Belching Becky

When Becky Smart and Kaitie Brady were about 10, I took them to the store with me. We were walking down the aisle in the store, and I looked up to smile at the women walking towards us when behind me where my girls were I hear the BIGGEST belch. I look at my girls, who were laughing uncontrollably, And Kaitie pointed at Becky. I turned to look at the horrified look on the lady's face, thinking I might die and said, "She isn't mine!" What I would give to be able to claim her as mine! Love you Becky!!!

Traci Brady

Grandma Young

Everyday after school at Granite Elementary, Becky and I would walk home together. Except we wouldn't go home. We went straight to Grandma Young's The first thing we would do is raid her yummy treat drawer in the pantry, we grabbed twinkles, skittles, licorice and anything else we could get our hands on! We would then plop on the couch and watch cartoons on cable TV (which was a royalty at the time). I had the best childhood and Becky played a HUGE role in it!!! Love you cuz!

Aarika Young

Powder Puff

In our Senior year of high school, we decided to play powder puff football for the second year in a row! After goofing around and "practicing" the game day came. It was a cold night and everyone was bundled up. Becky and I got the rough end of the stick and each year were put on the defensive side of our team. Whatever, it was probably because we hardly knew anything about football! Maybe it was because we would giggle our butts off when it wasn't appropriate as well... whoops! 

We were Seniors and were determined to beat the Juniors fair and square. One play of the game (Other's might have to help me recall this) the juniors QB threw the ball straight into the crowd of screaming girls. Before I knew what was really going on I could hear the crowd and our coaches yelling in delight. As I turned I remember seeing two things. One: Becky had caught the ball in the confusion of the game. Two: Becky had absolutely NO idea what to do. She finally caught on once girls were trying to tackle her. She got maybe 12 feet tops and was down. She was so proud of herself! We all were too! We won hands down. We didn't even have to cheat.

Kaitie Brady

In My Life I Love You More

Friday is always good because Friday is the day I go to Institute.

Today our speaker was a very sweet lady and the topic she spoke on was charity.

I am constantly thinking about, and missing, my friend Becky Smart. Becky passed away this summer and these past couple months have been the hardest months I have ever lived through. No one would ever know though because I have made a huge attitude adjustment since it happened. I have never been so smiley, or outgoing, or caring. When she passed I quickly realized how short life is and that every moment and person has to be cherished completely because you honestly never know when it will end.

The reason I'm combining the devotional and Becky is because Becky embodied charity more perfectly than any one I have ever met. I don't know where to begin or where to stop when describing all the flawless memories I have of her. Becky embraced the idea of selfless service and acted on it whenever possible.

Here are a couple examples that come to mind right away:

• Picking me up for school every day my sophomore year. This may not seem like a huge deal, but to me it was a blessing. She dealt with me running late practically every day, our slowwwww gate we used to have at the beginning of our driveway, and going out of her way to be at my house on time during snowy cold days.
• She always wrote people notes, just because. I still have a note from her I read as often I can. One Sunday she just decided to give me a long letter and framed picture. She was always so complimentary and made you feel so warm and fuzzy inside.
• Whenever she came home from school on the weekends, she carved out time of her busy schedule just to come and visit or take me out to lunch or buy me hot chocolate.
• During movies, she always offered everyone neck rubs and back massages. And they weren't lazy ones either! She got all the knots out and put all her strength into them.
• She was the most helpful person I have ever invited to go boating. Most of them time when you invite people, they just sit around, get in the way, and don't pay attention to anything happening. Becky on the other hand, never hesitated to ask what she could do to help. She was such a hard worker and always exceeded the expectations you had for the job you gave her.

I miss her more every single day. People say it gets easier with time, but that is so not true for me, and I don't see how it could be true for anyone. Its so hard to not be able to text her whenever, snap chat her any time, and its especially hard when I am back home and I don't see her at church and she isn't over visiting with my family. 

