Craigs Mission Call

Most of you know but for those who don't Craig is Sharise's boyfriend and he just received his call. He actually received it on Thurs Aug. 20 but his Dad was out of Town so he keep that white envelope sealed until this morning when his Dad could be here when he read where he will be serving for the next two years. He is way excited to get going and I will let him tell you where he will be going.

If you didn't catch it, it is the Jackson Mississippi Spanish speaking mission. He is way excited to serve there. He will be leaving Oct. 14th. So just enough time to get ready to leave. Good luck Craig you will be awesome!!!

Some fun short videos

Some more of our little get away. These are video clips that I told Danette I would put on. I will practice on taking better video with my camara for the future.

Des and Ellie enjoying a ride on the on the zipline

Daniel taking a ride he was going a little slow, grandpa needed to grease it up

Ron's turn, notice Daniel forgot to take the box away, made it difficult for Ron's landing. :)

Logan, Raylie, Ellie and Abbie flying. They all had a great time at Lagoon.

Summer Fun in the Mountains

Saturday we went and visited Grandma and Grandpa Great (Fowlks) who are up at Oak Crest Girls camp helping out for the summer. We went on the zip line and road 4 wheelers and the kids did some archery. It was a fun day, we all had a great time Thanks for inviting us Grandma and Grandpa

This is a Diner that we stopped at for dinner on the way home from Oak Crest. The Diner traveled all the way from Rhode Island and was planted here in Oakley. It was a fun place to eat and had great food.

The building you see is the the condo we were in it was a nice one. The other pictures are different views of beautiful scenery around the condo and on the way home from Oak Crest Camp.

Tues. was the day we spent at Lagoon, it was a perfect day. It was not croweded the kids did not have to wait in line at all they went from ride to ride. We had to drag them away around 8:00 they all were troopers they could have stayed till it closed but the adults were tired. :)

We had fun at the pool

We had a day at Pine View Reservoir. We had fun on the wave runners and playing in the sand and Raylie and Ellie had a great time feed the Seagulls, they went through a bag of tortilla's and a loaf of bread I think that the birds where pretty full at the end of our stay.

The last of our days at the condo and on the way home. The sunsets were beautiful there. The scenery was gorgeous and the kids loved playing with uncle Daniel.

Some random picture of my grandkids I love them all.

Just some random pictures of my cute grandkids. It has been a crazy summer this far but can't wait till next week when I can spend some time with most of them . Going to Eden UT with the family, will be going to Lagoon for one and many other fun things. Picture's of that to come. Then in Aug. Danette will be coming and spending some time with us. It will be a great ending to a rough beginning of summer. Love all you guys.

Dad's journey from this life to the next

This is the moment that my dad was waiting for, to come home and be in his own home, out of the hospital. He had been in the hospital from June 10th -Jul 3rd, that was way to long for my dad. He did not like being away from my mom overnight so this was really hard on him in so many ways. He knew he was home and then he went peacefully 1 hr. after his homecoming.

This is the program the picture on the front is his amazing greenhouse and all his beautiful flowers. The picture on the back dad planting his garden just this past May (thank you Danette for this picture that I will always cherish) and the poem we found to go along with the picture. "Our fathers toil with hands and heart"

The viewing and funeral service's were really nice, we saw family and friends we had not seen in years. It is to bad sometimes it takes a funeral to see people we have not seen in years. But it all went really well. My Dad looked very peaceful. The football trophy that you see in the middle is the trophy that they won in 1944 when they took All State. My dad was an amazing football player. He played varsity all three years his Senior year when playing against East for the championship, East had a pot for anyone that could take Frank Holt out of the game. Well someone did and Jordan lost the game and that was the beginning of my Dad's knee problems. I thank Jordan High for loaning the trophy to us to display at the viewing.

This is his final resting place on this earthly existence. I know that now he is pain free and that he is having a wonderful reunion with his loved ones that past on before him. I know that I will see him again, he will have the gardens in Heaven looking as good as he had his garden here looking. I love you Dad.

My Daddy, I love you Dad

Frank Holt
Frank Holt 1927 ~ 2009 Frank Holt, 81 passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was born to Robert and Leone Holt on November 4, 1927 in Sandy, Utah. Frank was an all state football player for the Jordan High Beetdiggers 1944-1946, He married his high school sweetheart June 2, 1947. While raising his family he worked as a cement contractor for the company that built the U of U nursing college building and U of U behavioral science building, many schools, shopping centers and miles of curb and gutter through out the Salt Lake valley. He and his wife ran Franks Garden Center and Floral. Later he had a greenhouse in his back yard, supplying many friends and family with beautiful flowers. He also grew and maintained a vegetable garden until the time of his death. Frank loved boating, fishing and hunting with family and friends. His children have many fond memories of summer vacations to Petaluma California, to visit his sister Nina and her family. Survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Phyllis, four children; Brian (Melinda) Holt, Boston, MA, Kathy (Bill) Patterson, Sandy, UT, Kim (Tina) Holt, CA, Pauline (Ron) Fowlks, St. George. 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, 1 great great-grandchild; and sister Marion Smart. Preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and five sisters. His family would like to thank Dr. Vernon Liu for all of his friendship and kindness, and the many staff members at the Alta View Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11:00am Wednesday July 8, 2009 at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley, 1007 West South Jordan Pkwy (10550 South) South Jordan, UT. Friends may visit Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home and also one hour prior to services. Interment Salt Lake City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.jenkins-soffe.com

MY DAD

Just a few short words in remembrance of my Dad. I am at my moms so I have no pictures with me of him but just have to express my love for him and I feel very blessed to have been here with him the last few weeks of his life. It has certainly been a roller coaster ride, starting the 10 of June. When my mom called and told me Dad was in the hospital again I had a very uneasy feeling. She told me he was going in for a procedure (ERCP) to find out why his liver count was up. I felt I needed to be there so I planned to go up for a few days. I arrived in SLC at 2:00 and the my sister called and said they were taking him in early. I headed for the hospital. All went well with the procedure. Later that day they needed to do a cat scan by this time my dad was totally drained of energy, his heart stopped and they administered CPR on him. Not a fun thing to watch my mom and I were in the room at the time. Well from that point on it has been the up and down of a roller coaster. He would have a day that would give us hope that things would be fine and then there would be a few days that we didn't think that he would make it through the night. We brought him home on July 3rd at 3:00 and he past away at 4:00, he knew he was home, that is where he wanted to be and I think at that point he gave up the fight. It was a very peaceful passing, I am so glad that I was here to say my last good bye's to my Dad he is a wonderful man and going to be missed by many friends and most of all many family members. I love you Dad!!!