Meet my family

♥Other things may change us but we start and end with family♥

To me family means that they're always going to be in your life no matter what. Family means that they love you for who you are and will always stick by your side through thick and thin. A family will never leave you hanging. A family is a pack, a bond.

My family is kind of crazy.  I have a mom and a dad, of course... but along with that I also have a step mom, three step brothers, and one step sister.  I have only one real, full blood, sister and I am glad to call her my own! 
My family has been through alot but throughout it all we have been there for each other.

As I said before my parents got divorced when I was about 11.  It was kind of tough, but I realize now that it was for the best.  Both of my parents are better off now from it, and I'm happy for them. 

MOM: Kristen Seedall, lives in Smithfeild, Utah.  As well as my little sister, Kennedy Schow.  They both are amazing!  Me and my mom have had alot of ups and downs and for about a year we didn't talk... but the two of us are good now and its good to have my mom back in my life!  Growing up my mom was always there.  She taught me everything she could, from learning how to read to tying my shoes... she always made sure I knew right from wrong and always made sure she was around.  She stayed home with us day to day and showed us what a real mom should be like... then I grew up and teenagers think they know EVERYTHING soo I turned away from her and let things like that slip from my mind.  But now that I have outgrown the rebellion stages, I realize that I really didn't know everything... and my  mom actually knew what she was talking about! Hahah.

KENNEDY: My little sister is simply amazing.  She definantly got the Schow genes and plays pretty much every sport she possibly can.  From basketball, to volleyball, to soccer, and softball.  She does it all!  I'm trying this new thing out called "being a big sister" that I neglected for quite some time... but now I am trying to be someone she can look up to and hopefully follow in my footsteps.

 

DADDY: Jeff Schow, is the best dad ever.  He is hard working and very caring of others.  I feel like alot of people respect him and thats how I want to be someday.  From the time I was little, he always made sure we were supported and always made sure we were happy.  At the time I just thought he didn't want to be around us, but now that I am older and more mature I understand that he was just out making a living and making it so that we could have everything we ever wanted.  Now that I have grown up a little more me and him have an awesome bond and I wouldn't trade it for anything. 

ANGELICIOUS: His new wife, my step mom, has helped me alot.  She has taught me alot of life long lessons, and helped me to grow up.  She brought me out of things that I probably wouldn't have been able to get out of on my own and I am very thankful for that.  Sure, we have our ups and our downs but when it comes down to it she is a wise woman and knows what she is talking about. 
Her kids, my step siblings, are pretty cool too! :)

 

RJ: is 20 and he attended Lamar Community College for 2 years to play baseball, he finished that and now is headed off to Boise along with my step sister Carrie who is 19. 

CARRIE: and I have our ups and our downs too.  We go through stages where we are so close its not even funny, and then we don't talk for months.  I don't really know why this happens but no matter what I love that girl to death... then there is Nick. 

NICKOLAS: He is the same age as me.  He is pretty lazy but I love that kid.  He is hopefully planning on going to play ball somewhere too this fall.  Last but not least... there is Jake!

JAKE: I don't even know where to begin with that little brat.  He can be out of control and at times I just want to smack him upside the head... but when its all said and done I would do anything for him and he is tons of fun.  He makes my days less boring and makes me laugh when he isn't beating up on me hahah

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Me, Carrie, and Kennedy at Carrie's graduation.

Ang, me and Kennedy at Carries graduation.

Haa we had a little fun playing dress up with Jake :)

We adotped him from Ethiopia..

Larrrrrrrrrrrry!

She really loves me, as you can see

See, he has a cute side..

My eggs are always the coolest..

He thinks he's really hott

It's a love hate relationship

I owe these two it all.

When its all said and done your family is the ones that always are going to be there, there always going to have your back and pick you back up when you've fallen down.  Thats one thing that I have learned over the years and its something we all overlook at times.
I owe everything to my family and even though we don't always see eye to eye on things I know they will be there for  me when I need them.
Thanks for everything guys, I love you and always will!