Most of the time its easy to just smile it off when I feel myself choking up, but today in the devotional or last sunday in class when I can't crack a joke to distract myself are when I really start thinking about how much I miss my friend. 

Even though it hurts more than I can describe, I still feel so much gratitude. Knowing I will see her again takes away some of the pain. Knowing she is happy and finally reunited with her Dad takes away  some more of the pain.

All I am saying is love everyone. And don't do it half heartedly. Give it all and don't expect it to be returned. Love selflessly, just like Becky did.

Appreciate the smallest details of life. I will never forget the last night Becky, Beth and I were together. We had the time of our lives being our goofy selves. The next morning, Becky posted a novel on Facebook with all the memories we had just created. Most people would overlook small details like "jumping on sleepy heads" but that is an example of how Becky appreciated every second we spent together.

I have taken so much from her. I never realized until she was gone how often I think of her. There are so many things that remind me of her. I want to be able to love the way Becky loved everyone. 

Ok so I realize this is kind of a heavy post but hey! Not everything is going to be peaches and daisies. This is real and this is what I was thinking about today during Institute.

If you take away anything from this entry, remember to serve your family, your friends, your roommates, the random guy on the street, the girl you sit next to in the library, your teacher, ANYONE AND EVERYONE. Because when you serve selflessly, you will learn to love that person more than you ever thought you could.

Claire Hubbard

(http://claireeedelune.blogspot.com/)

Knowing How To Live

So AMAZING! Stuffing our faces at dinner and being psychos a.k.a. being ourselves, attempting to get on a fake horse while people are staring, reminiscing about the good ol' days, jumping on sleepy-heads, watching an intense movie with noooo happy ending, making a one o'clock 7-11 run for hot cocoa and goodies, doing a little jig/acting like a drunk causing to spill that cocoa all over, Zoolander it up, giggle in bed til our tummies are not too happy, sleeping in, girl talk, having delicious crepes for breakfast and then sadly we say our goodbyes. Yeah I'll say that we know how to live!  — with Beth Hansen and 2 others.

This is the post she made about our last sleepover. Going through the history of our friendship on Facebook I notice how often she wrote me a message on my wall just to remind me of a funny time, tell me she missed and loved me, and and of course she always made me feel special when she said I was beautiful. It is always nice to hear that from your grandpa or mom (haha) but Becky was just so genuine and sincere. Man I love her.

The last picture we got together. All smiles (:

 Always laughing. We had the best times. No, we didn't hang out every weekend. No, we didn't have the same friend group. But when we got together we were a group made in heaven. Seriously you would think we would be inseparable when we got together. We all shared the same sense of humor and understood each other %100. I miss these moments a lot. Becky, I hope you are laughing at my awkward moments in heaven ;)

A silly pic of us going down to Lake Powell. This year and the year after that were the best two trips to Powell I have ever had. (and I have always had the best times there so that is saying a lot ;))

This is the picture she framed for all of us. Right now it is on its own shelf in my dorm room reminding me of the best ward crew EVER.

(Becky was always the picture taker, preserving every silly moment we had)

I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU

Claire Hubbard

(http://claireeedelune.blogspot.com/)

hit it off like best friends(:

Lets start from the beginning shall we?(: Becky and I met in 7th grade at Albion Middle School. We both had Mr. Neilson(or homer-nome as Becky would call him) as our science teacher. Our last names weren't even close to each other so we sat far away from each other in this "awesome" class.. I was sitting by Clark Halliday and for those of who know Clark and i we talk about everything and anything. mostly when the time isn't right. We ended up getting in trouble for "not being able to shut our mouths". haha well i ended up having to move and got set right next to Becky in the back of the room. Both of us not being shy, we started talking like we were best friends. We talked about stuff from basketball to dead singers she was obsessed with. The best was some of the singers she talked about i had no idea about.. but i acted like i knew them so i didn't sound like a dummy..
Well i guess i was a bad student cause i got in trouble again for distracting Becky. haha but we both just kept talking so Mr. Neilson came back to us and asked what we were talking about and why it was so important. Becky then told him she was telling me how hot some old singer was. From then on Mr. Neilson made fun of her for day dreaming about dead singers. After that he turned around to sit in front of us and pulled his pants up and said, "Dont want you girls to see the full moon tonight!!" Becky would always use that line when she was loosing her pants and we would always laugh like we had heard it for the first time(:
love you beck!
-Markell Anderson

