Wow! What can I say! Cary was an amazing big bro! Well, except for when he chased me through our home in Holladay. We were able to run from outside the front of our house, through our garage into our family room and back outside to the back yard through a sliding glass door. He was chasing me around in circles through that path and on about the third time our mom decided to close the sliding glass door! I was running so fast that I didn't even notice and ran straight into it. We were both surprised it didn't break. I wasn't very big when I was 9 so I just bounced off it. Cary was laughing so hard and that really pissed me off so I got up and punched him in the stomach. I must have had a lot of adrenaline running through me because he ended up falling backwards into our dads recliner and it reclined back and tipped over. I'll never forget the look on his face when he got up and saw me standing there, still with my fist clenched . I don't think either of us could believe it!
I also remember when I was about 11 we were both home one evening and our parents had gone out for the night. It was winter and the elementary school I went to had a great hill by the front entrance where kids would run and slide down it on their shoes. You had to wear your penny loafers because they had the slick bottoms. Wanting to go faster, I decided I needed some wax to put on the bottom of my shoes for the next week. Our mom had this big square candle so I decided to try to cut some off the bottom with a big carving knife. The knife slipped around the corner of the candle and sliced my index finger. Cary was in the basement playing pool so I started yelling his name and stomping on the floor so he could hear me. He came running up and proceeded to bandage me up and we both wiped up all the blood off the floor! I still have the scar!
He and I loved golf! He invited me to one of his guys golf trips when they came to Utah to play golf courses in Park City and Kamas. We played Victory Ranch one day and Tuhaye another day. He and I had both played Park Meadows quite a few times so instead of playing that day he took me and one of his other friends to go fly fishing in Heber. Cary loved to fly fish. He had hired a guide for us who taught me and Cary's friend the basics of fly fishing. We had so much fun that weekend! We had been talking over the last couple of weeks about he and Jeff Polychronis coming to St. George to watch the PGA play at the new Black Desert Resort and maybe getting in a round. I'm going to miss not being able to do that with him!
Cary was always there for me when I needed him just like he was for everyone he knew.
He was so in love with his beautiful granddaughter Mori! We loved seeing pictures of the two of them when he'd send them to us. You could see the joy in his face when he was holding her!
I know how proud he was of Meghan and Molly and how much he loved both of them! He was always letting us know of their latest project or accomplishment! My heart hurts knowing he won't be able to see the amazing things they will do in the future and watch Mori grow up!
I'm sure I'm not the only one that is still in shock that he's not with us anymore but I'm so glad to have the memories I have. I'll miss his call on my birthday! He almost never forgot.
Kris, Meghan and Molly please know that we love you all and are so sorry for your tremendous loss! Big hugs!