My Gardeners

We bought some plants to temporarily or permanently (I'm not sure, they were on clearance) fill the spots from the big bushes we ripped out in front of our house. We got some really cute pictures of the kids helping out. They were filthy when they were done, but at least they were happy.

Grandpa Cassity

Well, my Grandma made it through surgery, is unhappy, but she made it through. And then the day after her fall, Matt's Grandpa fell down the stairs and had a brain bleed and stroke. We gave him a week for things to change, but they never did, so hospice came in to help as we let him die this weekend. Our family spent Saturday to Tuesday morning at 12:05 am at the hospital, just waiting for him to let go and pass. He fought it though. He lived with oxygen saturations at 56% (90% or greater is normal) for 36 hours. I didn't know the body could live that long with sats like that. Ogden Regionals nurses were wonderful and so caring to let us be there all that time and treated him so wonderfully.

The family is all okay with his death because he had emphysema and was going to die a much more miserable death in the long run if this hadn't taken him. His wife is struggling though. She is only 52 years old and has lost her husband of 27 years now. She will miss him and struggle not to be with him anymore.

It is a weird phase of life when the people you love start dying. Matt and I both knew that our grandparents wouldn't make it forever, but we will miss them. I guess that is how life works though, people are born and people die. We will miss Grandpa, but Gabriel still carries his name's sake. Gabriel Thomas Cassity. We love you Grandpa Cassity!

Mama Chat

After our little 4th of July celebrations, we got a call from Emeritus Estates and found out that my Grandma Chatelain had fallen and broken her hip. She has been so sick lately, but we were hopeful she was starting to get better. She had been in Emeritus a whole week before she fell. She had a really bad UTI and then a low blood sugar (which I don't think was rechecked after we personally went and fed her), and she fell. She is in surgery right now, and God only knows how she will do after. They don't think it is looking very good, but she has been sick and wanting to die for a while here. I hope that if she does make it through the surgery, she will be able to have some quality of life left.

Born on the 4th of July

I justed wanted to send a little birthday salute to Matt for the 4th. He is 29 years old now (amazing how close it is to 30). We had a really nice day. We started the day out by going to Denny's, where Gabe felt like he should vocally let everyone know of our presence. Then, we headed out to Lagoon, where with some amazing bribing, I got Tristen to go on more than Bulgy the Whale and the tug boats. To top day off, we had a really nice BBQ with some family and friends at our house. It was fun, and I love my Matthew. I am glad he is here with us and grateful to have him for another year.