Surviving American Problems

I didn’t know Becky very well or for a very long time, but she was one of the reasons I survived American Problems in high school. That class was pretty intimidating for me, but we stuck together and made cookies and goodies for our chairman. Thanks for making that class so enjoyable (and survivable)! You were always so cheerful and I admire you for that.

Claire Kennington

Influence

My only real memory of Becky is when we went to girl's camp and y'all had all those water balloons. You girls were so mad at me when I said I didn't want you to throw them at the rival ward. So you took out your anger on the water balloons and smashed them all over the road. I thought that was a good compromise. Then when the leaders asked y'all to clean up what seems like (in retrospect) 500 broken balloon pieces off the road before we could leave, initially y'all balked. Becky looked at us, and she looked at you (Kaitie), and she said, "Meh. Let's just do it." I'm sure she didn't like it. I'm VERY sure she didn't like ME at that moment. But she rallied the team and y'all got it done without any further complaint. I appreciated it.

 

Jillyn Peterson

Phyical Therapy

I miss you Becky Smart, I find you crossing my thoughts often. She helped me out at physical therapy in Ephraim, she brought the sun shine in every time she was there, she made not only my day but a lot of other peoples day helping people heal, she gave us strength and courage.

 

Eddy Hansen

 

 

 

"Thanks Eddy Hansen. Becky talked about you and the others at the office often. She LOVED working there and getting to know everyone. Thanks for your comments. I hope she knows how much she is loved and missed :)"

 

Sheryl Smart

Attack of the Bees

When Becky and I were about 8 years old, we got attacked by bees in our grandmas backyard! We ran into the house screaming our heads off! My grandma was so worried due to our murder-like screams! We both got stung 3 times...ever since then Becky and I have been terrified of bees! Haha attack of the bees!!!!!!

 

Aarika Young

 

Thinking About Graduation

When we all graduated in 2011 from Brighton we felt so legit! On graduation day, everyone was busy getting ready. Most of the girls could not stop thinking about how hair and makeup meant EVERYTHING because these pictures were going to follow us forever! I spent most of my morning setting up for my graduation party and had little time to get ready! Once I felt awesome, my family and I headed to my ceremony. Becky and I took pictures all morning with each of our friends! The time came for us to go stand in line. As we sat there admiring other girls outfits, Dani started to laugh at me. "You're hat is backwards." YES ladies and gentlemen, I had worn my hat backwards through all of those SUPER important pictures. I have never heard Becky laugh so hard in her life. Becky was too good at making us forget about how embarrassing things were with her cackles. We all broke down practically peeing our pants. I will never live it down. I know Becky would never want me to forget it either.

Kaitie Brady

[Pssssttt... Look at the picture closely.]

Surprise Breakfast

She was always an example of charity. Made me breakfast one morning for school by surprise. Always putting others before herself. Just wanted you to know that I think of you everyday and the memories you have given me. Thank you Becky. Missing you a lot!

Teej Hartman

Bats & Wings & Scary Things

ALL growing up, our small group of girl friends were addicted to watching scary movies. Our habit slowly grew into scary games, haunted houses, and then finally to just flat out teasing each other about the things we feared most. Our Freshman year, Becky came across this drawn picture of a little boy (Details will not be shared) in a scary position. The position he was in did not look human. Honestly, this drawing showed him with a disease and it made him look the way he did. I am a horrible person because I was absolutely TERRIFIED by this picture! 

