We came back from the cabin trip on Sunday afternoon. My mom made dinner for all of us! We had hawaiian haystacks and they were delicious. Eventually Lyss and Barry left and Drew did too. Lila and I stayed in Richfield! I was asked to do a few projects for people so I figured it would be a perfect time to stay a few days, plus my cousin Shay could easily take us down to Cedar on Friday to meet up with Drew. (We would go snowboarding that day as well, because the party never stops ya know?!)
Monday through Thursday went by in a blink of an eye I swear! I loved being home but my time there always goes too quickly. I love being able to see and visit all of my extended family and I miss them when we are back in St. George. But we made the best of the few days we had!
We got to visit with Grandpa Perry, Grandma Micki and Grandpa Doug, Grandma Carol and Grandpa June, the Morrison's, and Lisa, Shayla, and Ryklin!
I spent a couple days over at my cousin Chelsea's new home sketching and painting a mural for her son Bridger who is undiagnosed with a rare disease. It was a really special opportunity for me to be in their home and to do this special mural for them. Bridger is a fighter and continues to beat the odds every single day. He is a living miracle and an inspiration to all. Check out what my Chelsea posted about him and my mural:
#fact: 30 million people in the United States are living with rare diseases. This equates to 1 in 10 Americans or 10% of the U.S. population.
#fact: Approximately 50% of the people affected by rare diseases are children
#fact: 30% of children with rare disease will not live to see their 5th birthday
Today is #rarediseaseday. We are more than blessed to have this #rarechild in our home and continually pray for a diagnosis and cure. In the end, we have faith a cure will come, it just may not take place during his earthly life. So for now, we wake up each morning ready to face whatever mountain may stand in our way and continually pray to the mountain mover for strength and assistance during the climb.
For the longest time we thought we had enough faith and prayed for these giant mountains to move. We now realize that sometimes those mountains aren't supposed to be moved, instead, they were put there for a reason and we are to climb them. ⛰
In Bridger's bedroom/therapy room we just had this mural completed on his wall by the most talented @madebykate_ It stands as a constant daily reminder to be brave, have courage, and face our mountains head on!#nationalrarediseaseday2017#everymountaintopiswithinreachifyoujustkeepclimbing ⛰
My cousin also shared these other photos (seen below) with me and said this, "I can't help but share thse gems! When you were washing the paint brushes out yesterday, I was showing Bridger the wall. Little did I know- my sister Kenzie was behind me taking pics! So precious!!! Then tonight while we were at the temple, Cami (the babysitter) said she took Bridger in to show him the wall. She said he just kept staring at it in awe! You have completed this space and made his room show us a constant reminder that even though we face a mountain climb each day, it's okay. Each day is a new day to try harder to be better. What a beautiful masterpiece you have created. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. There are so many masterpieces in our home from you that we treasure."
And THAT is exactly why I love what I get to do for people. I am so grateful for the talents I have and that I get to share them and touch other people's lives. It's truly the best thing in the world!
So besides that being a big highlight of the week, we also went to one of Konner's basketball games and Lila was hilarious the entire time! She just wanted Konner so badly she kept trying to go over to him. We sat right behind the team's bench and then my dad and Shay took turns walking around with her on the floor and she kept trying to get away and go over to Konner when he wasn't on the court playing. It was so funny but SO CUTE :)
Lila had a playdate with Tycie one of the days and had a blast! Tycie is just a couple weeks younger than Lila. It has been so fun watching them grow up together! We went over to her house and she had so many fun toys. Lila was in heaven! Although she and Lila are completely different, they are so stinkin adorable together! Tycie has a slide that she can easily climb up and slide down without a problem. Lila wanted to do everything she could do so badly but she just isn't quite as strong as Tycie and can't balance as good as she can so she struggled and got really frustrated haha! It was sad but cute. I helped her though and she was happy to slide down! Tycie is walking all over the place! Lila isn't quite there yet but I'm sure she will be soon. It was such a fun little play date! I really wish we lived closer so we could have more play dates!
Thursday night before we left Richfield we got to spend some time up at Grandma Carol's house. She made a delicious poppyseed chicken dinner. She is AMAZING! She continually amazes me. She is beautiful and happy and so kind and loving. I love her so much and I wish we could have spent more time together! But it is always neat to see her and Lila interact. She loves Lila so much, it makes me so happy!
Family is everything to me. I really hope we can find a way to live back in Richfield someday because I miss them so!!
But I have to give a big thank you to my mom for taking care of us over the week. She is wonder woman I really don't know how she does everything, but she does!! She's incredible! I am just the luckiest to come from the best of the best.
Love,
Kate
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