Dear Mom,

Well today we took you to the snow. We went to Bill and Kathy's and went up where we used to get our Christmas trees and dad brought a tree and we planted it with your ashes. Dad found a great spot. It looks out over the entire mountain. We put you in the base of the tree and Kara added some snow. We decorated it with some of our Christmas beads. and Dad brought a necklace with pictures and pins with your initials. He also brought a witmans tin, (one that you had more than one of) and filled it with some of your treasures, your handprint, and pictures. He also brought a solar light so you will have light at night. It felt like the right place to leave you. Although it was the hardest thing I have ever done was walking away. I didn't want to leave. It's nice to rememeber that we can come back and visit. But, it made it more real. And I didn't like that. But I guess thats the way it is.:(

We brought chili, but we didnt cook it in the fire, just because it was getting late and the kids (and adults) were getting cold. We went back to Kathy and Bill's and poured it all into one pot and cooked it up. Yum! Just one thing missing, no not Kath and Bill fighting, cause we had that (although I think it was more for show:)) It was you that was missing. But that is the case now, with everything, missing you.

Love Always,
Kristen