I love you Candace!

It will be the little things that you will remember, the quiet moments,the smiles, the laughter. And although it may seem hard right now, it will be the memories of these little things that help to push away the pain and bring the smiles back again.

For those of you who have been following my blog and wondering,
Candace's husband Cory passed away today; he fought an amazing fight to the end!

Be free and fly with the angels Cory!

This is for Candace...

Today while I was supposed to be working... I came across this poem. I knew when I began reading it I knew exactly what I was to do, so here it is:

You're never alone, I'm always near,
When your troubled, down or blue.
All you have to do is call me, I'm always here for you.
It doesn't matter where I'm at, It doesn't matter when.
When you need someone to talk to, I'm here to be your friend.
If you need someone to hold your hand, or a hug to say I care.
If you need a shoulder to cry on, for you I will be there.
So never think you are a burden, when the weight gets to be to much.
You might find if you look hard enough,a good friend could be the right touch.
You're never alone, I'm always here, through the good times and the bad.
I'm always here to be your friend, I don't like to see you sad.

This post is for 1 of my many Best Friends Candace, she is an amazing person. Candace is currently taking care of the love of her life, her husband Cory who is battling Cancer for the 2 nd time. I have known Candace for more than 20 years, what a blast it has been being her friend! Each day I talk to her or see her I think 'who would have thought... 20 years ago all we cared about was who was going to finish lunch and get out to the swings first.' Candace every day I am more and more impressed with the person you are. Your strength and courage is such an inspiration to me, I am so proud to be a part of your life. Cory is so lucky to have such a loving, caring wife.

"When it hurts to look back and your scared to look ahead you can look beside you and your best friend will be there."

I love you girl!
Jadie

Hope is passion for what is possible.

Candace, Cory and Hayes Alldredge
(We don't believe in miracles, we rely on them!)

PLEASE JOIN US FOR ONE OR BOTH OF TWO BENEFIT LUNCHES TO BE HELD ON APRIL 25th & 26th AT MAIN STREET STUDIO ON 1802 SO MAIN STREET SALT LAKE CITY. Times are 11:00am to 2:00pm both days. We are asking for a donation of $8.00 for lunch and there will be raffle drawings and of course great food. PLEASE JOIN US IN HELPING THIS FAMILY! You can call 484-4247 with any questions you have. We HOPE to see you there!

P.S. If you can not make it to the lunch and you would like to donate you can do so at:

Wells Fargo, there is a charity account called the Cory B Alldredge fund. You can make deposits mail them to 317 w election rd, draper UT 84020.

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

We did it...

We were married in a quiet ceremony on Friday April 11th. Besides us, there were our kids and my parent's. Candace (1 of my best friends) was there to take pictures and be a part of our day! Thanks Candy for coming! After the ceremony we went outside to take some pictures but because it was so cold we kinda rushed right thru it, then we went to PF Chang for lunch. Lunch was fun; it was good food and great company! My little Jack was a bit emotional when he realized he couldn't get a hot dog. Jaden was such a big brother; he showed Jack that lunch didn't have to be boring because we each had our own setting of chopsticks. With the "adults" being busy talking and laughing we didn't notice Jack stick 1 of the chopsticks in his ear until he started screaming! It scared me so bad but he stopped crying and went to sleep the rest of lunch (Phew!)

Gary and I decided because we have a 2-week vacation planned in July, we would just go to Park City for the night. As we were leaving lunch (starting our 4 day weekend off together) Gary looked at me with the cutest smile and said "well, since we are all the way down town, do you care if we stop and pick up my transmission. I laughed so hard thinking ~ not many people could top this (what was the 1st thing you did as husband and wife) ~ Anyway, we got to Park City, changed and went to Main Street. We had so much fun walking around in and out of the little shops; of course we stopped into Harley and bought sweatshirts!