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In loving memory♥

My grandpa passed away last Friday.. and it has been a really tough time.  I guess we all kind of knew it was coming.. but its just kind of one of those things that you all dismiss and act like its never going to happen.  My grandpa had been sick for quite some time now.. 14 years to be exact! And not a day went by that he didn't let us forget it either.. "14 years ago they said I wasn't going to make it and look at me now" he would say!  Man, I loved that guy more than anything..
He truly was an amazing grandpa.  I will always look up to and remember him as the hard working man that he was.  He always was thinking of others and putting people before him.  He would have given the shirt off his back to anyone at anytime.  Many people knew him as the "candy man" because he always had candy with him and handed it out where ever he was. Whether it was at church or the grocery store he always had a pocket full of goodies.  He always made sure to spoil us grandkids too.  I remember when I was little him and my grandma would ALWAYS pick us up and take us to lunch... but we never had to actually eat lunch instead they gave us ice cream or candy hahaa that was the best!
My grandma reminded me of a time when we were helping him clean his picnic table. My sister and I cleaned that thing SPOTLESS.. well everything except the bird poop and mud that is! Haha he loved us more than anything though and instead of getting mad he just hurried and cleaned it himself.
I remember my grandpa ALWAYS wearing those trucker caps, in fact, when we were cleaning out his work shop we found literally like seven boxes full of them! His favorite one was the red white and blue white satin hat.. there was one time he was wearing it and me being the little brat I was I decided to just knock it off his head... he gave me an angry glare, and I simply said "but grandpa it was the wind" hahah he couldn't help but crack a smile and quickly wasn't angry anymore.
Another thing I remember about my grandpa was he loved to sleep.  He always would take little naps.  From the times where he fell asleep on the floor and let his crack hang out.. to the times he was out in the tractor he loved those naps more than anything, besides me of course :) hahah the cool thing was though that whenever anyone would wake him up.. he would hoot and holler and become grumpy pants.. but not when I woke him up! He would simply pull me into his arms and try to get me to nap with him.

The last few moments I remember spending with my grandpa were hard but they were definantly worth it.  He wasn't too coherient in the last few days we spent with him.. we would all sit in the hospital room with him and he would mumble things that didn't make sense to us.  Sometimes he would kick us all out of the room so that he could tell my grandma "secrets" it was really cute.. one of the last few days he came back to life and told us all how much we meant to him. He told us how greatful he was to have us all.  He also told us how he was scared... this kind of scared some of us because how can a man that has known he was going to die for 14 years be scared? He had been preparing for this we had thought...

Here are a few pictures I have taken over the week spending time and bonding with my family:

My cousin Ashley, my little sister Kennedy, and me.. reppin grandpas white satin hats!

My gorgeous cousins, Ashley and Lindsay, my baby cousin Benjamin and myself.

I would be such a great mom, look a how happy I make baby Benjamin! ;)

Mom, me, and Grandma. Good looks only get better with time! HA

This girl is simply amazing, and she's SINGLE hint if you want her number ASK! haha (shes gonna kill me)

Its been really tough on all of us, but were getting through it okay.  We have spent alot of time being together as a family which has been really cool.
When its all said and done, death is always going to be hard on anyone.. but what we need to remember is that they are in a better place and out of pain. Never forget the memories that you have shared with those people and always remember that although they aren't there physically, there sprit will always live on.

Rest in peace grandpa, you might be lost but you will never be forgotten. Xoxoxo, I love you and will always be your little beauty♥

Be sure to watch over all of us while your lookin down on us from heaven! And we will see you soon.

Jerry Wayne Seedall

RUPERT - Jerry Wayne Seedall, 71, of Rupert, passed away Friday, June 4, 2010, at home surrounded by his wife and children.