Well after YEARS of her tormenting me with this thing she decided it would be a GREAT idea to sneak into my room with Taylor H. and post scary pictures all over my room. Yes, pictures of the things I thought were terrifying, this included the picture of the little boy. One night while I was away (doing who knows what), they barged their way in and started taping these things all over! They made sure to hide them so that I could have a heart attack every time I would find a picture for weeks. For example: one I found in my pillow case was a picture of "It" the clown. The biggest picture and most obvious was taped to my window. This little boy greeted me right as I turned on my lights to my room. He was RIGHT in my face. I am pretty sure that when I called her SCREAMING I had just made the rest of her year wonderful. 

I plotted my revenge, I never could come up with anything better than that.

Kaitie Brady

Hugs

I remember when visiting our son, Troy, and his family, Becky along with my granddaughter Kaitie would give me the biggest bear hugs. It made me feel sooo special!!

Grandma Karen Brady

Yellow Dress, Big Smile

Becky and I have gone to the same ward together since we were 3. My family constantly swapped places in the chapel while we grew up. We had finally settled on the front right pew when I began high school. Becky and her family always sat towards the back. We always found each other right before class, and constantly would talk long enough to make us miss half of it. 

Well, once we graduated, she decided to leave and go to Snow College. It was sad once I realized how lonely I was without her. I got used to it (Maybe a little bit). Without fail every week she came to our home ward, she would walk to the front AS SOON AS the final prayer was ended. I started to teach the sunbeams, and though we would only get to hug each other and smile before I had to leave, it was heart felt every time. We have kept this up for such a long time. I still look to the back every Sunday, waiting for her to walk up in her yellow dress with her huge grin! :)

One of my favorite memories. 

Kaitie Brady
...HeEEeeeeeeHeeeEEEEeeee...

Welcome, Welcome!

Welcome To Our Blog!!

In June of 2013 we all lost a BEAUTIFUL soul. As we slowly attempt to mend ourselves, we need to share our stories. This blog was made in order for us all to better understand our angel. There are too many stories that need to be heard....errr.. read. Lots of tears, smiles, and time will be spread out on here, please be respectful. If you would like to share a story PLEASE get a hold of either Kaitie, Dani, Markell, or loving mother, Sheryl.

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Becky Smart

1993 ~ 2013
Our sweet, precious, beautiful Becky passed away unexpectedly in her sleep, early Friday morning June 21, 2013. We find some comfort in knowing that her dad welcomed her with open arms. We are grateful to know that we are an eternal family!
Becky was born February 23, 1993 to Stan and Sheryl Smart in Murray, Utah. She graduated from Brighton High School in 2011. She recently graduated from Snow College with her Associate's Degree. She was currently working for our family business, Turf Sprinkler Company.
Becky loved: her family, her friends, her cat Moe, basketball, Johnny Depp, the outdoors, Lake Powell, quoting movies and especially loved her fiancé Cody. She was looking forward to spending her life together with him. Becky had such a fun personality, an infectious laugh, and a smile that would light up the room. We love you Becky!
Becky is survived by her mom, Sheryl Young Smart, her siblings - Tracy Zukowski (Jason), Mindy Ogden (Jon), Holly Smart, Carly Rignell (Jason), Dane Smart (Nancy), and fiancé Cody Frandsen, her grandparents - Gene & Elain Young, 12 nieces & nephews and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Preceded in death by her dad Stanley Arley Smart and grandparents - Irvin & Elaine Smart.
Services will be Saturday June 29, 2013 at 12:00 Noon at the Granite View Stake Center, 9880 S. 3100 E. There will be a viewing Friday June 28, 2013 at the Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E. 10600 So. from 6-8 p.m. or prior to the service from 10:30AM-11:45AM at the Granite View Stake Center. Interment Granite Cemetery.

(Published in Deseret News from June 27 to June 28, 2013)

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Carly (Becky's sister) found a video made for a school project, she did a great job of describing the major components of her life! Here's Becky: "Becky's School Project"

Let us not forget one of the best parts of Becky, not caring about what anyone but her family thought of her: