Dear Life ...

Remember that wonderful weekend we went to Logan for Grandpa Gerber's funeral? How amazing it was and how it made me reaffirm to live a better life? Ah that was a great weekend. Family pictures, bear lake, eating, bear lake, visiting family, bear lake, swimming ... oh did I mention Bear Lake? It really was a perfect weekend.

that is ...

until I realized I could not find my purse. Of course the entire family search high and low. Of course I filled a out a police report - because hey, why not right?

Still, I'm purse-less and feel really dumb. Funny how I will laugh about this in a year or so, but for right now, I'm just super sad. Not freaking out though. I owe that to lots of prayers for comfort.

So life it's been pretty crazy since we got back. Good appointments, bad appointments. Getting so car sick that I stayed out in the car while Tyson did a KT.

So life keep coming. We are so blessed and we will continue to be blessed. Thanks for all the ups and downs and little lessons you teach us.

Love,

Martha

To Utah Again We Go

Wow, it seems like the last month we have had tons of Utah visit and now we will be headed down there for the 2nd time in three weeks.

Grandpa Gerber passed away Tuesday 8/10. It was a sad day for the entire Gerber generation. This man was amazing, I mean AMAZING. We are headed down tonight for the viewing tomorrow and funeral on Saturday.

As with every trip I try to make the conditions perfect. The house will be spotless when we leave the state. I will have meals ready so when we get home Monday, we won't be tempted to go out and eat. We are all packed, Tyson is getting his oil changed and we are excited to see Chenille and Straton.

Tyson and I spent a good long time talking in bed Tuesday night. It was dark, quite and the spirit testified of eternal families. I'm so grateful for eternal families.

At the end of the day, month, year ... heck life! The only thing that will really matter is the example, love and belief you left with people. Grandpa Gerber always told us to live below your means, save, don't have debt. Now Tyson and I are living exactly what he has been preaching and although we feel this is the way we will live F.O.R.E.V.E.R - it's just temporary. We won't always be like this. We will reach financial independance and continue the great Gerber name.

Whats in the name...

We hit the temple yesterday - a warm summer day, temple grounds, and lots of sunlight. It was great. We decided to have dinner at the temple cafeteria.

We got there at 7pm and quickly smelled the food. After asking a million questions on how to pay, what to eat, how to order - you would think it would not be that hard?

We decided to share a steak sandwich. It was really good. Two funny things happened:

1. The cafeteria worker came and asked if we wanted some free food - a benefit of having a husband that looks like he is on the verge of anorexia. Wife is nice and plump and they probably think I starve him. Anyway, moving on.

2. After we finished we stood to tell the worker thank you and found out her husband is from Logan. He came to the front and he confirmed he knew the Gerber name. In fact, he knew Tyson's dad! We talked about Gaylan growing up and so forth.

The coolest part was when he asked "so does Gaylan own all of Logan right now". It was a joke that I always say that Gaylan owns half of Logan. The point is that the Gerber name has a lot of assumptions, such as success. Grandpa Gerber, Gaylan Gerber ...they all reached great success through hard work, dedication and determination. Tyson has a lot to follow. I felt really proud to be a Gerber and also a huge sense of need to carry on the name with such respect.

We also got the chance to hang out with Nyla this week. She and Dave were in town doing a church youth project. They retired and ever since they have spent most of the year doing service - Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans, church groups. They are an amazing example to us. We hit Quadoba for lunch and the Cheesecake Factory for Dinner. They were so generous. Thank you Nyla!

Utah Trip

My super quick trip to Utah was fantastic. Maybe it was the spontaneity of it all, but I felt tons more at home this time than last time when we went back for the May big event. Melissa and I left around 11 am, arrived at 8 pm. Julio took me out to dinner and Martin took my mom out. It was so sweet. We talked alot about dating, girls, the right way and wrong way to do things. I have to admit I came down on Martin pretty harshly. I feel like when I can pin him down that I need to input as much Gospel advice as I can.

After dinner at the Training Table, mom took us out to ice-cream at Artic Circle. We walked in the warm summer night and talked about how we were all really "grown up" but at the same time, still the same as we were 10 years ago.

Julio and I stayed up past midnight talking girls, Gospel, futures, being good with money ... you name it. I see Julio grow in so many areas. I'm so pleased!

I woke up at 8 am, got ready and met Melissa at 10 am. We were on the road. We got to Denver at 6 pm.

16 hours of driving in one 24 period. Yeah we are crazy. The funniest part was when I needed to go the potty and we stopped at a rest stop. Well the rest stop were NOT regular toilets. They were holes. I refused to go in holes. Literally I ran out of the bathroom into bushes. Melissa said I was freak. I don't blame her.

I came home and was so happy to just be with Ty. Tomorrow I head to girls camp. I'm excited for the experience and for it to be done :)