Cy Says....

Cy is in that stage where he says the darndest things. I try to keep an ongoing list in my head or phone to remember them until I can record them.

A few of our favorites....

-We've noticed he struggles saying his "th" sounds. It's replaced with a "ff" sound. For example: "flumb" (thumb), "earf" (earth), "bowf" (both). It's really cute when he says something like " They're bowf da same". Jesse's favorite  is "flumb". He's always trying to get Cy to say it.

-Back in August I got this text message from Jesse...."I had a green cup and Cy went and got a cup that was smaller but the same color and he came over by me and said "it's the same! Because we're buddies!" :-D I said yep we are buddies. About ten minutes later he looked at me and said " I'm glad we're buddies" :-) It was cute.

-A week ago, Cy and I were running errands together while Ryker was at school and Jesse was working. We both got out of the truck and Cy opened his door too wide. It was opened up so his little fingers were smashed between the car we were parked next to and his door. I see these little fingers poking out and hurry to help him.  He's crying, so I pick him up to comfort him and through his tears he says "Thats cars bits me."

-Today Cyrus was on his third melt down because I wouldn't let him watch a movie. And reason for that was because the first two melt downs were in the middle of the grocery store isle. :-\ Not cool. No way was he getting rewarded with media time after acting that way in the store. So while he was throwing his third fit at home I just ignored him. He  went at it for about ten minutes while I ate my lunch. So I just let him cry it out. He eventually went outside in the backyard still crying. I went outside to bring the groceries in, and I heard the gate to the backyard open and shut. It was Cy. He had stopped crying and came up to me and said with all of the sincerity he had in him "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm sorry".  My heart was melted. So I knelt down and gave him a hug. I was so impressed he would come to me and apologize. Then these words came from his mouth..."Can I watch a movie now?" Haha, seriously? Where did this kid come from? How can a 3 1/2 year old know how to be that manipulative?

Road Tripping Home

Before we hit the road, Jesse and I woke up early to go on a run together. I wanted to be able to get some exercise before we went and sat in a car for 9 hours. Or more. I was glad he was willing to come with me because I am not familiar with Denver and I didn't want to have anything happen to me. So it was nice that I could have the security of him running with me. Our plan was to run out a half hour and then come back. We were thinking we would get about 6 miles in, but we ended up getting 7 miles done. I think mostly because we got a little bit lost on our way back. I was so impressed with Jesse because that was the furthest he has ever ran. Before that he ran 5 miles about 6 months ago. And he did great. We were able to stay together the whole time. It was a very enjoyable run.

 

Once we got back we ate breakfast, packed up our bags, loaded up the car, showered and were ready to hit the road. But before we were to leave we wanted to go say goodbye to everybody. They were all over at Grandma's condo distributing all of her things amongst the kids. Heidi is the executer and is in charge of the whole thing. I know she was worried about it going smoothly so no fights would be started. But from what I saw it looked like they had  a good system going.

 

We were really sad that we couldn't stay the whole weekend. The majority of the family was staying until Sunday. But Jesse and I both had work to get back to for Saturday. So after lots and hugs and goodbyes we hit the road around 10:30am.

 

Jesse decided to we should take I-70 back home because it's a much more beautiful ride. And he was right. The leaves on the trees have started to change with a touch of snow on the tops of the mountains. 

As we were driving, Jesse mentioned he thought it would be nice if we could stop somewhere on the way to break up the drive. No rush to get home. So we decided to stop in Glenwood Springs and visit the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. It's a park that they've built up on top of a mountain. To get up there you have to ride the tram. There are tow caves that you can go on a tour through. So we decided to do that.

The boys really enjoyed the tram ride.

The funnest part about going to this park was reliving the memories of when we were there 6 years ago for a Bohm Family Reunion. Ryker was only 5 months old. I was wishing we could have spent the whole day there and gone on the rides. But we only had time to walk through the caves.

Our pitstop ended up lasting about 3 hours. A lot longer than we had expected, but that's ok. We made a good memory.

As we were finally making our way across the Utah border the sun was starting to set. And we still had about 3 hours before we would make it home. I was getting really tired and feeling bad that Jesse had been driving the whole way. But I didn't trust myself to drive at that point. So he was such a trooper and drove the rest of the way with his sleepy passengers.

We pulled into our driveway around 11:00pm. The boys did really well on the drive. Which is great because in 2 weeks we are driving to San Diego. So this was a nice little warm-up drive for them.

