Saturday, May 20, 2017
May at McCartys
Made Katana and I matching summer Levi skirts. Axel and Mace felt left out so I made them headbands from the scraps. Got several compliments on our matching-ness. Largest yard sale in Idaho at the Boise Center. Over 500 booths. Cart was so excited to go! Or maybe I was so excited for Cart to go. That evening we took the kids to a park up the road. Playground toys, a hill, a river, a bridge, and DUCKS. Total win. And speaking of ducks or chickens rather. Our meat birds were almost overdue. Saturday activity was teaching the kids to skin, gut and package the meat. Sunday dinner was Home-grown fried chicken. YUM!
Amy, Elayda, Jeremy, Cody
The call came about 11pm of Amy and Elayda's passing. It was a shock. Young death is harder to take then the natural passing of the elderly. These two... so young, leaving so much. Timber picked up Syringa, rode with me to Boise to get Mom, Dad and McCarty. Made a mad dash to Washington for the viewing and funeral service. A family pizza party in the park the next day and home. Due to memorial day holiday the grave side service wasn't until later in the week. We couldn't stay for it. There was no obituary but a few days after the funeral a local paper ran a beautiful article on the family.
At the funeral it was announced Jeremy found a cancerous mole. The explanation on his gofundme page follows: A few weeks ago, Jeremy's youngest sister, Amy, passed away from unexpected heart failure. That same week, Jeremy's wife spotted an abnormal mole on his back. He went in to the doctor to have it checked out and was diagnosed with melanoma two days before his 40th birthday. They did a lymph node biopsy and these tests came back positive for cancer in three lymph nodes, which raised his diagnosis to stage IIIB. He then underwent a CT of the head and chest to see if the cancer had further spread into any organs, and as of yet, there is no organ involvement. He is preparing to begin his chemo and other treatments, which, we will update as we hear more news. Jeremy is a gentle, loving husband and father to four beautiful girls, aged 9-16. He has been the main provider for his family for the past 18 years.
A co-worker of Preston's was killed in a car accident when a wheel bouned off a truck and crashed into them. Cody Russell Ray Mays, 24, a Jerome resident, died Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Jerome County. Cody was born on February 28, 1993 in Jerome, Idaho, the son of Harold and Charmain Mays. He was raised and educated in Hagerman, where he graduated from Hagerman High School with his diploma in 2011. Upon his graduation he attended North West Lineman College in Meridian, Idaho. After receiving his certification he embarked on a journey across the country with his cousin, Steven to North Dakota to start his career. After only a few short months he realized his love for family and friends and returned back to Idaho. In 2012 he entered into the Electrical Apprentice program at the College of Southern Idaho. During his schooling he was employed at Freedom Electric in Jerome. On May 6, 2016 he received his journeyman license. He later went on to work for Magic Valley Electric in Jerome. Everyone he worked with became his extended family after just a short time.
Cody's love for sports started at birth, we're pretty sure he was born with a ball in his hand. He was active in football and baseball his entire life. Many of his fellow players would remember him as "The Sackmaster." He beat the 20 year record at Hagerman High School for the most sacks. He loved the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bulls and the New York Yankees. He would argue with anyone about his teams' stats and records.
Cody accomplished more in 24 years of life than most people ever accomplish. He owned his own home which he shared with Cassie Hesse; had bought his most prized possession - a beautiful truck; and earned his journeyman's license. Cody had everything going for him and was set to conquer the world.
Cody's smile and hugs were something that could light anyone's darkest days and will definitely be missed by everyone he came in touch with.
He is survived by: his parents, Harold and Charmain; his brother - Sonny Mays (Anahi) of Wendell; his sisters - Brittney Mays (Chet) of Buhl and Kristy Thacker (Chad) of Jerome; his grandparents - Stan and Barbara Hoskovec and Don and Kay Mays; many aunts and uncles - Stephanie and Todd, Chad and Sheena, Lance and Trina, Stan, Donald and Kay, and Brian and Lorree; numerous great aunts and uncles; and many cousins - Tommy and Austin, Wyatt and Piper, Steven and Tara, Aaron and Amanda, Ty and Cheyenne, Saige and Jason, Samantha, Heather, Shelly, Timberly, Cody and Sarah.
