Pink & Perfect

Pink Talks.

Pink Ties.

Pink Outfits.

Pink Flowers.

Pink Casket.

Pink {Sparkly} Vault.

The Pink Lady herself would have loved it.

It was Pink & it was Perfect.

Now we will look forward to...Pink Rainbows & Pink Skies.

Love you Pinkie!

Just Thought I'd Share

Edna Clyde

1914 ~ 2010

Edna Thornock Clyde, devoted mother and grandmother, died August 20, 2010 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born November 25, 1914, in Bloomington, Idaho to Matthew William Thornock and Rachel Elvira Hulme. She married Wilford Cornell Clyde, April 20, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, December 13, 1951.

Edna spent her early years in Bloomington, Idaho and attended public schools there as well as in Paris, Idaho until the age of 16. After her mother's passing in 1930 she moved to Logan, Utah to live with her Aunt Edna Hulme Linford. She graduated from Logan High School and attended the Utah Agriculture College where she met her future husband. Together they made their permanent home in Springville, Utah where they raised their two children, nurtured their grandchildren, served in the LDS Church, traveled the world including spending winters in Hawaii and devoted endless service to the Clyde Companies and to the Association of General Contractors of America. Cornell passed away in March 1997.

Edna's entire life was dedicated to caring for her children and spoiling her grandchildren. Her travels to Hawaii brought a deep love for the Polynesian culture and people. Her signature trademark was the color pink, except when it came to BYU sports when she wore true blue. She rarely missed a BYU football game and was a loyal member of the BYU Cougar Club. Edna held positions in the local PTA and in the Young Women's organization for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She also served in the women's auxiliary of Riverside Country Club. She was an avid gardener and gave special care to hundreds of roses cultivated and grown by her and Cornell for over 50 years.

She is survived by her two children Carma and her husband, Kenneth Russell, Salt Lake City; Richard and his wife, Patricia Taylor, Orem; 11 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Matthew William and Rachel Thornock; sisters Ione Thornock Hymas and Phoebe Thornock; five brothers, William, Ralph, Ross, Leon and Louis Thornock.

Funeral services will be held Sat., August 28, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Springville Stake Center, 245 South 600 East, Springville, Utah. The family will receive friends Fri., August 27, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 East 200 South, Springville, and Sat. at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Interment will take place at the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.

The family expresses gratitude to the staff and physical therapists at Brighton Gardens especially Augustine, George and Kelly, whom Mother referred to as her boys. To Marilyn, for her friendship and keeping Mother's hair well groomed. To Bruce and Phil at Haven Health Care, for their kind and compassionate care. And to Jenny, an Angel who came into our home and kept Mother singing until the end. Special thanks to the nurses and CNA's in ICU and on the 8th floor of LDS Hospital. Their dedicated service helped Mother get through those last few weeks. Mandy, who Mother had a special bond with, for the extra special time she spent with her. Also deep gratitude to Dr. James Pearl for his compassionate care and being there to help us through this difficult time. Our family will be forever grateful.

Missionary work was always important to Edna and Cornell. They were especially proud of their 12 missionaries and the many others they helped support. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the LDS General Missionary Fund.

Forever In My Heart

                Edna Thornock Clyde

   November 25, 1914-August 20, 2010.

Whenever I go to BYU game, I'll think of you, because you sure loved your cougs. My mother says my love for Pink was inherited from you, and I love that we've had that in common. You spoiled me rotten on Christmas Eve, my favorite clothes were gifts you gave-you taught me to love Nordstroms. No grandma will ever top the entertainment you provided whether it be your hilarious halloween costumes & the characters part you played perfectly, or when you danced with Santa on Christmas Eve. As a grand-daughter I enjoyed your fun birthday parties...making up raps dedicated to you or blowing party horns & playing BINGO with you. Whenever I hear an Alan Jackson song, I think of you, and this will never change. Most of all, I'll forever be glad that I got to know you. I'm glad you were here for so long, to give me that chance to know you & have so many memories of you, my great grandma. I loved coming to your house to visit with you & on some visits playing Phase 10. I am sad for me, because I have lost, but I'm happy for you because I know you're with grandpa. 13 long years without him here, I'm sure you missed him lots. I'm so grateful to know where you are, and that your no longer sick & that you're safe back in Grandpa's arms.

