Memorial Day!!

Grandpa showing everyone exactly where he wants to be buried


Best Buds







Aunt Shelley, mom, Grandpa, Tam, and aunt Susie




We have always done the same thing for Memorial Day, for as long as I can remember. We go to my Grandpa Woodyatt's (my moms dad) house for lunch, my cute grandma always gets pizza and makes a salad and dessert. We just eat and visit while the kids play in my grandpa's huge basement. They love it down there. Then we head over to the graves where my Great Grandparents are buried. My grandpa is such a goofball, he will be turning 80 this next month, but you would never know it. He is a cherry farmer, and has been a farmer his whole life. He is in better shape than any of us, and still runs around like he is 20 years old. He is so funny, he just makes us laugh and laugh. The kids call him Grandpa Cherry. Every year that we go to the graves he makes a big point of telling us all that this is probably his last year, and we had better come visit his grave when he is gone. This year the little kids were all over sitting on top of the grave with my grandpa, we walk over there and hear him telling Tanner and Hallie that next year he will be dead, so they will be sitting on his grave. You should have seen the kids faces, they were horrified. What a thing to say to kids, especially Tanner. That kind of thing terrifies him. Oh grandpa, he is so funny. After that, we drove over to Logan to visit my cute Granny O (my moms mom), and to go up to her husbands grave. My grandpa died about 6 years ago, he was the first grandparent I have had that has passed away. We still miss him alot, but know he is in a better place where he is no longer suffering. I love memorial day, it is so fun to get together with family, but most importantly to remember our family that has gone on. They are waiting for us on the other side, and I truly believe they watch over us all. My friend Jill, had the most interesting thought....she said that it is reassuring to her to think that her loved ones who have passed on, are up in heaven taking care of and loving her future babies. I think that too, my little one is up there in heaven being held and kissed and hugged by the many wonderful, people I have only heard about. That is such a comforting thought. What a great memorial day!