He was preceded in death by his cousin, Angela; grandmas and grandpas, Jonathen Rooney, (AJ) Andy Levdananensky, Chasity Pearson, Aunt Rachel, Aunt Gweney and Uncle Nick.
The family invites you to wear your Dallas Cowboy's Blue and Silver and attend the celebration of Cody's life at the Hagerman Christian Center on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at the Hagerman Cemetery.
Three little redheaded superheroes climbed on their dad. They tussled over which one got to wear the Hulk Hands. When their turns came, they put on the oversized green gloves to punch and knock over a pile of cardboard boxes.
In their playroom Thursday, the children wore superhero capes made by their mother. There were laughs, toddler antics and sibling squabbles. Amid a hubbub of toys and tots, Alex Clawson watched over his children with love, patience and the gentlest hint of authority. It was a sweet morning at their Everett home. But things are not what they were.
“My mom died,” 4-year-old Willem Clawson confided quietly, looking up at his visitors.
Amy Clawson and the couple’s newborn daughter, Elayda Tess Clawson, died May 21, the day after Amy’s 33rd birthday.
About a month before the baby was due, the family was out for a Sunday walk near their Pinehurst area home. Amy dropped to the ground, suffering heart failure. An elementary school teacher before motherhood, she died that day. Baby Elayda died, in her father’s arms, shortly after she was delivered.
Along with her husband, Amy leaves their two sons, Willem and 3-year-old Atley, and daughter Seirsha, 20 months old.
“Amy was honestly the best mother I’ve ever seen, so laser-focused on those kids,” said Alberta Jones, Amy’s aunt, who lives in Snohomish. “I’d meet her at the library for story time. She has read to them their entire life. She got in more mothering than a lot of people in their whole life.”
The Clawsons, devout members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, met in 2010 and married the following year. Amy, the youngest of five children, was born in California and lived later in Utah, where her parents still reside. Alex, an engineer, graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityin Prescott, Arizona. They lived in Peoria, Arizona, before moving here in early 2016. He works for Astronics Ballard Technology. The company in south Everett sells aerospace testing and simulation equipment. Since his wife’s death, he has been home with his children. Soon, he’ll return to work. Through the summer, Jones will care for the children one day a week, rotating with women from Clawson’s church, the View Ridge Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Everett. Permanent child-care arrangements will come later.
Women from a group at his church stopped by the Clawson house recently to help out. “They folded my laundry — I still haven’t managed to fold my own laundry,” he said, adding “I did the garbage, Amy did the laundry.”
Amy’s heart issues weren’t a surprise. Her husband said she was born with a heart murmur, which was repaired in infancy. She was a “strep carrier,” he said, meaning her body didn’t react normally to the bacteria. In her early 20s, a strep infection destroyed one of her heart valves. The valve had been replaced, with a pig valve, but tests after she became pregnant with their last child showed blockage. One doctor recommended terminating the pregnancy, Clawson said. They sought a second opinion and she was being closely monitored, he said. Clawson and Jones both said she was doing well during the pregnancy. The plan was to replace her heart valve after Elayda’s birth, or even after Amy had finished breast-feeding in about a year.
Now, Clawson goes on as a single father, caring for three young children, strengthened by faith.
“In my religion, we have this phrase, tender mercies of the Lord,” he said. “We use it to describe when there’s just a tiny detail, we feel the Lord has stepped in. And that tiny detail makes all the difference.”
Among those mercies, he believes a higher power had a hand in the moment his wife blacked out on the lawn during their walk. A neighbor they hadn’t met was having a birthday party, and had a bounce house in their back yard. They took care of Willem, Atley and Seirsha during the emergency.
“My children didn’t have to deal with any of it. They were safe, and I was able to go to the hospital and be there when everything happened,” Clawson said.
Photos of their wedding at a Mormon temple in San Diego, and of Amy and their children fill their home. Along with snapshots and scriptures, there’s a little sign posted in the kitchen: “Come what may and love it.”
Clawson laughs about good times. A redhead himself, he said his brunette wife often heard comments while out with their kids, “Your husband must have red hair.”