I love you Pinkie & will miss you very much!

December in a Nut Shell

I'm Baaaack! I left the blog world pretty much all of December, but I'm back & fully ready to catch up! I find it funny that when I actually have something blog worthy I'm too busy to blog about it, because I'm too busy living it, but here I am. Ready to post.

This is what I experienced while away...

1. I experienced a miracle! What miracle you ask? I survived finals...and it gets even better than this, I got all A's this semester. Don't think I even did that in high school.

2. I saw my cute sister dance at the UVU drill competition (December 12). Aren't they cute?

These girls did awesome! Placed well in all of their routines and were so fun to watch.

3. I spent time with family. We had two Clyde Christmas Parties this year!

Party One (December 13): Our "traditional" Christmas Eve had to come early this year and in a new location, I had a great time with our more extended Clyde fam.

Uncle Jeff playin the accordian for us.

My siblings with Grandma Pinkie

Grandma Pinkie entertaining us all!!!

Party Two (December 20): The typical party at Nana's. Full of fun, nativity, and exchanging cousin gifts! Thanks Mckay for my great gift...although I must admit I was slightly disappointed you didn't give me those Star Wars legos, like your Mom said you were going to give me! :(

Nate made a great donkey this year, I think he enjoyed it more than any other part he has played.

The Single One's

4. My Best Friend & Roomie got hitched (December 19)! It was fun to be a part of it and see her so happy. Congrats Jaynee and Cameron.

Since Jaynee doesn't believe in sleep we had a crazy night with the girls the night before the big day.  It was full of laughter, memories, jokes, and a 1 am run to In N Out. At 2 am, we finally called it quits even though the bride didn't want to. Little did we know, she would stay up an additional hour and then wake up at 6am to go to the gym to run. Crazy girl!

She might not look it here, but she was happy as ever. Jaynee & Cameron are perfect for each other and so cute together. Love them both.

Jaynee dancing with her Dad.

Isn't she gorgeous?

 

The girls.

Just me & the bride.

5. Natalie turned 16 (December 16)! Woot. Woot. She is still thrilled...and dying to go get her license!

We celebrated Texas Roadhouse Style w/ a Giddy Up and all.

I was too busy w/life to give her a birthday post so this will have to do!

Happy Birthday Sis!

6. Had a very wonderful Christmas! Santa spoiled me and my whole family! He surprised us with a Wii. I never thought I'd use it, because I hate video games, but I'm actually kind of liking it!

 

Nate got a Austin Collie jersey which was his favorite gift! It got a bigger reaction than the Wii.

Natalie is a little accessory queen and loaded up on jewelry, purses, scarves, and a new wallet.

 

Boots, Jeans, School Tuition, Jewelry...Santa definitely loves me. I was spoiled rotten. Ty really spoiled me this year too. He bought me a new camera, a case for it and a new memory card (yes, I lost my last memory card. Some creep at UVU probably found it and now has all my pictures.) He also got me a BYU jersey, a movie, and a clock...which is awesome...I have to make it myself, but it's going to be an activity for us both! He has one himself, too. I'm shocked he's volunteered to do a craft. haha. My grandparents also gave me great gifts that I love! Thank you Pinkie, Nana, Grumpy, and Grandpa Schaefer. I appreciate how generous you all are. Love you! I'm a very lucky girl.

Page & Kevin were the most spoiled of all.  They got a new tv and my parents bought them a blu ray player. Page surprised Kevin with a Wii and he surprised her with a Cricut. Santa brought them Guitar Hero for their new Wii.

We got my mom this super cute shelf! She was pretty happy about it. She'll probably kill me for putting this picture on the internet, since she has no makeup on, hates her picture being taken, and is in her pajama's, oh well. (sorry Mom, everyone else made the blog so you had to as well.)

 

Dad and Grandpa Schaefer

It's become a fun tradition to have him come see us Christmas morning!

We Love You Grandpa!

7. Shianne & CJ got engaged (December 5)! Pretty exciting stuff! He got home of his mission and within only a few weeks there was a ring on her finger.

I'm so excited for them!

...and props to Stephanie Cheney. She did a great job taking these.

8. My awesome brother got an intership at Channel 2 (December 22). Maybe if he's lucky, they'll like him enough to hire him and he won't have to move out of state come spring! If any could pull it off, it would be him. Nobody can talk sports like he does. He also got another gig at BYU. Good Job Kevin!

