One year later..........

A year ago I was sitting outside a Dell Webb hospital ICU with my family waiting for the doctors to sign-off on the removal of my Grandpa's life support. It had been a gruelling 5 days of ups and downs for our family and the decision to have him removed from his respirator was not an easy one....as if it ever would be!! You see, just one month prior my Grandpa was a strong, active fun loving 85yr old man who was looking forward to the upcoming marriage of one granddaughter and the expected delivery of great-grandchild #12. He went to the doctor for a routine physical and came away being diagnosed with lung cancer! Our entire family was in SHOCK!! He was given his treatment options.......do nothing, go through 6 months of chemo or have surgery to remove the spot. He opted for surgery, feeling it was the fastest way to be rid of the cancer so he could get bak to living his life.

On May 15 he went in for the surgery and came out 100% cancer free. As a family we were ecstatic!! Then on May 19 he had a massive heart attack and was put on a respirator. My family flew to AZ on May 21 and over the next 5 days we slowly watched his life slip away.

On May 26 I added another event to my list of "Most Meaningful Events" in my life. I watched my Grandpa take his last breath on earth. Yes, it was absolutely heart renching, but it was also extremely special. My Grandfather was surrounded by his wife of 63yrs, his 6 children and 8 of his 19 grandchildren. I was am extremely greatful that I was there for his last moments and I had the chance to tell him I loved him and to say "I'll be seeing you!!"........I refuse to say "Goodbye!!"

One year ago I stood in a chapel in front of family, friends and my Grandfathers friends to deliver his euligy. I spoke of my love for him, his smile, his love of a good joke and most of all his love of his family and the dynasty an only child from a broken home built.

My Grandfather was the patriarch of a family who adored him without question and who miss him everyday. So today, one year later, I'd like to share my Grandpa with you!


Bart Bestor
August 15, 1921-May 26, 2007

Father and Daughter

A few weeks ago Steve and Amelia attended a Father-Daughter, Uncle-Niece, Granddaughter-Grandfather Dance at her preschool. They had dinner, dancing and cupcakes along with a boat load of fun!! Amelia was excited just to have her Daddy all to her self!!!

SF Giants vs. Cin. Reds

A few weekends ago it was Little League Day at AT&T Park in San Francisco. 3 of our 4 kiddies play T-Ball and together with their Daddy and fellow team matres got to walk the feild and spend the day at the ball park. Everyone had a blast, even Em.


Team Owlz walking the field prior to game time.


The Toothless Tilly Twins



Our Kiddies.


Our Little Family. Amelia was pouting....why? We were never quite sure! LOL!!

Here she is in action

I'm thinking this is a hobby she will pursue for many years....or even choose it as a career. Either that or Fashion Stylist/Designer. I post those pics another day!!

Furture Photographer????

The Photographer!
This last weekend my sister and I took the kids for a hike on Mt.Burdell. Olivia took PamPay's camera and went to town taking pictures. She had a HUGE smile on her face and kept saying "Mommy I really like taking pictures, this is fun!!" All of the pictures below were taken by Olivia (age 6)

Organization: Flowers

I love flowers!!! I have to say, flowers were by far the most frustrating item to organize. As I've mentioned before I need my supplies to be portable. This system I came up with works really well, and leaves me room to "grow!"

First, I sorted my flowers by color, then I put like flowers together in small ziploc snack bags. In some cases I had a large amount of the flowers so I used sandwich bags.
Then I put all the smaller bags inside a 1gallon ziploc bag (with a zipper slide) marked with the color.
After I had all my flowers bags sorted, I folded the bottom of the 1 gallon bag over 1" at the bottom and secured with tape. Once all were taped I punched holes in the double fold and put them in a 5" Heavy Duty binder.

Now when I pack for a crop all I need to grab is the binder, which fits easily in my Cropper Hopper XXL tote.

Bodega Bay Scrappery Retreat

Had a great weekend out at Bodega Bay for the Scrappery Retreat!! The house was great, the views were gorgeous and the company was a blast!! I loved every minute! I even got 24 pages done!!!

I'll post pics soon!!!