved it when I became a nurse, something she had wanted to do.  She expected me to live up to the good name of Fielding that my father had given me.  She expected that I would always keep our family close, and do the things that I had been taught.  I regret that my younger children do not remember the times she loved them and held them on her lap.  I do want them to know that like me, she loved them.

A summer full of Grow Boxes, Drip Systems and Archways!

Dad (Steven) was kept busy this summer helping Doug and Tarali with their grow boxes and drip systems.  He loves his family, and he loves to garden, so there was nothing he would rathur have spent his time doing.   

This is Dougs back yard.  The back yard was totally torn up at the beginning of the summer so he had to start from scratch. It became so beautiful.  

Here are part of the grow boxes.  A neighbor told him that he was wasting his time putting in grow boxes - that nothing would grow in them.  Hmmm-seems like he had quite a bit of growth in them! 

 He made a bubbler fountain in the center.

Dad and Tarali worked on getting her grow boxes in.  She wanted an herb garden, so they built it out of rocks. 

 
It turned out beautiful!

Pretty enough for a wedding!

I had always wanted an archway by the back sidewalk so since all of the grow boxes were finished, Steven  decided to do it for me.

It turned out so pretty.  I love it.  We are starting a rose that we hope will grow up over it.

Thanks Steven!  You are so awesome!

Football Fever!

I love football!  I loved learning about football from my husband, I loved going to the BYU games with our family, I loved watching our boys play, and now I get to watch grandsons play!  

This Saturday was a perfect day for watching football. A crisp fall day, the trees in the mountains starting to change color.  It was the first time that we were able to watch first Jacob, number 50, and then Ethan, number 81, play.  Skyline and Brighton.  At one time they were rivals, but now they are just two teams that we love.  We have given up our Hart's jugs filled with red cream soda, for ice water, but fun still the same.  Both teams won, and both boys played well.

Adventures in Utah-The rest of the story

Wow!  How did the time go by so fast!  In spite of my good intentions, I didn't get things posted like I was hoping too.  So here are some of the pictures from our time with Indigo and Kiara while they were in Utah.
 
July 4 -
We started out going to the parade at Doug and Elizabeth's. It was so fun! So many floats came by throwing
CANDY, CANDY, CANDY!!
In the afternoon we went to Gregg and Kim's with all our cousins, and aunts and uncles, and grandma and grandpa. We stayed until late, and watched the fireworks!

July 11-12
Father and children camp out with Uncle Robert and Papa, Jacob, Gabrielle, and Noah.







July 13-Celebrating Indigo and Gabrielle's birthday





July 19 - We were so excited that they were able to be in the 24th of July Childrens Parade.











There were so many fun activities following the parade.








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  The pictures that I could not take, are the pictures still in my heart and mind, the girls singing, Indigo playing with her doll and dressing her, Kiara reading her scriptures aloud every night, and their nightly prayers.  Both praying separately, yet for the same thing.  "Heavenly Father bless mommy and daddy and Samuel, and Angie and Chad and Abby.  Bless them that they won't miss me, and that we won't miss them.  Help me not to have bad dreams, Amen"  Pretty much that version every night, sometimes with other things added, but always sweet.  Followed  with "I love you grandma miss Elaine and papa."