Remembering

This past weekend we said farewell to a very great man.

Tuesday afternoon my Grandpa Perucca passed away.

When I think of grandpa, I always see his little grin and twinkle in his eye. This was usually because he'd just teased us or had told a funny joke. Grandpa always teased and joked but not in a mean way, we just knew it was his way of showing that he loved us.

His smile was contagious and I honestly don't have a single memory of him without one. Grandpa's smile made you feel loved in an instant.

I always remember going to G&G Perucca's house Great Falls and having snacks galore. We could always go downstairs to the basement freezer and find popsicles to our little children heart's content.  And grandpa bought them for us so mom couldn't say no. :)

Games were grandpa's thing...and are now a Perucca thing. We'd play games I'd never heard of from their games cupboard. His computer had the best monopoly game ever. State of the art back in the 90's for sure. I still remember sitting at the bottom of the stairs on the computer, playing monopoly with my brother.

Whenever grandpa was visiting and I'd be practicing my piano, he'd always come in and just sit and listen, mistakes and all. He always made sure he told me how beautifully I played. It was such an honor to play for him one last time on this earth at his funeral. 

I can't wait until I'll play for him again someday.

 Until next time grandpa,

love you.

bad blogger but good times

I remember thinking just before finals that I would have many-a-great blog posts during the holidays because I'd have oh so much time.  Well...the holidays end on Wednesday and I think I've posted once.

Whoops!

Its ok though because that just means we've been having oobers of fun.
That's right, oobers.

It started off with our good friends, Don & Lisa, visiting from Australia. Once we picked them up at the airport it was like we'd never left. They were with us for 4 short days and we packed all we could in.
- Park City: the boys skied/boarded while we shopped.
 (it just happened to be on the only day it has really snowed this winter. For real.)
- Temple Square
- Thanksgiving Point
- plenty of trips to the shops to check out american prices
 - eating waaaaay too much american food
- and plenty of time just hanging out together
We were so much that I didn't ever take my camera out of my bag. I'll have to steal some photos from Lisa when she posts them. :)

After their all too short visit, it was Christmas Eve. We were praying for at least some snow for a white Christmas but we'll just have to wait until next year. (much to my snow-crazy husband's dismay :) )

Christmas came and went all too fast. I feel like just yesterday we were opening our Christmas pjs on Christmas eve.

We were really spoiled and loved spending time with the family.

Settlers, Rollick, Ticket to Ride and Just Dance were our go-to's.

And now New Year's has come and gone too.

Wow.

We lit some aerial fireworks at Phil's request.

They were awesome. 

So that's it in a nutshell. If I steal some photos from Lisa or my mom I'll post some more...but for now, at least I blogged right!?

Tomorrow we're off to school again.

Whaaaaat?

Happy New Year!