Remembering Mom Ward

It was one year ago on Friday, January 29, 2009 that my Mom died. It was a blessing considering her diminished mental capabilities but that doesn't diminish the fact that she is gone and has left a hole in our hearts that only she could fill. Having completed her second estate and knowing what we do about the plan of salvation we should rejoice that she finished her life here on earth and can now rest from all things physical. I went to the temple to honor her and received a sweet hug from heaven. I know Heavenly Father is aware of me and that JoAnn and Mom are there together. Enjoy these pictures and spend a minute reliving memories you have of her while she served each of us as sister, wife, mother, grandma and great grandma. What a gift of love she had for all of us.

Taken just before Dad's 80th Birthday party


At the family gathering.


Remember "The Bags"


At the cemetery


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Six grandsons - six pallbearers


Great Grandkids sending ballons to grandma in heaven





At the luncheon





Memorial Day at the cemetery was beautiful but by the time we got back to Grandpa's house for a picnic the weather was threatening so we quickly moved into the garage then almost as soon as the winds came they left and we enjoyed visiting on what was a very warm spring day.

Time with Savanna

In the 11 days we had her she spent time with all of her Pryor cousins. Here are just a few pictures I took. The last one was after I returned from the airport from giving her back to her family on their way home from their Florida vacation. I cried. There were the toys and no more Savanna.

She will not remember this precious time we had with her but we certaily will!

Christmas 2009

We went bowling Christmas Eve, visited Spencer & Melissa's family early on Christmas morning, then on to Scott & EmmaLee's then Randy & Heidi came over. What a grand time we had. We spent part of the next week in Idaho visiting my Dad then to Driggs. We brought the kids their Christmas so it was very fun to see them open their gifts. We brought Savanna back home with us while the rest of her famaily went to Florida. Randy & Heidi spent a few days with us after we returned from Idaho and it was fun to watch Tyson interact with Savanna. In the 11 days we had her she spent time with all of her cousins in each family. Sorry I wasn't better at taking pictures while she was here. We loved having her here.
I'm still trying to find a slide show maker I like. This one is a little slow or maybe I just didn't figure out how to spoeed it up. Hope you enjoy it. I Love our Family

Pryor Family Christmas Party

Grandma Pryor hosted a Family Christmas party. We all had a great time with lots of fun food and a fun program - Luke played a piano solo, Jessica sang, Jeff played his guitar and we sang, it was a very fun evening. We did a gift exchange with lots of laughs - Wonder what Jeff did with his bowlng ball? The party brought back lots of memories of the many Christmas eve parties we've had there. Thanks Mom for planning such a fun evening.

It's catch-up time

We always have fun when Wyatt & Valerie come to town



Hey kids start thinking of your next puppet theater story



Jessica lost two teeth


I celebrated my birthday in Fruiltand. Randy made me a carrott cake and Elise Helstrom decorated it with carrotts. What a fun birthday. Thanks everyone!



Abby Jo Pryor was blessed the same weekend.


We had Thanksgiving with Grandpa & Grandma Pryor. It was a simple day with only four of us but we still enjoyed ourselves.


We went to Zoo lights with Scott & his kids and Melissa, Spencer & their kids. It was cold but delightful.

Happy Halloween

What fun it is to have children around for halloween! Valerie & Wyatt came last year for Halloween so I decided to make halloween themed foods. Well I must have made quite the impresion because when they decided to come again this year that is what they talked about. I only got a picture of the veggie cat but I also made rotten apple punch (apple juice frozen with gummy worms hanging out of the frozen chunks that we dropped into chilled apple juice). Then a dip with a carrot hand sticking out of it - fingernails and ring included. We had a fun time especially because the weather was so perfect. The group pictures I included don't include Savanna who was taking a nap. Thanks Scott & EmmaLee, Melissa & Spencer, Wyatt & Valeried for bringing your sweet children to our home so we could have "fun" on Halloween. Love to our wonderful family.




When we were at Randy & Heidi's last week Tyson put on his Tigger costume for us. When I asked him what Tigger says he proudly announced
Ti double "ga" "ur". Little Abby was dressed up as a newborn.

Newest Granddaughter

This is Abby Jo Pryor born to Randy & Heidi on October 9, 2009 She weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and was 20 inches long. She is welcomed home by big brother Tyson. We were able to go to Fruitland and meet her this past weekend and what a joy it was to hold her, cuddle her and look into her big dark eyes. She is 2 weeks old and already weighs 7 lbs 14 oz. Randy & Heidi say she is changing all the time.






She has long fingers and toes, has just a dusting of dark hair and is such a good baby. She hardly ever cries and eats good then is awake a bit then goes to sleep. She even slept 4 hours one night while we were there.



We also had a grand time playing with Tyson. He has the most amazing vocabulary for a two year old. Just ask him what kind each of his cars are. Ever heard a 2 yr old say Lamborghini? He knows all about incubators and fan kits and can name every tool and machine in his builder book.



Heidi is looking great and had their home all decorated for Halloween. It was sweet (probably more challenging for Heidi)to see Tyson wanting to be so close to Abby and always want to lie down beside her when Heidi changes her diaper. He is very tender (well as tender as a 2 yr old can be) with her and loves to be right on Heidi's lap when she feeds Abby. You can tell he loves his little sister.



We just felt such love for her. We love each of our grandchildren and are so thankful for each of them are in our lives. Thanks to our kids for being willing to bear children and thank you for raising each of them in the gospel. WE LOVE OUR FAMILY!