Vohs clan

Ok, so been awhile. I will post pictures of vacation when I remember to bring my camera but there definetly not as many taken as other years. I won't bore you with all the drama that happened that week- and there was plenty but the main thing that pretty much put a damper on it all was the phone call we got on Tuesday morning. Our dear friend, Chris Cook "Coldpop" died in his sleep. What a shock, at first I thought Bo was joking when he relayed the message to me. I thought Coldpop was playing a joke on us b/c I didn't get his peanut butter pie to him before we went on vacation. But I was going to make it when I got back. But it was no joke. He was gone. Bo sat there for a bit trying to collect his thoughts but knew he had to call his brother and his other friend to tell them so he went outside. After a few, I went out to check on him but he hadn't called them yet, he couldn't. He broke down and handed me the phone to do it for him. I called them and of course I started crying and could barely get it out but I did. We decided to stay the rest of the week. The wake was Friday night and the funeral was Saturday so we thought we would stay for the kids. We should've just left but its too late now to change that. Bo was a pallbearer along with his other buddies. It was the hardest thing I have been through in a long time. Bo thought we should've come back so he could help out the family and I agreed but I think it was better that we stayed b/c we were together. We cried together and got each other through this terrible tragedy. I really believe it brought us much closer. Coldpop was such a dear dear friend and didn't have an enemy in the world. He & Bo went to school together and worked together for the past 10 yrs. They saw each other every day. Anytime I was on the phone with Bo at work, Coldpop would be in the background asking how "his kids" were doing. He always claimed them as his own. Our kids just loved him. Olivia was having a hard time understanding why they had to put him in the ground and Billy just keeps asking for "my coldpop"!!! Coldpop gave Billy his first set of tractors and his favorite boots that now every time we look at Billy running around in them we think of Coldpop. This will be something hard to get through but we are doing it together. Bo returned to work yesterday and sadly had to walk past Coldpop's desk. We will NEVER forget such a wonderful person and are so blessed to have had him in our lives.