loss of a loved one and the new year

On December 22, 2008 my younger brother was killed in a car accident up Provo canyon. It's astonishing how fast someone's life can be taken away; one moment they're there and the next they're gone. I will miss my baby brother with all of my heart and words cannot express how much I love him. Although the past week and half has been very emotional my family and I are very comforted in knowing that we will see him again.
He was such a tease and loved to scare all five of us girls. Oh we will miss him making our hearts skip beats :)
My family has a family cheer and now it means more to us than ever..."Harlan's are a forever family!"



The New Year has come and I cannot believe that it's 2009!!! The other day someone mentioned 1998 and I thought in my head "that wasn't that long ago." :)

For New Year's my family and I saw Bedtime Stories...I hope that when I have kids the stories they make up will come true. This kid in our theater vomited in the middle of the movie...bleh!

I then went over to the Haab Estate. We made crazy beautiful drinks with soda and drink mixes. We also had whole cranberries to make the drinks look beautiful; my cousin said that if you eat a whole cranberry it's toxic and can poison you...is that true? I need to look that up. We also played Wii and watched the edited version of Rushmore...an interesting movie.

I came home and my little sisters and I had a sleep over in the basement, we fell asleep to the old Superman II and III movies. I have to say that I hate Lois Lane. Our dog Gimli slept with us and I was woken up in the morning by him climbing on my face...stinky.

For New Year's Day my Mum and I worked on a puzzle. We finished the first half in an hour and then it took us around 5 hours to finish the rest; it was all green grass, white tulips and every piece looked the same.

Happy New Year!