Goodbye Grandma Sally

We all knew Grandma wasn't doing well because she was diagnosed with Peritoneal Cancer (the lining of her stomach) at the first of this year. She fought her way through all of the chemotherapy treatments and was able to finish them all. The chemo lowered her cancer levels and shrunk all the tumors in her stomach.  But she never seemed to be able to regain her strength. We thought she would have until Christmas before she passed away, but that wasn't the case. 

Two weeks ago, Heidi heard from grandma's nurse that grandma's blood pressure was really low. So she was going to admit her into the hospital. The only way they were going to let grandma go back home is if someone could be with her 24/7. And because Heidi was I'm Florida, she sent Robyn to be with her. 

The day after Heidi got home from Florida (9/25/14) she got another phone call from grandma's nurse that grandma wasn't doing well. Heidi then talked with grandma and from the sound of her voice, Grandma sounded really week. Grandma asked Heidi when she could be there. Heidi told her that Tony (grandma's nephew) would be there for a week, then Heidi could be there the week after. Grandma then told Heidi she didn't think she could last that long.  So Heidi booked a flight for the next morning (Friday Sept 26). It was that night, when we received the phone call that grandma had passed. I truly believe grandma was holding on until Heidi got there. Such a tender mercy. 

From that point, we had to wait until we knew when the funeral would be.  We knew we  would have to make sacrifices to get our family to Denver. But there wasn't even a doubt in our minds that we should be there. When we learned the funeral would be on Thursday Oct 2, we started to plan out how we were going to get there. 

Because I work Wednesdays through Saturdays I needed to reschedule several clients. And Jesse worked Thursday, so he had to find a trade for part of his shift. We decided that Jesse would drive down Wednesday morning with the boys and I would fly down Wednesday night after work. Then we would all drive home together on Friday.

Thursday morning we all got ready for the funeral. A family in Grandma's ward offered up their house to us to stay at while they were on vacation. Another tender mercy. I was grateful not to have to pay for a hotel and to have the comfort of a home.

All of Grandma's children and grandchildren that were attending the funeral that day had all come in from another state. So it was really good to see the whole family. The last time we were all together was at the July 2013 Family Reunion. So I was really excited to see everyone. It's a sad reason to be together, but good at the same time.

We all gathered together an hour before the funeral to give our last goodbyes to Grandma. When it came time to close the casket, we each went up to bid her farewell. I snapped a quick photo when Grandma's children gathered around her.

The funeral service was very tender. Between Heidi and Uncle Matt's words of endearment, Uncle Christian & Emily's vocal and voilin duet of "Be Still My Soul" , and the grandchildren's musical number  of "Love One Another", there wasn't a dry eye in the room. I'm sure Grandma was honored and pleased.

Grandma had purchased her funeral plans over 20 years ago. And in those plans it had a police escort to the grave side and 2 limousines for her children and their spouses. Pretty cool.

When we arrived to the cemetery I realize it a military cemetery. I hadn't known that Grandpa Bohm had served in the military. Jesse told me that Grandpa had fought in WWII. That's really neat.

The cemetery was breath-taking. All of the headstones were perfectly aligned. As we were driving past them I couldn't believe the perfection.

I had never been to such a graveside service. It felt so official. And it was just beautiful! Dad (Mike) gave such a profound dedicatory prayer for the grave site.

Ya know, I remember back when Jesse and I were first married or even just engaged, he couldn't wait for me to meet his Grandma Sally. The way he talked about her really touched me and has stayed with me to this day. He always talked so highly of her. So it was really important that we were there this day. Grandma Sally had a special place in Jesse's heart. And it spread over to my own heart. She really was a special woman.

I know I said this back on Grandma Mickey's post, but I really am so blessed to be a part of this family. Heidi is such an amazing woman that I aspire to be like. And I'm without a doubt sure she got a lot of her defining attributes and characteristics from her Mother Sally.

This whole group of wonderful people traveled from across the map to be there for Grandma. We had people come from Utah, Kansas and California to be a part of this momentous occasion.

After the service was over we went back to the church for a yummy lunch that the Relief Society Presidency from grandma's ward prepared for our whole family. It was so wonderful of them to do that for us. What a service and a blessing that was to us all.

We all then went back to relax and hang out together before we went to dinner at La Loma Mexican Restaurant.