Jerry was born Dec. 1, 1938, in Ucon, Idaho, the son of Bert and Itha Newman Seedall. He was the fifth of six children. He moved to Rupert in 1943, where he attended Pioneer School and graduated with the first class of Minico in 1956. He attended Utah State for two years and decided that farming was the career he loved the most. He married Margarete Franks of Oakley, Idaho on Nov. 14, 1958. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake City Temple on May 26, 1988. Together they had four children, Lori (J.S. Wright) of Paul, Brent (Jolene) of Spokane, Wash., Kristen of Spokane, Wash., and Ryan (Ruth) of East Lansing, Mich.

Jerry loved farming and took great satisfaction in harvesting large yields and having immaculate fields. He loved meeting people and was always a man of his word. He loved teaching and serving youth on the farm and in his callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, whether he was fishing, farming or spending time with his dogs.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years; four children; 16 grandchildren whom he adored; and one sister, Renee Jackson of Logan, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 12, at the Rupert LDS Stake Center, 26 S. 100 W. in Rupert. Burial will follow at the Paul Cemetery. Viewing for family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 11, at Hansen Mortuary Rupert Chapel, 710 Sixth St., and one hour prior to the service Saturday at the church.

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Catching up

So I figured since I went over 18 years, I would now go over the more recent things in my life. Like:

Prom&Graduation

Prom: To be honest... was kind of a let down.  I went with Zack Sayles, who is one of my really good guy friends, more like a brother to me actually and well first of all, I wasn't even in a group with my best friend, Robyn, which SUCKED. Seeing as the boys in my group always depended on us two to get everything organized.  We always planned everything for all the other dances and made sure we had set times so that everything ran smoothly.  Prom was the total opposite...

I didn't even know what we were doing for our day date til like literally the morning of.. I called Zack when I woke up around 11, and he was just getting up.  He was like ooh get ready and we will be there

NO idea what we were doing.  We had to pick up Rick's date, Elle Taylor, and that took about another half hour. Finally we met up with the rest of the group... in this old CELLAR! I was like are you kidding me?  Next thing we knew they broke out a bunch of glow sticks and we had a glow stick war.  Which I will admit was fun for like.. 10 minutes til we ran out of glow sticks.  Then we sat there for probably a good half hour.. in this cold, dark cellar... doing NOTHING.  I was about to freak out when Rick said lets go bowling.  We went to the bowling alley and to our luck.. there was a bowling tournament going on so we couldn't even bowl.  By this point I was really annoyed and just wanted to go home and start getting ready.  But then Rick had another brilliant idea... lets play the arcade games.   Okay, there is like seven in the Burley bowling alley so that got bored quick.  Finally I told Zack I was ready to go home and he took me there.

I was SO stressed out! I felt like I wasn't going to have enough time to have my hair done, do my makeup, get dressed take pictures, you know the normal caous that dances bring.. on top of that my dad was telling me to stop by ALL my grandparents houses cuz they wanted to see me... he has NO concept of time and Schows are known for being late to everything.. haha

Zack and Moi picked me up and I told them we had to stop both my grandparents houses (who live in Rupert) they INSISTED on picked up Moi's date first who lives clear in Burley.. I think that just men in general have no concept of time.  To make a long story short we were late to pictures, which made us late to dinner, which by the way was awesome.  It was at  Keelan's grandmas house and they did an amazing job decorating and the food was great too.

The actual dance part was pretty fun, it was cool to see everyone in there dresses and funny to see all the boys all cleaned up!

Graduation: My senior year went by SOO fast. Everyone always told me it would, but I didn't really believe it.  Now it has come and gone and high school is over with.  Its kind of sad to think about but there are defiantly things that I won't miss! Mainly the drama. I think most girls will agree that the drama in high school is absolutely ridiculous. 

So yea I finally graduated, from Minico, kind of weird cuz pretty much my whole family has graduated from there including aunts uncles parents and i think even my grandparents.. so I guess it just was destiny! The sad thing is I didn't learn one thing this whole entire year, haha luckily i went to Skyview (in Smithfeild) the first three years of my high school career! Or i wouldn't be ready for college at all.

