Saying Farewell

I cant believe its almost been 2 weeks since we lost Gram.
The service was so great, and it was amazing having such great support from everyone.
THANK YOU, to everyone to for your kind text, cards, visits, comments..etc. Its so amazing how people rise to the occasion and supported our family.
Pretty much for the last month all I have blogged about is my Gram, but she and I were really close.
So, for my final post for my Gram I wanted to share some amazing photos of her my cousin rounded up, as well as some from the funeral.
Thanks again to everyone!
Reasons why I love Gram:
She was beautiful inside and out

She had the GREATEST sense of humor, always making us laugh

She was such a good sport. Always willing to try anything, or do anything.
Going out on the boat for a water fight

Sitting in a tent with my sisters kids at the age of 85

She was so athletic. A great tennis player and skier

She was so smart, and had a love for all cultures which she taught me.
Walking on the great wall of China..

I could go on an on about her.
But one of my favorite things about her was how caring she was. She took care of EVERYONE, and loved doing it. The last couple days she was here, we knew she wouldn't make it much longer. People flew in from all over the country to pay their respects to her.
Her nephew Tim flew in from Maryland
Tim & my brother Cody

Her other nephew flew in from California
Kent, playing with my niece & nephew at the hospice center

My grams great-nieces from California flew in for a couple days to say goodbye.

My cousin was in a very bad car accident years ago. It left her paralyzed. My grandma left everything behind, bought a trailer and moved to Arizona to take care of her and her baby. She flew in from AZ to be with Gram as well

A few more family members drove down from Idaho as well.
It was really touching watching all of these people drop absolutely everything to come to Utah and sit by her(and ours) side.
The funeral was great. Everyone did a wonderful job speaking and we had a lot of support.

My cousin Curtis flew in from Minnesota

All of Grams grand kids
3 of them came in from out of state.

My family

The next day we drove out to Roosevelt where she was buried. We were really lucky with the weather, because all reports said it would be the worst snow storm of the year.
After the graveside ceremony we all had a nice luncheon.

Last night we got together as a family and went through Grams things.
She had things from all over the world. She loved jewelry and collected little figure elephants.

We each got an elephant as well.
Each of the girls were lucky enough to pick out one of Grams rings. If there was a ring more then one of us wanted they would put our names in a hat. Luckily, we all wanted different rings and got the one we wanted! I am SO thrilled. It means so much to all of us, and I never plan on taking it off ;)
The girls with our rings

I love this picture of Cody

Thanks Gram.

One of my VERY favorite items I got of Grams, is something she had hanging by her bed as long as I can remember.
So...I am on a new mission!!!
She had this plate like thing hanging by her bed. It was a picture of her in an Asian country and I never really looked that close. Its a picture of her in Bangkok Thailand! I am going in less then 2 weeks. But wait, theres more! In her picture she is wearing a blue skirt,and with a little help from my sister we found that same blue skirt. So my new mission...find that location in Bangkok, wear grams skirt, and take the same picture.
Wish me luck!!
Its kind of a bad picture, but you get the idea.

Love you Grammy. Miss you so much. I look forward to the day I get to see you again. xoxo

Le Girls

Barbara Moysh Killian

March 27, 1923 - January 18, 2010


Le Girls Hands
Top Left: JoAnn -Top Right: Kathy- Middle: Gram
Bottom Left: Chelsea- Bottom Right: Kaysie

Grandmas Hands:
*Loving Hands*Grateful Hands*Joyful Hands*Willing Hands
*Strong Hands*Giving Hands*Kind Hands*Praying Hands
*Helping Hands*Caring Hands*Friendly Hands

Love you Gram. Miss you already.

New Beginning

Three years ago this February I bought a house in Murray. I lived in it for a few months and then my Grandma moved in and rented it from me while I went back to Riverton.
Since my grandma has been so sick, she is not able to live on her on anymore so this last week I moved back in. Ecko and I are now residents of Murray!
I do love living in Murray and look forward to starting me new year/life on my own again and in a new place.
It was a lot of work! It was such a bitter sweet feeling. We had to move all of my grandmas belongings out before I could move mine in, and that was really emotional for all of us. She has been so independent it still doesnt seem real she wont be going back.
She has recovered from her brain surgery really well, unfortunately that dang cancer spread through her body. Please continue to keep her in your prayers.
As for now, I am just getting settled in my new digs, and cant wait to bring Ecko over. She has had to stay at my parents the last few days. It sounds so corny I know, but I really have missed her. We have been through a whole lot together! She has been there through the really rough times in my life.

Im super excited to see what this new chapter in my life holds and am so excited to have all my things in one place! Yahoo! Its been years.

Thanks so much to my parents for taking care of Ecko this last week, and thank you everyone that sacrificed your whole Saturday to help me move. I really appreciate it!

Come visit us soon!

No Regrets!

Happy New Year everyone!
I hope everyone had a fun night ringing in the new year. To be honest I am not the biggest fan of New Years Eve. I love the whole idea of starting fresh and making goals, but the whole new years night is slightly over rated to me. Boring I know.
This year however, was a good time. I went up to a friends cabin in Heber and ate lots of food, played a few games, danced the night away, and had a fun little sleep over..if we could count a couple hrs of sleep a sleep over.
I ate until I was sick. I seriously need to hit the gym ASAP for more then one reason (more details later in this post).
It was my job to fill up the caramel tray for the apples :)

Our good friend BP invented a game called Sedarahc
Its the backwards version of Charades and is super fun. Instead of one person acting and everyone guessing, the whole team sees the card and has to act out together without talking. Check out his website.
Here's the guys during the game

We had a little too much fun with our noise makers



Toasted the New Year with some Martinelli's, had a little dance party and wrapped it up with a sleep over.


We call ourselves The Breakfast Club because that is how it all go started. We started doing breakfast at a new place once or twice a month and became really close after that. We do a lot of fun things together. One of our friends Mason put together a video of all the fun things we did over the past year. We did a Real World Las Vegas trip, went to lots of concerts and movies, did a trip to Cali, and many other fun things. I look forward to a new year ahead with these fun people :)

I labeled this post No Regrest. I look back at the last 3 years of my life and they have been pretty dang tough! I have been through a lot, but know I wouldnt be the person I am today without those tough times. I also know I wouldnt have been able to get through it without the amazing people in my life. I am so lucky, and will be forever grateful for everyone that has been a part of it.
My mom always says "Regret is worse then failure" so go for it! And that is what I am trying to do in 2010.
Anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE to travel. It is one of my biggest passions in the life. I love to see new places, meet new people, be a part of a new culture if only for a short time. I have been so lucky to have visited all the places that I have. I have hit 13 countries in the last 8 years and hope to continue my travels. Only 2 more continents and I will have hit them all :)
I always have a country in mind that I want to visit and wont let it go until I am there! It started with Australia, then Italy, Greece and many more in between. Over the last 2 years I have wanted to visit Thailand. So...with no further ado I am happy to announce on the first day of this new year I purchased a plane ticket to Bangkok Thailand!! Which means...in 39 days, 22 hours and 37 minutes I will be boarding a plane for my 22 hour flight (28 hr total travel time..yuck) to Thailand!!! Wahoo!! I cant wait :)




A big thanks again to my Gram for giving me the passion to travel, and another big thanks to my boss for giving me 2 weeks off :)
I hope everyone has a great year ahead with no regrets!