“He is really stepping up, he’s such a great father,” Jones said. “He was this amazing dad even before, maybe preparing for this.”
Clawson plans to spend this Father’s Day with his little ones and his wife’s aunt. “And at church, like every Sunday,” he said.
It was raining lightly when Clawson strapped those three beautiful children into car seats Thursday. A grown-up superhero, he was off to a play group at Lions Park. Everett is home now, and he plans to stay.
“The whole reason we ended up here, we felt kind of inspired by God,” he said. “This is where we’re supposed to be.”
In their playroom Thursday, the children wore superhero capes made by their mother. There were laughs, toddler antics and sibling squabbles. Amid a hubbub of toys and tots, Alex Clawson watched over his children with love, patience and the gentlest hint of authority. It was a sweet morning at their Everett home. But things are not what they were.
“My mom died,” 4-year-old Willem Clawson confided quietly, looking up at his visitors.
Amy Clawson and the couple’s newborn daughter, Elayda Tess Clawson, died May 21, the day after Amy’s 33rd birthday.
About a month before the baby was due, the family was out for a Sunday walk near their Pinehurst area home. Amy dropped to the ground, suffering heart failure. An elementary school teacher before motherhood, she died that day. Baby Elayda died, in her father’s arms, shortly after she was delivered.
Along with her husband, Amy leaves their two sons, Willem and 3-year-old Atley, and daughter Seirsha, 20 months old.
“Amy was honestly the best mother I’ve ever seen, so laser-focused on those kids,” said Alberta Jones, Amy’s aunt, who lives in Snohomish. “I’d meet her at the library for story time. She has read to them their entire life. She got in more mothering than a lot of people in their whole life.”
The Clawsons, devout members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, met in 2010 and married the following year. Amy, the youngest of five children, was born in California and lived later in Utah, where her parents still reside. Alex, an engineer, graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityin Prescott, Arizona. They lived in Peoria, Arizona, before moving here in early 2016. He works for Astronics Ballard Technology. The company in south Everett sells aerospace testing and simulation equipment. Since his wife’s death, he has been home with his children. Soon, he’ll return to work. Through the summer, Jones will care for the children one day a week, rotating with women from Clawson’s church, the View Ridge Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Everett. Permanent child-care arrangements will come later.
Women from a group at his church stopped by the Clawson house recently to help out. “They folded my laundry — I still haven’t managed to fold my own laundry,” he said, adding “I did the garbage, Amy did the laundry.”
Amy’s heart issues weren’t a surprise. Her husband said she was born with a heart murmur, which was repaired in infancy. She was a “strep carrier,” he said, meaning her body didn’t react normally to the bacteria. In her early 20s, a strep infection destroyed one of her heart valves. The valve had been replaced, with a pig valve, but tests after she became pregnant with their last child showed blockage. One doctor recommended terminating the pregnancy, Clawson said. They sought a second opinion and she was being closely monitored, he said. Clawson and Jones both said she was doing well during the pregnancy. The plan was to replace her heart valve after Elayda’s birth, or even after Amy had finished breast-feeding in about a year.
Now, Clawson goes on as a single father, caring for three young children, strengthened by faith.
“In my religion, we have this phrase, tender mercies of the Lord,” he said. “We use it to describe when there’s just a tiny detail, we feel the Lord has stepped in. And that tiny detail makes all the difference.”
Among those mercies, he believes a higher power had a hand in the moment his wife blacked out on the lawn during their walk. A neighbor they hadn’t met was having a birthday party, and had a bounce house in their back yard. They took care of Willem, Atley and Seirsha during the emergency.
“My children didn’t have to deal with any of it. They were safe, and I was able to go to the hospital and be there when everything happened,” Clawson said.
Photos of their wedding at a Mormon temple in San Diego, and of Amy and their children fill their home. Along with snapshots and scriptures, there’s a little sign posted in the kitchen: “Come what may and love it.”
Clawson laughs about good times. A redhead himself, he said his brunette wife often heard comments while out with their kids, “Your husband must have red hair.”
“He is really stepping up, he’s such a great father,” Jones said. “He was this amazing dad even before, maybe preparing for this.”
Clawson plans to spend this Father’s Day with his little ones and his wife’s aunt. “And at church, like every Sunday,” he said.