Then we went to a local pub and had a few drinks. Later when we got back to the hotel I sprung my little surprise on him… I brought a wedding cake; it was small, sweet and something traditional. So we ate cake and watched the Miss USA pageant…how romantic! Saturday morning we were up, checked out, had breakfast and on our way home by 8:00 am. Call us crazy but we are total "early birds" but it gave us time to get the Harley out and enjoy a ride before Jaden and Jacks baseball games.

My lil' Chicago Cub, GO CUBS! My little A Rod, GO YANKEES

Saturday night we had a BBQ with some friends and Sunday we went to the Bees game. (Jack didn't go he was having Daddy time) It was so beautiful and sunny outside. I should have gotten "Mom of the Year" award cuz I forgot sunblock, can ya tell...?

Jaden and Mom Jaden and Dad

Jaden, Big bro Kyle, and Dad

Monday we started off our "real" new life together (Honeymoon was now over!) We did yard work, cleaned out the garage and brought the camp trailer home from storage!
Later that night we cooked a yummy summer dinner then decided to end the great weekend with an evening walk around the neighborhood. Jack wanted to ride his tricycle, so we let him! It was so cute, he pedaled his little legs off the whole way. We went down to the library, (Gary checks out books on tape for when he's drivin') and back; But the cutest thing was my baby boy in his Thomas the Train jammies, flip flops and jacket, parking his tricycle where the "big boy" bikes go!

Poor little guy was so worn out; when we got home he went right to sleep!

Well, I think that pretty much sums up our first week as a "family" I will get some pictures of the wedding posted soon. Love ya all, Jadie and Co.

Time flies...

Well here we are, on the down hill side to getting HITCHED! I must admit I haven't been as excited, as I should because I am feeling over whelmed. Gary and I have been on opposite shifts for the past couple of weeks; in fact, we don't have a day off together until Friday (the BIG day)

With all the craziness of combining 2 houses and 2 families into 1 it has made me loose focus on the day that is going to mean the most in our lives as Husband and Wife. To make it easy, I really want simple, simple, simple. I tried to tell my family I was going to wear dress pants and a jacket or capri's, I didn't want to hear what I SHOULD wear and SHOULD do. I didn't have the time or the desire to look for something to wear. I didn't think about colors, flowers, cake etc. BUT, my cute "husband to be" wanted to make sure it is sweet along with simple. He told me to STOP packing, forget about the moving part and focus on this 1 day. He sent me all over, here there and everywhere getting things to make our day a little"sweeter."

So Wednesday, I got a babysitter (thanks Aunt Sheila) and my Mom and I went shopping. We had so much fun trying on dresses and shoes together. Anyway, I found a dress (that's right me JADIE, is wearing a dress). It's black and white and darling; I also picked out Gary's outfit to match. To sum up Wednesday, I got so much done and FINALLY I was getting excited.

Thursday I had so many things to do: get outfits for the kids, pick up Gary's ring, call my cute Candace and have her change the (brown and green) announcements to black, white and hot pink, pick out a small flower arrangement etc. So, I made my list!

I got a babysitter AGAIN (thanks Mom) and waited for Megan to get out of school. (I wanted Bree to go too but she had work) Megan and I were on a mission, we knew it was going to be hard to find "hot" pink for my boys to wear but we were optimistic that we would find it! We started out with our normal stop at Starbucks, then off to the mall. Megan spotted the shirts for Jaden and Jack quick and they are so cute. We found them some pants to match the shoes I bought them the day before and suddenly...things were coming together. After the mall we went to pick out a small bouquet for me to hold and a boutonniere for Gary. I laughed so hard with Megan but especially when we went to pick out flowers. Suddenly this turned into "Megan's wedding" :)

We looked at some books and then they girl brought us some flowers to look at. Megan fell in love with the hot pink Gerber, ok... I did too! But, once she seen that flower, we saw no more!

Finally, we were done. No it was home to get ready for 3 days of 12-hour shifts at the prison.

Who would have thought this:

Would feel like this:

Hope all is well with everyone. Lot's of love Jadie and co.