kamber: On a Lighter Note

Thursday, September 17, 2009

On a Lighter Note

You have to endure the bitter to enjoy the sweet, right? It is so true. Here is my sweet... Eager Arizona during Labor Day! Eager is one of our favorite places to go especially when we need a quick get away. Ethan's grandparents have a cabin there and they are so kind to let us use it. We love taking the quads up and enjoy the nice weather! We went with so friends, but I now realize I don't have any pictures of them. So here is our family.

7 comments:

Kelli said...: I love Eager and Springerville too. So glad you had a great weekend.; September 17, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Jeni Lyn said...: awh, I am super jealous. Next time...next time...; September 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Teri said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; September 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Teri said...: I'm so glad you guys enjoy going up and using the cabin. I have many memories up there visiting my grandparents and out on the ranch with my aunt and cousins. I love the smell when it rains and the water is cold and clean. Too bad it's so far up there we could all go for a weekend.; September 18, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Larsens said...: i cant beileve how big the girls are. they are so beautiful. that last pic of brookie looked so much like Kamber!! i took a double take. maybe its the striking blue eyes!; September 19, 2009 at 11:36 AM
The McNeil Family said...: Thanks for inviting us it was a blast. I have a picture of you and I. I can send it to you. Can u send me the pic of Kylie and brayden, i think you took one of them.; September 19, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Adam and Jess said...: It was good to see you a couple of weeks ago. We love Eager Az too and my parents have a cabin nearby. It's so nice an quaint and peaceful. Hope life is treating you well.; September 29, 2009 at 11:45 AM

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It was July 25th 2008 and it was a great day. All the kids were getting along with eachother. Ethan and I were going on vacation with a few friends and we were to leave at 5:00p.m. that evening. At about 11:00 a.m. I started packing for the trip. I caught Kamber out back playing with the hose with her cousin a couple of times. The last time Ethan and I went out back to get after the girls for playing in the hose. Ethan sprayed the girls and we chased them all back inside. Ethan went into his office and I went back into our room to pack. It was a short time after this that Kamber some how made it into the pool area. We can't figure out how it happened, we have a gate around our pool shut and locked. Nobody had been in the pool area in days. We lost site of Kamber for a few minutes but this was enough time for her to fall in the spa part of our pool and drowned. I had gone into Ethans office and said something to him and turned around to find my niece crying. I knew. I ran straight to the pool and didn't see her and then caught a glimps of her leg in the spa. It took forever to get the pool fence open , but I ran as fast as I could and pulled her out. Ethan ran in and started CPR, I called 911. The Fire Depatment came fast. They worked on her and then headed to the hospital. We already knew she was gone. I could feel her comforting arms around me. We raced to the hospital where we watched them work on her for about 10 more minutes. She was gone. They let me hold her for about 2 hrs till the medical examiner came to get her. I felt a small amount of peace and I thank my Heavenly Father for that. It was her time to return home. We are grateful for the 2 1/2 years Heavenly Father let us enjoy the beautiful person she is. We will be with her again as a family and I can't wait to raise her again. Her sisters miss her dearly, but they know she not far away and she is safe. We love our valiant angel!