Funeral Arrangements & Info

Jeremy's funeral will be Friday November 7th at 1:00 pm. It will be held at the Heber AZ chapel. A viewing will be held on Thursday November 6th from 6-8 pm and again on Friday morning at 11:00 am before the funeral services.

I have had lots of questions as to the cause of Jeremy's death, I feel it is easiest to just post on here a few details. Jeremy had been battling a dibilitating disease called Crohns disease for 14 years. It is a disease that eats away your intestines both large and small and can even affect other organs and stuff from the throat down. Jeremy was in constant pain and eventually his organs starting suffering because of all the stress on his body. He was in and out of hospitals and doctors did everything they knew how to do to help him. Eventually his heart also began to fail, this past week he was in the hospital with pain, and heart problems, he had a ulcer type hole in his colon and the doctors said it would heal on it's own. He was cleared to go home on Saturday and my Mom drove him to Payson where he met his wife. He was able to spend Sunday (yesterday) with his family and past away peacefully in his sleep early this morning.

Thank you all for your prayers, and your love and support. Our family feels your love, faith, and prayers. Thank you so very much!
Leah

In Loving Memory

Of Jeremy George Bowles.
To the best older brother in the world! I love and admire you Jeremy, more than you know! For over a decade now you have suffered pain and now you are free. Free from pain and struggles. For that I am grateful. I wish so badly the timing of my bronchitis didn't coincide with your past week in the hospital. How I loved to go and visit you in the hospital. Our last conversation was a few days before Halloween. You were so excited to tell me what your kids were dressing up as. Even though you were in constant pain you always found things to smile about. You were there for me in my darkest hours and I am truly grateful. There were many times I got to be with Jeremy in the hospital, never did I take any pictures. The last time I was able to visit Jeremy I told him this and so we pulled out our cell phones and snapped some pictures. We took one of us together This picture has been the background on my cell phone ever since. Jeremy's smile is contagious and even while he was in pain he was able to smile!
Oh how I love you and your sweet family. We will all sorely miss you, we will pray for Sara, Melodee, Brandon, Cameron, and Kenzee. Till we meet again my dear brother! I will miss you.

The Ultimate Trick or Treating Machine!

Eric built these little trailers to hook on his quad. They were first invented for a family Christmas party to give the kiddos rides around the church parking lot. Now they have a new and improved use. Eric drives the kids around the neighborhood to get their loot faster and without complaints. :) I think it's a very nifty deal. He inherited a few extra kids this year as he went from house to house.
This year we had a dead fairy???Tom SawyerThe Little Mermaid, (what else would she want to be???)And the worlds scariest MUMMY everIn the end we had kids ecstatic with LOADS and LOADS of cavity causing, hyperactivy boosting candy! Yeah for Mom this week.

Special Tribute

I want to take a minute and express my thanks and appreciation for my Grandma Carpenter. I was never one that people looked at and said, "wow you have quite the talents." When I entered the Young Women program in my church I began to develop certain talents. I tried my hand at several different things but always felt like I didn't quite measure up. Or probably more that I was just too big a perfectionist to have any errors. Sewing was one of these disasters. I decided I would sew and it became STRESSFUL in every sense of the word. So when I got married I talked my Grandma Carpenter into holding a painting class. You see, she is a tole painter extraordinaire. She has the skills and the know how to create anything that has to do with paint and a paintbrush. I would meet weekly with her and learned such things as, keep the paint brush straight, only load a brush at the tip (what, the whole brush isn't supposed to be covered in paint???), clean brushes thoroughly after painting, always paint the back - NO MATTER WHAT, and don't forget to sign your name on your work. It was a joy to be with my Grandma and an even greater joy to learn a talent, something I felt that I was half good at. It was a fun time each week with snacks, Cousins, Aunts, and Grandma. Thank you Grandma for sharing your talents with me. I am most grateful. Now I can decorate my home for much less, I can relieve stress, and most importantly I feel good about myself when I'm successful.
D&C Section 82:18; And all this for the benefit of the church of the living God, that every man may improve upon his talent, that every man may gain other talents, yea, even an hundred fold, to be cast unto the Lord's storehouse, to become the common property of the whole church.
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me."
Here is what I have been busy doing with the "talents" I learned from Grandma!

Miss Personality and Beauty...

The Cinderella Pageant was so much fun. It was STRESSFUL (for the Mom) in every aspect but fun none the less. To see your children get up in front of complete strangers and perform is priceless. It is amazing to see my girls perform, learn to keep their composure, learn posture, modeling, respect, communication, and the likes. It was an extremely long day and night but well worth it. It was truly a self-esteem builder in every aspect of the word and I know the girls will all remember this night for the rest of their life. It was not a pageant of best dressed, or outward appearance at all. The judges were told to look at inner beauty of each girl and find those that had the sparkling Cinderella inner beauty.

First up was Partywear, in this presentation the girls had on their dresses and walked the stage, doing their modeling walk they learned. Olivia front and center right in front of the judges.Kimberlee with the other girls in her "Miss" age group.

Next was Casualwear, the girls wore a casual outfit and this time before they walked the stage they each took a turn introducing themselves to the crowd.Livie making her way to center stage. She was the first one to walk on stage in the whole pageant. She did terrific!Kim just finished introducing herself, she did great!

Last was Personality for Olivia and Talent presentation for Kim. The younger girls don't do a talent instead they get to have an onstage interview where the emcee gets to ask them questions to try and encourage them to talk about themselves. It was cute hearing the little girls tell us about themselves.Livie sitting on the park bench telling us all about what she likes to do, how much she loves Disneyland, and how she wants to be Cinderella when she grows up. Jheri is the Emcee of the night she is Olivia's clogging teacher and the owner of the dance studio where my girls dance. She does amazing things with and for these young girls! Kimberlee stole the show singing "I can hear the bells" from "Hairspray". She did a FABULOUS job! What a beautiful young woman she is! Some day I just may learn how to put an audio clip on here for you all to hear.

And now for the final part, the best part! Awards & Crowning:Olivia was crowned Cinderella Tot overall PERSONALITY! She was thrilled with her princess crown, and her sash and trophy. She is our "Cinderella"!Kimberlee was crowned Cinderella Miss overall BEAUTY. She was beautiful and she shined last night.Kimberlee & Olivia all finished and they both accomplished so much! We love our "Princesses"!

All finished, FINALLY!

Today I am thrilled to report I hung all of my pictures and decor back on the walls. I hated the mess of popcorn removal and re-texturing, but I am LOVING the new fresh look. Should have done it years ago! Here are a few pics of the finished product.Every room in our home is now free of the icky, dirty, grodie popcorn! YEAH

Cinderella Scholarship Pageant

Scottsdale Spectacular!

Friday, Oct. 17th @ 5:30pm.

Tickets are $5.00; to get yours contact Leah.

Kimberlee and Olivia will be performing in this pageant. All are invited to attend!