On Friday afternoon all 25 of my relatives (along with lots of friends and
colleagues) came together to celebrate the life of my grandpa. His funeral went well. There were lots and lots of tears, but they were tears of sadness and tears of joy. Grandpa's funeral reminded me that we all belong body and soul to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What a great man of God he was and now he has passed the baton to us. It's our turn to leave the legacy of faith in our families.
Here are the guys at our table: Jeff, Matt and Peter. I love each and every one of them!
My best friend. Enough said.
We put all the great grandchildren at a table by themselves and they loved it! It was so fun to see the life, smiles and laughter that they brought to the day.
Here's my grandma and my mom. Two amazing ladies. They held hands throughout the day and praised our Lord together. Thank you for blessing me with these 2 beautiful women.
Loving on the next generation and reminding them of God's faithfulness and love.
Abby is such a nurturer. She loved on Grandma all day and gave her lots of lots of love, hugs and even rubbed her back several times. Abby has the heart of compassion.
Later that night we all got together as a family. It was so nice to just be family (with all 25 of us there) and to remind ourselves that we're still all in this together and that we love each other.
There was lots of sidewalk chalk and the front driveway got decorated with lots of artistic expression. Sophie and Abby created this masterpiece.
This picture is just so precious! Matt and Gracie are bonding over sidewalk chalk.
Leah, Lauren, Julia and Gracie all got into the action. The great
grand kids started out with a wild game of hide and go seek, then progressed to playing with some playground balls, and finally to the sidewalk chalk. It was a beautiful night to watch the kids run around, watch game after game of corn hole and play cards with the ones you love.
Grace can't believe it! She's been allowed to touch the sidewalk chalk. No way!
Haha! She's not usually allowed to touch it at home because it gets everywhere. And I mean everywhere, from her hair to her clothes to everything she touches (including the cars parked in the driveway) She was in her glory with that sidewalk chalk.
Here are the guys at our table: Jeff, Matt and Peter. I love each and every one of them!
My best friend. Enough said.
We put all the great grandchildren at a table by themselves and they loved it! It was so fun to see the life, smiles and laughter that they brought to the day.
Here's my grandma and my mom. Two amazing ladies. They held hands throughout the day and praised our Lord together. Thank you for blessing me with these 2 beautiful women.
Loving on the next generation and reminding them of God's faithfulness and love.
Abby is such a nurturer. She loved on Grandma all day and gave her lots of lots of love, hugs and even rubbed her back several times. Abby has the heart of compassion.
Later that night we all got together as a family. It was so nice to just be family (with all 25 of us there) and to remind ourselves that we're still all in this together and that we love each other.
There was lots of sidewalk chalk and the front driveway got decorated with lots of artistic expression. Sophie and Abby created this masterpiece.
This picture is just so precious! Matt and Gracie are bonding over sidewalk chalk.
Leah, Lauren, Julia and Gracie all got into the action. The great grand kids started out with a wild game of hide and go seek, then progressed to playing with some playground balls, and finally to the sidewalk chalk. It was a beautiful night to watch the kids run around, watch game after game of corn hole and play cards with the ones you love.
Grace can't believe it! She's been allowed to touch the sidewalk chalk. No way! Haha! She's not usually allowed to touch it at home because it gets everywhere. And I mean everywhere, from her hair to her clothes to everything she touches (including the cars parked in the driveway) She was in her glory with that sidewalk chalk. 
No comments:
Post a Comment