Festival of Trees

For the first time ever I went to the Festival of Trees at the South Towne Expo Center. I of course asked Chelsie to come along. I didn't quite know what to expect, so when I walked in and saw all of the trees I was surprised as to how many they had.

This is what we saw when we walked in...

 

At first I couldn't really pay too close attention to what everyone had done to decorate their trees because Benton's brother has a tree there for him and I was on the look out. Shayne's half sister, Kerrie does a fabulous job with her family to decorate a tree in honor of Shayne. Shayne, Benton's brother passed away on Jan. 11, 1998. For those of you who didn't know Shayne was a nurse for Air Med. They were on their way to pick up an avalanche victim in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The crew was able to pick up the injured victim but when they took off they didn’t know they were flying straight into a sudden winter storm. The gust of wind made the helicopter crash into the mountain and everyone was killed.

Shayne is Benton's half brother, so they share the same father, just different mothers. Here's a picture of Shayne, he was only 33 when he passed away. I think he looks a lot like Benton.

 

Shayne's tree...

 

 

Cambree and myself in front of his tree...

 

I'm glad I was finally able to make it down and see all the trees. There were a lot of trees dedicated to children, parents and friends. It makes you miss the ones who you've lost throughout the years.

I realized after seeing all of the decorated trees that my tree would like kinda sad when I got home. I just might need to buy some more decorations when they all go on sale. I took some picture of some pretty amazing trees...

 

 

 

This picture of Spencer is too cute. He was so excited to see all the different ways people decorated their trees. He ran from tree to tree!

 

It was such a fun afternoon!