Our holidays were filled with sadness, and with love and appreciation for our Savior for the gift he has given us of being able to see loved ones again. At the start of the month we knew Cindy's mother's health was beginning to fail and her time on earth was drawing short. But in the middle of the month we received a phone call that Blaine's mother had been admitted to the hospital in Rexburg after being short of breath.
After a week in the hospital she passed away. The next day our nephew, Cody Jacobson, was driving to work at Kelly Canyon Ski Hill, hit a slick spot in the road and went down the embankment into the water. He was taken to the hospital in Idaho Falls but did not recover.
We held the funeral for Blaine's mother on Dec. 22nd, Cody's funeral was Dec. 23rd and the morning of the 24th we received word that Cindy's mother had passed away. Her funeral was shortly after Christmas.
Blaine's mother was born in Logan and grew up in Ammon. She spent most of her life in Swan Valley raising a family of eleven children and being a homemaker. She loved quilting, gardening, and baking. She served in many church callings and filled a mission to Cove Fort, Utah.
Cody was a priest in the Aaronic Priesthood and was preparing to serve a mission. He loved the great outdoors and enjoyed hiking, camping, and hunting. He was an avid snowboarder and snowmobiler. He achieved his Eagle Scout award shortly after his 14th birthday. He was a hard worker and was on his way to good things, but was needed for a more important task beyond the veil.
Cindy's mother grew up in American Fork and met her future husband, Mark Weed, at BYU where they both served as studentbody officers. She was an accomplished teacher, musician, artist, and journal writer. They lived in Washington, New Jersey, North Carolina, California, Louisiana, and Delaware, where Cindy was raised. Twenty-five of their children and grandchildren have served missions.
Kyler likes to walk when his parents aren't looking. Several times they have found him across the room and suspect he has walked there. During a weekend get-together to clean-up Great-Grampa and Grandma Jacobson's home in Swan Valley, Kyler was sitting on a blanket in the middle of the lawn. He pushed himself to his feet and walked barefoot 20 steps or so across the grass.
