Connie Brewerton Seat 1937 ~ 2011

Paul's mom passed away on Friday, June 24. It was very unexpected and shocking to everyone. The Sunday before on Father's Day we had been to her house. She wanted to show us some jewelry that was her mom and dads and pulled out this box to show us. In the box was some paperwork and she told us that her funeral was paid for and she already picked out and paid for a casket and she already had a burial plot, just so we knew when the time came. We spent the next few days planning a service for her. Tuesday we had a small viewing and family service. Her grandpa wrote Hymn #144, Secret Prayer. A young girl in the ward came and played it on a violin. It was really nice. The Relief Society in their ward provided a delicious luncheon after. Savanna keeps saying "I miss Grandma" and "Grandma was really nice".
A tribute of her life was read by Paul at the service:

Connie Brewerton Seat was born in Springville, UT on May 11, 1937 to Orrawell and Alwena Brewerton. She had two older sisters Dolores and Mern.

Connie met her sweetheart in Payson while driving down Main Street with her friend. John crossed the street in front of her and she told her friend “I’m going to marry him”. Connie attended BYU for a short time until she met John and had a family. They married on October 17, 1956.

Besides being a wonderful mother and homemaker, she worked a few different jobs and especially loved the Bagel Factory in Orem.

She had two daughters Debbie and Kerrie and three sons Don, Paul and David. She had 12 grandchildren, six boys, Jake, Jordan, Justin, Dalton, Hunter and Zachary and six girls, Jessica, Paige, Hanley, Savanna, Shelby and Sierra and one great granddaughter, Brynlie.

She loved collecting dolls, wind chimes and jewelry. Her family meant the world to her and loved spending time with her kids and grandkids. She loved her dogs and cats. She was a wonderful piano player and studied it for 16 years. She took great pride in gardening and her yard. One year she won the “Most Beautiful Yard” award and got a big banner to put in the yard for a few weeks. She had a beautiful personality and her smile was contagious.

John and Connie loved to go for rides and would go different routes to see a lot of different places. One time they rode out to Topaz Mountain and she told John that was the longest ride through nothing to get to nowhere.

The kids used to call her “Hot Rod Mama” and she used to race cars on Main Street with the kids in the car. She also took the girls toilet papering houses.

John and Connie got in a tubing accident when the kids were small and it crushed vertebrates in her back. Connie suffered with diabetes and arthritis caused a lot of pain for her knees and feet for years.

We all have special memories of her and we can take comfort in those until we see her again.

City Celebration

The celebration started out Friday afternoon with a parade. The kids rode in it and threw candy to the street watchers. Zach's little green truck battery wasn't fully charged (although plugged into the charger all day but charger not plugged into the wall) so I ended up pushing half way until we got to where Paul was sitting and walked the rest of the way.
The next morning was the kids mile run. Hanley has done it for several years and we signed Savanna up to. Zachary said he wanted to then dropped out. I was worried that Savanna would stop and cry half way through but she jogged the entire way without stopping. We saw her about 3 blocks in at a good pace and she was second to the last kid. But by the end lots of kids had lost their energy and here she came to the finish line still jogging her little heart out. She took first place in her age group. It was neat. When she was running in I told her she had to keep going across the finish line. She got right up to it and stopped about 1 inch from it. We laughed so hard and Hanley pulled her across.
After the run was the carnival. Zachary and Savanna got their faces painted and Hanley got dunked in the dunk tank the entire time.

First Fillings

Savanna had her first dentist appointment yesterday to get cavities filled. She was scared to death and breathing so heavy the whole time. She cried when they gave her the shot. I felt bad. She ended up doing just fine and got 3 filled.

Sandy

When we got home Saturday night Hanley got Sandy (the hamster) out of her cage and she was barely breathing. We had known she'd probably die soon cause her hair was starting to fall out and we had her for two years and don't know how old she was when we got her. For a hamster she actually had a cute personality. You could go by her cage and call her name and she'd come out of her little house to see who was there. And she loved being held. We will miss her.

Belly Ache

When I picked up Savanna yesterday she kept telling me that her belly hurt. She threw up a little while after we got home. I held her on my lap for a while later and she kept running to the bathroom saying she had to throw up but never did. Right before bed time she threw up a bunch. I figured it was going to be an all night thing but she slept all through the night and felt fine this morning.

Father's Day - Grandpa Seat

On Father's Day we went over to Paul's mom and dad's house. She bought some chicken and I brought some potatoes, fruit salad and cupcakes.

Aunt Kerrie and Hanley.

Uncle Don (or as the kids say "Duncle Don") and Cousin Jessica.

Everyone looking at a book of pictures.

The kids tackling Aunt Debbie.

Paul and his Dad.

Grandma Seat.

Half a Rainbow

On our way to my parents on Friday night the skies were mostly blue with just a few clouds and Savanna kept saying she saw a rainbow. Sure enough there was a tiny piece of color in the sky. We pulled over onto a dirt road so I could quickly roll down the window to get a picture. It was neat.

Father's Day - Grandpa Niles

Me and the kids went to my parents house to see my dad on Friday for Father's Day. They always have so much fun.

We went to eat dinner then stopped at the park so the kids could see the waterfall and walk in the stream. And a picture with Grandpa.

Cousin Mikey.

Zachary saying something to Lanie after they had traded bikes. These two have so much fun together.

Grandpa opening his present.

Hanley kept covering her face but I finally got a picture.

Little gooby being silly.

Cute Aunt Kathy and darling little Kierstin.

Hanley helping Grandpa clean up some unwanted flowers.

Playing tag.

Rolling in the ball before we left.

Hard Worker

Paul was mowing the lawn one afternoon and Zachary just had to take his shirt off like his dad. Then he helped scoop a few poops that were missed on the lawn. He is always willing to help do stuff around the yard. He's our hard little worker.

First Place

Hanley got first place in the javelin at one of her track meets and got a medal. She also got first at the Shot Put and Running Long Jump at another meet and should be getting medals for those soon. It's hard with some of the track events cause you really don't know how well you did until the results are tallied after the fact. So I think she was really surprised and excited and we were very proud of her.

Funny Girl

Savanna: "I can drump high"
Zachary: "That's not right, it's Jump"
Savanna: "THAT'S WHAT I SAID!! DRUMP"

Track Meet

Hanley had another track meet today. She has one more practice and two more meets. Today she did the long jump, the standing high jump, javelin and 100 m.

View

I never get tired of seeing the view out of my back window in the evenings. It's nice to see something other than a neighbor's back yard.

Dentist

The kids all had dental checkups today. Hanley and Zachary didn't have any cavities and Savanna had four. She brushes her teeth everyday but is obviously not doing a good enough job. I'll have to help her at least once a day.

Breakfast Muffins

I tried making something different for the kids for dinner when Paul left for Wyoming (to take a group to Martin's Cove). I thought the kids would love these but Zachary and Savanna wouldn't touch them. Hanley thought they were awesome. Usually when I try something new the kids don't want anything to do with it.

Go Fish

We found a deck of cards and the kids kept asking if we could play with them so we taught them how to play Go Fish and they have wanted to do it everyday since. They caught on pretty quick and think it's so much fun. Savanna calls it "gold fish" and she calls the Jacks "jack in the boxes."

Swimming

I took the kids to the pool today. They had a blast and the weather was great. Savanna kept getting in trouble for going the wrong way up the slide. They made some little friends. Hanley was bummed that she couldn't find a friend to go with her but she had fun too.