in loving memory.

david wendell grow III

November 10, 1971 - July 24, 2011

david, my life has been blessed because i met you. i will love deeper and serve harder. you were too good to be true. i am glad to know you are at peace.

Resident of Murray City passed away Sunday night in Murray City. Dave was born in Santa Cruz, CA and raised in Pleasant Grove where he attended Pleasant Grove High School.

He was one of four children born to Marilou and David Wendell Grow II and was the beloved husband of Jessica Grow for over 10 years. Dave will forever be remembered by his beloved children Isabella and Lauren, brothers Brian, Matt and Greg, loving sisters Jen and Megan, caring in-laws Jennifer Grow, Ann Marie and Rendle Chadwick, Richard LeBell, Veronica and Colin LeBell, Justin and Taryn LeBell, Nathan and Elizabeth LeBell, along with many other friends and family whom were truly blessed to know him. Dave loved being with his family, especially his precious daughters, painting, cooking, carpentry, and caring for and playing with Ginger, Stuart, Finn and all his other pets.

Dave touched the lives of everyone he knew with his friendship, loyalty, charity, kindness, generosity, and maintained his loving, nurturing, selfless nature all the way to the end. Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service on Friday, July 29th, 2011, with a viewing from 9 - 11 AM followed by a graveside service.

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i have been thinking a lot lately how fast time goes as you get older. i used to think christmas never came... but it now seems to fly bye with no pictures to prove i even participated! and since when did it become 2011? crazy. i wish time would slow... so i had more time to stop and smell the roses.

semester one.

can't believe my first semester is done. i couldn't be more happy. now the question is what will i do with all my free time...

road block

I have kind of hit a bloggers road block... with nothing new going on. School has kind of taken over my life and put everything else on the back burner. The good thing is I enjoy it... all except the early mornings and long days.

Before nursing school I didn't realize how excited people were to show off their wounds, incisions, scars... you name it. Before I have a chance to tell them I don't need to see it, they have already pulled down their pants or pulled up their shirt. I am then forced to oooh and ahhh. They trust me when I tell them their wounds look good (even though I have no idea how they should look.) I tend to wear masks when the nasty stuff happens so I can breathe through my mouth and gag with smiling eyes.

Happy November.

harvest boutique

many ladies (not myself) have been working their crafty magic to make adorable goods.

there is a man..

and by man i mean the cutest little old guy that walks his dog molly every single day... just around the time i take finn for a little jog. some mornings i see him twice. we always smile and wave and some days we talk. our conversations usually go a little something like this...

cute old man: "does your dog bark when someone comes to the door?"

me: "no"

cute old man: "he must! you need a protector not just a playboy! you must teach him. he cannot just be a playboy."

me: "ok... i will try"

but then one evening justin was with me and we stopped to talk... he asked how long we had been married and if i was happy. he asked if justin was good to me and if i was good to justin. he has been married for 58 years... and told us that marriage has its ups and downs but we need to be nice (he doesn't know what good advice this is for me... i try to be nice... but sometimes things don't come out as i intend them to.)

he said marriage is hard when you come from a different country... so naturally i asked where he is from.. he made us guess.. justin said germany. and he was right. he then told us that he fought in world war II. and now i am totally intrigued.. a few months ago i read a few books about world war II. one was excellent.. sarah's key... and i have thought about that story often in the last few months. on sunday i started reading night. i want to talk to the cute old man more about what the war was really like. i find it fascinating. justin told me not to ask... that people don't like to talk about the war. but i really want to know.. i am hoping one day he will tell me all about it.

lately...

summer has finally come and i feel like it is almost gone.

as of lately...

i have been living the life of leisure and going to school only two days a week.

finn and i have spent a lot of quality time together. he has also spent a lot of time with my mom and grandma.

i have loved my tuesday and thursday mornings spent doing yoga with whit. she is amazing.

glenwild pool with ash, addy and carly.

sewing.

eating yummy caramels and rum truffles.my mothers creations of course.

cleaned out a portion of one of my closets for our new roomie dave.

walks with justy.

pizza with cyndi and cole.

ugly duckling

and he's back...

a few pounds heavier and a couple inches taller.

i couldn't be more thrilled.

one for two, two for one

in one day craig and justin get home. can't wait to see them both!

and in two days dave gets home. i can't even believe it.

new york, new york.

eleven days of.....

* walking til we could walk no more

*eating til food repulsed us (or til the next meal time came around.)

*people watching... and then watching more people

*stroller up and down the subway

*laughing with ashley

*central park

*picnic in central park

*falling in the subway.... flat on my face. a stranger came to my aid.

*ashley running past me into the subway as i lay flat on my face

*itchy eyes

*seeing bry

*brooklyn flea. i love brooklyn

*firehouses

*frozen hot chocolate

*the MET

*battery park

*ninja... worst restaurant EVER.

*NOT waiting in line for the statue of liberty and ellis island

*ferry to new jersey for lunch with husbands

justin's ten extra days...

*dinner alone

*chewy steak room service

*adventures with jake and ash

*not putting bbq in the fridge and wanting to eat it the next day

*watching tv. lots of tv.

*missing taryn

taryn's ten days without j...

*taking care of finn

*steak cooked in a 1000 degree oven

*living in park city

*going to school

*missing justy

what can i say?... i love him.

and his posing with bird skills.

we may as well be italian...

our pizza is... that good.

the roaring fire.

the maker and the baker.

they're slippery little suckers.

cheese, basil, italian sausage.

cpk thai chicken pizza.

we all wanted to stop eating after the third pizza.. my mom said we must keep eating. we are on the hunt for the PERFECT italian dough. we tried six doughs this weekend.. which may or may not have been like 12 pizzas.. in two days with four people.

hippy hippy birthday

my big brother is aging. i cannot believe he is 28 years old today. i wish we were still running around the streets in umbro shorts. i wanted to be just like craig whe
n i was little. and he didn't seem to mind one bit. i think i was pretty lucky to have him.




nowadays he makes 1/2 of cute babies. and i like that too.

already dreaming of the sights and sounds...

not much more wait. map found here.

in case you haven't..

seen enough of our wedding, tessa from utahbrideandgroom put our wedding on her blog. i felt really bad.. i think it took me months and months to get all the questions answered.

don't you hate when life gets in the way... anyway sorry tessa. but, better late than never... right?!?!

today is the day...

that i am officially unemployed.

(it is much nicer being unemployed when it is by choice.)

the first thing i learned is that it is hard to drive and stuff your face with ice cream.

the semester is over (except for one minor chemistry final.)

i am hating the snow... but the grass sure does look purrty.

life is good.

wild hair&tan legs

lake mead... april 2008

(i miss those locks)

rain, snow or shine.

we hit the pavement... and finn stops to smell the tulips.

happy rainy friday.