Our weekend

This weekend we went to Pocatello to celebrate the life of my wonderful Auntie Jane. She passed away Monday morning, Feb. 4th, after a very courageous battle with cancer. It is so sad that we won't get to see her anymore, but it is also so happy that she is no longer in pain and in a much better place. I was so worried about how Makayla was going to handle Jane's death; we've been discussing it a little at a time for over a month now. When President Hinckley passed away I was able to discuss things in more depth and she saw the casket on television which helped her understand the technical aspect of death a little more.
Makayla was upset when I told her of Jane's passing, but she asked about resurrection and then she was good. It is amazing the faith of a child. We know Jane and President Hinckley have returned home, but it still saddens us. When she saw me crying Makayla almost chidded me, "Mom, it's okay. She went to be with Heavenly Father and her parents. Don't cry." Oh, how I love that little girl. How I love both my precious girls.
BTW thanks to the Hulse family for watching the girls during the viewing and funeral. It was so nice not to have to worry about them during such an emotional time.
Anyway, it seems we ran like crazy all weekend, and then our van started acting up. After much debate we decided we needed to stay and have the ignition replaced at the Honda dealership on Monday. We also had them do a tune-up since our van has 116,000 miles. Unfortunately they didn't have the part, but we did find out Nathan can fix it himself. We rushed to bountiful to get the part, and Nate will have to fix it sometime this week after we have it re-keyed to match our doors and existing keys.
On the way home we got a big chip in our windshield and pulled over for speeding-thankfully we got away with just a warning. Allison fell down the stairs at the luncheon following the funeral and ended up with a giant goose-egg and sore on her forehead.
After we got to Utah Monday we finally got to go see the house. It is looking so good. Makayla said she doesn't think she can wait much longer. It was great to be able to tell her she won't have to. The appliances are even in. The carpet needs installed, the railing stained, and then there's mostly just touchup work inside. Outside they still need to pour the back patio and RV pad for Nate's truck and then cleanup. We got some great pictures seeing as how now we can turn on lights and don't have to rely on a flashlight, but we're not going to show them. We decided if you want to see the house, you're going to have to come visit. So go ahead and start booking your dates.
We hope everybody's weekend was enjoyable and not so crazy as ours.