Loved ones honor legacy of family killed in crash

And now it's time we're hearing from the loved ones of a valley family of four killed in a head-on crash on Labor Day. That collision happened on Highway 260 near Heber Overguard in Navajo County and state troopers say a New Mexico man fell asleep at the wheel crossing into their lane. And he's now facing manslaughter charges for killing the couple and their two young children. Fox 10's Nicole Christine is here with how they're being remembered tonight. Nicole. Yeah this family was traveling back from visiting the mother Kaya's grandparents when this tragedy happened. Kaya was set to teach her first sewing class to young girls at a local non-profit that evening. But loved ones want to remember them not for how they died but for how they lived. It's hard enough you know losing one person we lost four at one time. Loved ones of Kaya Begay and Giovanni Ubaye Huerta say the pair were high school sweethearts and a perfect match. She guided him and took him on adventures that he would have never done before and vice versa you know he provided love that she needed. They had this connection that it was obvious you could see it and just the way they would joke and play with their kids. Those kids four-year-old Dakota and two-year-old Malachi completed the little family unit and were the apple of their grandparents eyes. Malachi loved monster trucks, Dakota was Hot Wheels, Spider-Man. I would have to sneak out of the house because they always wanted to go home with me. I just couldn't imagine any better grandkids than them. Kaya's mother and aunt tell Fox 10 she was about to start teaching sewing and other crafting classes to young girls at the Black Girl Brown Girl Collective and was so excited to give back to the next generation. Everything that she did was just she just brought it to life she got she was very loving and it showed and everything that she did she's one of those people you wish there's more of in this world and it's sad that she she had to leave. As they navigate their grief these families say they're choosing to focus on an enduring legacy of love they believe continues beyond death. Something that comforts me knowing that this happened the way it did and majority of us take this journey by ourselves alone and she's there with her soul mate and the two little ones that they created. Beautiful message there the families now facing the overwhelming task of not only saying goodbye to their four loved ones but also paying for their burials. There is a GoFundMe set up to help with those mounting costs and we have a link to that on Fox10Phoenix.com. Live in studio tonight Nicole Christine Fox 10 News.