9. I finally made it to Temple Square to see the lights (December 27). Tyler and I doubled with our friend Jeff, and his date, Kelley Anne. We had a lot of fun. I didn't get the many pictures and didn't even go where I wanted to take them, but we were freezing so we made it a short trip!

I do love this one! Turned out pretty great. I'm loving the new camera!

Love this one as well.

Tyler and I

Kelley Anne and Jeff

10. This is a soon-to-be happening (January 9), but I'm sharing because I'm excited. My cousin, Melissa is getting married so I will soon be heading to Arizona for her wedding. I am so anxious to get out of this bitter cold Utah weather. I'm excited to see all of my family down there, including my cousin Mia who I have yet to meet. She was born in October and is VERY cute!

They're definitely not in order, I realized I did this kind of dumb, but oh well.

hApPy BiRtHdAy PiNkiE

My Great-Grandma Clyde is the coolest lady I know! Today she is celebrating her 95th birthday so I just wanted to wish her a very happy birthday. I love her so much and am glad she has been around so long. Not too many are fortunate to see their grandparents live to be as old as she is so I know I am lucky. She's no ordinary grandma either, she's one spunky, rockin', attitude-given grandma. She LOVES pink...she rubbed off on me. I think it is in my genes to love Pink. Who do you know who owns a Pink Cadillac, has/had Pink appliances (she cried when her Pink fridge stopped working.) Has had pink counters, and a FAMOUS pink couch? The only person I know with that much pink is her! She is a BYU fanatic. How many 95 year old ladies do you know that can get worked up and scream and yell just as much as all the guys? She's the only one I know! Our family jokes around how we have to love BYU or we'll be disowned and it is probably true. She gets WAY into Halloween...dressing up one year ALL in Pink...hair and all...another year as Michael Jackson and playing the part the ENTIRE night. Has your grandma ever gone around acting like Michael telling you how much she likes little boys? A moment I will never forget, that is for sure! Does your grandma dress up like a cowboy or a chicken? I didn't think so. The first time my grandma met my brother's wife, Page, she was wearing her chicken suit. Once again, she stayed in FULL character. She spoke chicken...bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk was all we heard for HOURS. We introduced Page to her and all she did was bawk at her. It was so funny...I don't know how she does it. It's amazing. We were laughing so hard and she was able to stay so serious. She even did the chicken dance for us. What a hoot!

Anyway, I love her and had to brag!
Happy Birthday Pinkie!
xoxo

Highlights from this week....

Kelly Clarkson Concert

Wahoo.

This was so much fun. I went with Tyler, Mitch, and Chelsey and it was a blast. My friends Jaynee and Sarah came and hung out with us for a bit which was also fun. Kelly sounds amazing in person & is a great performer. I was a little worried about the rain, but it actually wasn't too bad!

Big Bang Theory

Tyler worked til like 9 one night this week so i had lots of time to myself that night. I watched the ENTIRE first season of Big Bang theory. I love that show. Its hilarious and in my opinion, i think it has one of the greatest theme songs...although i must confess...after watching episode after episode all in one night, it does get a little obnoxious. I decided hardly anyone has ever even heard of this show...and if you haven't, you are missing out! I would highly reccommend it! I'm ready to watch Season 2!

Hot Tubbing

Tyler probably gets really sick of this, but I think this is one of my favorite things to do. I would go everyday if I could. This week we went when it was raining outside which was super fun. Kept me from getting to hot to have cold rain falling down.

DATE NIGHT

Tyler and I went to Magelby's for dinner on Saturday night. I had never eaten there and it was really yummy. We also went to Summerfest to watch the fireworks go off. We didn't stay long but it was fun. Tyler introduced me to 24...one of his favorite shows that I have sort of been avoiding...but I really liked it! I'm gonna have to still the first season from him now...since I jumped in, in the middle of season 5!

PAGE...KEVIN...and PINKIE

Page and Kevin got home from San Diego on Sunday so we all went as a family to pick them up...sound Cheesy I know..but we had a good excuse. We went straight from the airport to visit our grandma Pinkie at my Great Aunt Carma's house. It was a fun little visit. Her health isn't too great but she's still so cute. She showed me her nicely painted nails...she even had rhinestones on them. I'm so glad I got to go and see her!