SAMANTHA LYNN BARBRE, 1990-2007

Samantha Lynn Barbre - Sophomore Picture - Favorite necklace and braces.

Lagoon, summer 2006

Cheryl and Sam, same day, at Lagoon

Sam, Sebastian, Savannah and Paul Concentrating on TV. Sam loved that dog.....

"Posing" with Campbell cousins, Alexa and Hailey with Savannah in the back.

Cousins Mikayla and Samantha at Raging Waters, August 2006, Barbre Family Party

Cousins, Sam, Colton, and Taylor at Raging Waters.

Sam and Colton playing "let's tip the other one off the tube".

Mikayla, Sam, and Chelsea posing.....

Trip to Camelot in July 2006 - Barbres and Campbells - Sam playing tetherball.

Valerie and Sam playing tetherball....sisters and competitors!

Val and Sam at Camelot (near Roosevelt, Utah)

Grandpa Gary (with Sam helping) teaching Niki to shoot the bow.

Sam - bull's eye every time - a pro.

Sam giving Grandma Ray a tour of Camelot. Val, Niki, and Krislynn followed.

Sam, Niki, and Krislynn, cousins and buddies.

Samantha shooting Ryan's "Potato Blaster". WOW!

Grandpa K, Natasha (Sam's friend), Krissy, Sam, Val, getting ready to float the river.

Motley crew before the river run....Cheryl, Sam, Krissy, Paul, Val, Ryan, Niki, Nat, Grandpa K, Savannah, and Kerry (Shirlynn and LaRay in golf cart....)

Halloween 2006 at Stefany's house.

Future Doctor, all about the technique.

Sam before she squirted us with water (all innocent until she let us have it!)

Sweet sixteen, ready to open Grandma Ray's gift. (December 22, day before her actual birthday)

Loving those little cousin gifts :)

Smiling is fun with no braces!

Blowing out "16" candles on her cake.

Our Beautiful Sam, we love you and will miss you always!

Samantha was a sweetheart. She was so much fun to be around and always made everyone laugh. She loved her family so much and always wanted to be around them. Her little cousins looked up to her so much and she was a great example. We lost her too soon.

One thing that I remember about Sam is that she loved Johnny Depp (such good taste in a young person). One day she came home from school and said that she was having a contest with this "other" girl at her school to see which one was the biggest JD fan. She knew that she was related to two of his "biggest fans" (and I mean that in every sense of the word), LaRay and I. She came to us with this "test" that listed all kinds of obscure things about Johnny and she wanted us to help her get every question right so she could prove that SHE was his biggest fan. We had a blast helping her and gladly told her all we knew (which is lots). I printed some pictures of him for her room and she got a big kick out of that. LaRay and I LOVED it!

Another story that I heard recently might be more about Val than Sam, but it shows the sense of humor of Val. They were sitting in Young Women's, Val, Sam, and one of their advisers together when Sam got up and walked out. After a few minutes, the advisor whispered to Val, "What's wrong with Sam". Val shrugged and said she didn't know. So the advisor said she would go check on her. When she got outside, she saw Sam pacing back and forth and asked her what was wrong. Sam told her she was having an anxiety attack and may have forgotten to take her medication that morning. She said, I'll be fine in a couple of minutes, then I'll be back in. So the advisor went back into the classroom and sat back down by Val. She told her what Sam had said and asked Val what kind of medication Sam was on. Val said, I don't really know, except I know she's on something for her acne. The advisor said, "Well, that couldn't have anything to do with an anxiety attack." And Val said, "Maybe she was feeling ugly today!"

I have lots of wonderful memories about Sam and Halloween. Paul and Cheryl have been bringing the kids by my house on Halloween for years. I have pictures of her and her sisters almost every year. She was always "into" Halloween and had a lot of fun.

Sam is missed. I do like thinking back about the happy memories and funny stories. I thought it would be good to do this blog, then others can comment and tell their favorite story about Sam and this could be a little journal about her for all of us to read - for some to get to know her better and for others to look back and remember fun times and memories. If you would like to comment, just click on the "make a comment" button. If you don't have a Google account, make yourself one - its not hard and they don't ask for any information except your email. Then you can share your feelings and memories with all of us. Maybe we will get a laugh and have a good cry, but mostly we will remember our dear one with happy memories. I'm looking forward to reading others memories about Sam.

Sammie, we miss you, especially your S-M-I-L-E!!! Love you xoxoxoxoxoxox