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More Tippetts Fun!!

Will, Becca, Lily, Rachel, and Joe

My name is Chubby, my mommy is chubby, my daddy is chubby....

Prince Mark

Prince Lyle (Daddy)

Playing Pretty Pretty Princess with the twins, Lily and Emma

Lily, Justin, and Emma

Tippetts Fun October 2011

While we were in Oregon for grandpa's funeral, there was about 20 of us extended family. So we rented a cabin about 30 miles out of Grants Pass near Lake Selma. This cabin was on a ranch called Whisper Canyon Ranch. Doesn't that just sounded bliss??

This place had a kitchen, 4 showeres, 2 vanities that had to sinks each, 2 toilets, about 8 or 10 little rooms the size of a closet that had bunk beds, a washer and dryer, and huge family room, a fire pit outside and lots more. This place fit everyone that needed a place to sleep. It was really fun hanging out with all of cousins and extended family. The day after the funeral, we had a huge lunch with my grandma at this cabin. It was so nice visiting with everyone and we watched a video from out last family get together when we took a trip to Yachats, OR. I was about 18 at the time and we had a talent show and it was really fun watching all of us when we were younger and seeing my grandpa so vibrant.

Anyway. There was tons of room outside for the kids to run around and play. Two of my cousins, Becca and Rachel, and I went for a walk/hike one morning and the weather was perfect.

We played card games, board games, ate lots of yummy food, went through old pictures and I even had Becca give me a haircut. That was nice.

Obviously I took lots of pictures and believe me, there are more to post. Those will come soon. That will have to be part 3 of my trip to Oregon.

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Grandpa Harrison "Harry" May Tippetts

On October 1st, 2011, my grandpa passed from his mortal life after suffering for so long. He was married to his best friend for 68 years, raised 5 children, fought in WWII, and accomplished even more. I think his obituary will do him more justice than I will.


Harrison May “Harry” Tippetts, age 89, of Grants Pass, left his earthly home Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Grants Pass, Oregon.

A viewing will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 in the Relief Society Room at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center on Williams Highway.

A funeral service will begin at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake Center. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be made to the Missionary Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Harrison was born July 12, 1922 in Jerome, Idaho to Heber Chase Tippetts and Lucy Melvina (May) Tippetts. He graduated from high school in Glasgow, Montana in 1941. He joined the United States Army Air Corps in 1942 and spent the majority of World War II on the Aleutian Islands of Adak, Shemya, and Amchitka attached to the 11th Bomber Command. On June 5, 1943 in Provo, Utah he married Betty Howe and later they were sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple on November 8, 1944. After the war Harry completed a machinist apprenticeship at the Geneva Steel plant in Provo, Utah. This became his lifelong profession, working at Aeroject General Corporation in Sacramento, California and advanced as an Industrial Engineer with Lockheed Aerospace in Mountain View, California. He worked on the Mercury Space Program and defense missile programs which he much enjoyed. As part of his employment he and his wife Betty spent two years in Greece and had the opportunity to visit the Middle East and Europe. After retirement they enjoyed traveling to every state with their fifth-wheel.

Spending much of his early years in the Rocky Mountain States he greatly enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing with his brothers, cousins and close friends.

Harry is survived by his wife of 68 years, Betty Opal (Howe) Tippetts, children, Barton (Mary), Gaye Wallen (Darrell), Lyle (Gail), and Mark (Pat); 13 grandchildren, Lori (Mike), Jamie, Debbie, Steve, Paul, Sally (Jonathan), Scott (Elizabeth), Brenda, Jennifer, Rachel, Julie (Michael), Rebecca and Joseph, who all were the light of his life; and 17 wonderful great-grandchildren.

Harry was preceded in death by his parents, Heber and Lucy Tippetts; a brother, Frank Tippetts; two sisters, Ruth (Tippetts) Robb and Gladys (Tippetts) Pulley; a daughter, Karen Tippetts; and a granddaughter, Allison Tippetts.


On the evening of October 1st, my father flew into Salt Lake from Pensacola, Florida. On the evening of October 2nd, my father and I started the long 12-14 hour drive from Salt Lake to Grants Pass, OR. We arrived on Monday morning, October 3rd, at 9:30 and were greeted by my dad's older sister, Gaye, and younger brother, Mark. After visiting with them for a few minutes and finishing up the obituary, we headed over to the nursing home to see my grandma which was a bittersweet reunion. She is so strong and just amazes me. After a brief visit, Gaye and I went to the florist to pick out flowers and some other shopping while dad and Mark did some other errands. This was the start of the long process of planning a funeral service.

On Tuesday, October 4th, my dad, Uncle Mark, and I went to the funeral home to finish up some last minute business and drove out to the cemetery to get an idea of where it was located. We also made a stop at the Grants Pass Pharmacy and Ice Cream shop for a sandwich and a chocolate malt. That evening, Gaye, daddy, Mark, ad I kidnapped Grandma from the nursing home and took her to dinner.

On Wenesday, October 5th, Dad, Mark, and I drove out to the cabin that we would all stay at once the rest of the family arrived that evening. Once the family arrived that evening, we had a huge family dinner that was prepared by one of Aunt Gaye's neighbor. After alt of visiting, we decided we better get to bed.

Thursday, October 6th, was the day of the funeral. Daddy, Mark, and Bart woke early that morning and headed to the funeral home to dress Grandpa. The rest of us hurried to get ready and head in to town for the viewing and funeral services. It was a short service with two musical numbers, a eulogy, and some words by my grandparents bishop.

After the services, we made the hour drive from Grants Pass to the Eagle Point National Cemetery in Medford. We had a funeral processional with a police escort which was policy for the city and with no extra charge.

Once at the cemetery, my dad gave some brief words and then dedicated my grandpa's final resting place on this earth. We then had Taps played and then the folding of the flag which was handed to my grandmother. After this short service, we were invited witness the casket being lowered into the grave and interned. This was very interesting to watch but made the passing of my grandpa a reality.

After the funeral services, we headed to ward house and had a luncheon and visited with family and friends and it was obviously a perfect time to take pictures.

Although this was an emotional week, I am grateful that I had the opportunity to attend the funeral and spend time with my extended family and my dad. It was also very special to spend time with my Grandma Tippetts. She is so amazing ad has such a strong testimony. One of my favorite things that she said to me was, "My Heavenly Father loves me so why shouldn't I be happy."

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Williams Visit in Utah

In July 2011, Reuben, Jolynn and their kids came for a visit to Utah. It had been awhile since we had seen all of them and our niece and nephew had grown into a young woman and young man. It was so much fun to see them. Jolynn and I went on our traditional shopping trip to Deseret Book after which we met Jon, Jay, and the kids for dinner. When Reuben arrived, Jon and Reuben made their traditional trip to NPS and Savers. Daniele, Ashley, Jolynn, and I had a girls night where we went to dinner at The Mayan, shopped and Bath and Bodyworks and finished up with dessert at Red Mango. We had a chance to go to dinner with Reuben and Jolynn at the Blue Lemon and then cought a screening of Midnight in Paris. I'm sure we did so many other things that I can't remember.

On Reuben and Joylnn's last night in town, Jon and I met their family in downtown Salt Lake for dinner at the Blue Lemon and then walked around Temple Square. It was so fun to have them visit and sad to see them leave. We'll just have to look forward to their next visit.

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Random Spring Photos

In April, Jon and I went to Thanksgiving Point to attend the Tulip Festival. We went the first weekend and since we have had such a harsh winter, there weren't very many tulips. But we only paid $8 a person to walk around all the gardens. There were still alot of flowers to look at. They also had food vendors and entertainment so it was still alot of fun. These are just a few pics that Jon took as we walked around. All the gardens are themed which is pretty neat.

This is a fountain from one of the gardens and I beleive it was the Ventian Garden or something like that. But there is a statue all the way at the top.

The last garden was The Secret Garden and it's just like the movie/book. It has a wall around it and looks just like you would imagine.

This goose had made her nest in this garden and if you sat in the the right place you could see her really well. Jon took some great pics of her.

For my birthday, we decide to go to The Roof restaurant at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in downtown Salt Lake City. This was our veiw. I has specifically requested a window seat so we could overlook Temple Square. It was a very nice buffet with prime rib, chicken, fish, salads, cheese platters, yummy desserts, etc., etc. It was definitely very memorable for me.

Random Pics of Max

These are just same random pics of our cute nephew, Max Williams. They were taken a while ago, but it has just taken me some time to post them. We are so lucky that we get to watch him every once in awhile. So I try to take some pics if I'm thinkign about it or when my camera is near by.


These first 3 pics are from a day that we got to babysit Max. His mom, Ashley, had the opportunity to go skiing with her family and his dad, George, was on a camp out with his Scouts. It was an all day job, but we loved it. And the last 3 pics are from Christmas 2010. We bought Max a truck that makes a lot of noise and rolls around. It was a hit!!

We put some Nutella on a piece of bread and he really enjoyed it. Got chocolate all over his face which tells me he LOVED it.

Chewing on his fingers.

Such a cutie patootie!

I LOVE IT!!!

Look Ma! A truck!!

Owen Ostvig Tippetts

On May 31st, at 3:37am, my sister in-law, Liz, gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Owen. He weighed 8 lbs and 9 oz. I think he look just like my brother, Scott, when he was baby. Looking at all the cute pictures on Facebook and hearing about him makes me so homesick. I just want to hug him and kiss him! But....for right now I'll just have to deal with pictures. The pics posted below came from Facebook and actually came from Liz's mom's photo's. (He He He)

Welcome to the world!!

His aunt must really love him

10 days old So darling!!

What Are You Grateful For?

Lately, there has been so much negativity in the news. Natural disasters, government shutdowns, etc., etc. And it really got me thinking......We, in general, are so focused on all the bad things out there in the world and the daily things that face us everyday, I think we tend to forget about the things we do have. I know that I do. And maybe I'm the only one. I have my challenges and my trials and my bad days where I don't want to get up and do anything. And believe me, I complain quite a bit about how life is not fair for me. And I'll admit, I have ben n quite a funk lately. Life is hard right now for so many people and it SUCKS big time. People are losing jobs and there houses and so many other things that it just makes life that much harder. It makes me so sad. So, I have decided to think of all my blessings and list them, and I know I have done this before. And this is just for me. It's what I need to do to get through the horrible things that are going on in this world. I know everyone else has their own way of uplifitng themselves and being positive. But if I can't be grateful for the little things as well as the big things in this life, then what is their to be grateful for??? What's the point?? So here it goes. I am grateful for: -My husband, Jon, who works so hard to succeed and love me very much -My parents who have taught me so many valuable lessons -My parents in-law who have raised a wonderful son -All of my wonderful brothers and sisters -My nieces and nephews -All of the AMAZING friends that I have -My membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -A roof over my head -Food in my cupboards -Two cars that get us to point A to point B -Our little dog, Dixie -Clothing -All of my talents -That my daffodils are still standing strong after all the snow that has been piled on top of them -Netflix....because watching Glee has been like a mini-vacay -A job -Insurance coverage -Modern medicine -My Nook....because I just love to read -Music -All of the people who have walked in and out of my life because they have been an influence to me -Hand lotion...because my hands get soooo dry -Target....because it's my favorite place to shop -Hearing the robins outside my window in spite of the snow and cold weather -My tabloid magazines....because I know I have it way better than some celebrities -My trial of infertility......because it has made me a stronger person. And when I get my baby, I am going to be the best mother to that child. And I know I have so many others. It is so hard for me to remember my blessings and all that I have. Especially when life is giving you lemons. Because sometimes the last thing you want to do is make lemonade. I just hope we can all find our positive outlet and find some good, even if it's just a little good, out of all the bad. I know that one day, we will see a light at the end of the tunnel, and that light will be so bright, we won't be able to open our eyes.

Randomness

I know I have been a slacker and a stranger to my blog. I haven't really blogged about anything it looks like since November. Although, I just posted a blog about a book I just read in my book club. But I don't think that really counts. So I guess I should blog about some things that are going on in our lives.

Jon is currenty attending the U of U to work on his bachelors. This semester he is taking two courses. Orginazation in Communications and Investments. He working on both his major and minor. His communications class is on Monday and Wednesday and he has the 5 starting players of the basketball team in his class. He say it makes class very interesting. His investment class is on Thursday nights and on those nights I find some friends to hang out with so I don't get too bored.

I have fallen in love with The Nook. I received it for Christmas and I love reading books on it. I have bought and downloaded quite a few books so I am slowly building my library. The one thing I love about it is that I can download samples of books to read before I decide I want to buy them. I have saved quite a bit of money with this little gadget.

We are ready for spring to start. We are so over the winter and snow. I have seem to be sick non-stop since Thanksgiving and I'm kind of tired of it now. We already have tulips, daffodils, and crocus's trying to come up. Our little flower garden will be so pretty this spring.

O.kay...that's about it for now. I will try to conjure up some more interesting stories to post because I know several of you have missed me. ;-)

Heart of the Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I truly enjoyed reading this book. I am very weary of books that discuss marriage and how to work out problems in a marriage. I feel like alot of marriage books can be a little too extreme and can vear you down a path that may not be the best path.



However, this book was very different. Gary Chapman discusses 5 Love Languages. Quality Time. Words of Affirmation. Physical Touch. Acts of Service. Gifts. He talks about how everyone has a different love language and in a marriage it's important to understand our partners love language and do our best to "speak" it. He also discusses that it isn't an easy task to do so. For example: My love language is receiving gifts whether they are thoughtful, homemade, tangible, or just doing something nice for me. My spouse isn't always good at doing this. However, we learned from the book that if you aren't speaking your partners love language then they start to feel unloved. So for me a gift can be doing the dishes, making the bed, taking me out to dinner ot a movie, buying me an unexpected gift, etc., etc.



It was very interesting to read and to learn that everyone wishes to be treated a different way in order to feel loved. I found it to be very inspiring.



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