Soo they give me my diploma and it read "Kourtney Lou Schow" funny thing is I don't even have a middle name soo I am not quite sure where they got Lou.

Graduation was fun because I had alot of family down.  It kind of sucked because they had it inside due to the weather soo we were only able to invite 7 people.. but between Nick and I we had enough tickets and the important people were there!

Its kind of weird to think that I won't ever see most of those people again, but I know that I will meet new people and I wish the best to those people from the past!

Now I am just getting ready for college.  I am going to Idaho State University this coming fall and I have NO idea what I want to do.  I have changed my mind soo much already.  Its gone from psychiatrist, teacher, cosmetologist, fashion designer I just don't know what I would be good at! But I guess I have some time to think about it so I am not too worried.. yet anyways!

18 years, in a nutshell

Hey everyone! For those of you that don’t already know, my name is Kourtney.. I would hope you knew that though if you were reading my blog. I don’t really like kreepers kreepin into my business ha.
This is my first blog post. EVER. I mean I have done the whole myspace and facebook, but of course, got bored of that so I decided to create my own blog. I told someone I was doing it and they said, and I quote “those are for people that have families and kids” well… I have neither! Wait, take that back.. I have a family but not the kind there referring to anyways! Hahaha.
I guess since I have already introduced myself, I will start by telling you about myself! And since I have never wrote a blog, I kind of have a lot to go over.. almost 18 years to be exact.
Hmm.. I just don’t know where to began. I guess for starters I will say that I am 17 years old. But my birthday is in 18 days. Yup. I’ll be the big 18 on June 26. Kind of weird to think that I made it this far with everything that I have been through but I did it and I think I turned out just fine :)
I grew up in a little town called Burley, Idaho… I miss those childhood days more than I ever thought. Even though when I was little I always just wanted to grow up! I wanted to be able to not eat my vegetables or drink milk with my dinner, because as my mom always told me, “I’m an adult so I don’t have to.” Looking back things like that were SO important to me. I miss the days of playing outside all day and not having to worry about where I was going to college or what to do with my life! But those days sadly have come and gone, and they are now in the past and since then I have learned a lot.
When I was in the sixth grade, my parents got divorced. I never really understood what divorce was until it happened to me. It was really tough on me. My mom got custody of us and took me and my little sister, oh yeah I kind of forgot to mention her, Kennedy, she is 14 now, to Smithfeild, Utah! If you don’t know where that is, it is like right by Logan about 15 or so miles away.
My dad got remarried, and from that I gained 3 step brothers, Rj, Nick and Jake and one step sister, Carrie.
Moving to Utah, I was a naïve, innocent little thing. But as the years went on I was introduced to MANY things I thought were only in movies. I developed many regretful habits and found myself in a world that I did not belong in. I prefer not to get into detail because it is a past that I do regret, but I have come a long, long, LONG way from there and have learned that life isn’t all about the party and being out all night, and I am so grateful I have learned this before it became too late.
The summer before my senior year, soo last summer, my step mom sat me down and really opened my eyes. She talked me into moving in with them and I am so glad that I did!
I moved back to Idaho, but this time in Rupert. I graduated from Minico High School and I had an awesome senior year and met a lot of great people. Some of which I am sure I will never see or talk to again, but there are a few that I won’t let out of my life that easy. I learned so many lessons over the year, and I have grown up so much. I guess the main lesson that I should have known all along was how good of a person I am. I was much better than the people I chose to surround myself with and they were only bringing me down. Finally, after tons of people had told me that “I was better than that” one person really made a difference and really opened my eyes. . and I haven’t brought myself to that lower level since.
I also learned not to be so selfish. Looking back on my actions I realize how self centered I was, and since then I have made more time for my family and others, rather than myself.
Well that’s my life in a nut-shell.. haa and it will be a story that will have a happy ending. Everyday I learn something new and become one step closer to becoming that person that I deserve to be! I can’t wait to see what life has in store for me :)