IN LOVING MEMORY OF WESTLEY J. WALKER

We spent the whole day yesterday, Saturday October 25 at a hospital in Bountiful, Utah waiting for Scott's father to die. The hospital called the family at 6:00 in the morning and we were all alerted to get up to the hospital fast because he wasn't going to last long. True to his stubborn nature he hung on until 11:30 that night after almost everybody had left to go home. Scott and his sister Mary Ann were there with him when he finally left to go home to our Heavenly Father.

He lived 86 years the last 15 or so with dementia so we feel like we kind of lost the real Westley back then. He lived a long and full life and had so many adventures that he could talk your leg off telling you story after story.

He was a kind and loving father-in-law and I am grateful that I had the chance to love him. I can only imagine how great the reunion was with his loving wife Mary (Scott's mother) and his parents whom he hadn't seen for many years. He was the last member of his generation from both sides of Scott's family to leave us. We will miss you Westley!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

Call me crazy, (my sister Mary Jo did) but I LOVE the first snowfall. Granted it came a little early this year, but that still didn't dampen my excitement for the coming winter season. I love the change of the season's and the new adventures each one brings! We broke out the hot chocolate and flipped on the fire and sat and watched the snow fall. I then got on the phone and called my family with such excitement to share this wonderful site and every person was just grumpy about it. (Okay, except you Mom, you don't get grumpy about anything!) Scott even got so excited that he went out and bought a new snow blower. We've never had one before so this should be exciting. Well I'm looking forward to more snowy days, snowmobiling at the cabin, lots of hot chocolate - sugar free of course so I don't put on the 20 pounds I just lost - and the holidays!

SCOTT'S EARLY BIRTHDAY GIFT

Well I was somewhat happy and disappointed when Scott called me the other day and told me that I had bought him his 50th birthday present. I was a little surprised and said "oh, I did" and he said "yes". I asked him what I bought him and he told me two new golf clubs. I told him I was thrilled that I had thought to buy him such a wonderful gift.

I was thrilled because he has been borrowing these two clubs from my father for some time and I knew he needed and wanted them. I actually was planning on getting them for him, I was just hoping to surprise him with them in December on his actual 50th birthday!

But he had a work golf tournament he had to play in and it was great for him to be able to have his own new clubs to play with. Then my Dad and Mom called and asked him to go play with them and my Uncle Clint at Thanksgiving Point last Thursday evening. He played so well and my Dad said he would trade Scott his old Big Bertha club for Scott's new one.

Well now what do I do? Does anyone have any great ideas for a 50th birthday party? I need help with some great ideas I want to do something really special for him and I need some help!!!!