It was raining lightly when Clawson strapped those three beautiful children into car seats Thursday. A grown-up superhero, he was off to a play group at Lions Park. Everett is home now, and he plans to stay.
“The whole reason we ended up here, we felt kind of inspired by God,” he said. “This is where we’re supposed to be.”
At the funeral it was announced Jeremy found a cancerous mole. The explanation on his gofundme page follows: A few weeks ago, Jeremy's youngest sister, Amy, passed away from unexpected heart failure. That same week, Jeremy's wife spotted an abnormal mole on his back. He went in to the doctor to have it checked out and was diagnosed with melanoma two days before his 40th birthday. They did a lymph node biopsy and these tests came back positive for cancer in three lymph nodes, which raised his diagnosis to stage IIIB. He then underwent a CT of the head and chest to see if the cancer had further spread into any organs, and as of yet, there is no organ involvement. He is preparing to begin his chemo and other treatments, which, we will update as we hear more news. Jeremy is a gentle, loving husband and father to four beautiful girls, aged 9-16. He has been the main provider for his family for the past 18 years.
A co-worker of Preston's was killed in a car accident when a wheel bouned off a truck and crashed into them. Cody Russell Ray Mays, 24, a Jerome resident, died Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Jerome County. Cody was born on February 28, 1993 in Jerome, Idaho, the son of Harold and Charmain Mays. He was raised and educated in Hagerman, where he graduated from Hagerman High School with his diploma in 2011. Upon his graduation he attended North West Lineman College in Meridian, Idaho. After receiving his certification he embarked on a journey across the country with his cousin, Steven to North Dakota to start his career. After only a few short months he realized his love for family and friends and returned back to Idaho. In 2012 he entered into the Electrical Apprentice program at the College of Southern Idaho. During his schooling he was employed at Freedom Electric in Jerome. On May 6, 2016 he received his journeyman license. He later went on to work for Magic Valley Electric in Jerome. Everyone he worked with became his extended family after just a short time.
Cody's love for sports started at birth, we're pretty sure he was born with a ball in his hand. He was active in football and baseball his entire life. Many of his fellow players would remember him as "The Sackmaster." He beat the 20 year record at Hagerman High School for the most sacks. He loved the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bulls and the New York Yankees. He would argue with anyone about his teams' stats and records.
Cody accomplished more in 24 years of life than most people ever accomplish. He owned his own home which he shared with Cassie Hesse; had bought his most prized possession - a beautiful truck; and earned his journeyman's license. Cody had everything going for him and was set to conquer the world.
Cody's smile and hugs were something that could light anyone's darkest days and will definitely be missed by everyone he came in touch with.
He is survived by: his parents, Harold and Charmain; his brother - Sonny Mays (Anahi) of Wendell; his sisters - Brittney Mays (Chet) of Buhl and Kristy Thacker (Chad) of Jerome; his grandparents - Stan and Barbara Hoskovec and Don and Kay Mays; many aunts and uncles - Stephanie and Todd, Chad and Sheena, Lance and Trina, Stan, Donald and Kay, and Brian and Lorree; numerous great aunts and uncles; and many cousins - Tommy and Austin, Wyatt and Piper, Steven and Tara, Aaron and Amanda, Ty and Cheyenne, Saige and Jason, Samantha, Heather, Shelly, Timberly, Cody and Sarah.
He was preceded in death by his cousin, Angela; grandmas and grandpas, Jonathen Rooney, (AJ) Andy Levdananensky, Chasity Pearson, Aunt Rachel, Aunt Gweney and Uncle Nick.
The family invites you to wear your Dallas Cowboy's Blue and Silver and attend the celebration of Cody's life at the Hagerman Christian Center on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at the Hagerman Cemetery.
Monday, May 15, 2017
Go home already!!!
As if the Proctors hadn't already had enough of the Kelly's ---we decided to stay Monday needing a rest and just done with driving. Timber, Holden, Danielle, Lucie, Olin, and Proctors met up at Jump Time for a fun kid play date to celebrate Colvin's 3rd b-day. Then it was Home Home on the Range. With the bed in the back the kids didn't even make it to the freeway. We were all fun'ed out.
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