We ended up taking a quick and unexpected trip to Washington over Thanksgiving to attend my Grandpa Gilbert's funeral. Traveling on snowy roads is never fun, but it was well worth it. I am just glad we decided to stay an extra day and come back Monday instead of Sunday. The rest of my Utah family had horrible driving experiences between snowy roads, backtracking, and having to take the LONG way around due to road closures. We, on the other hand, had decent and open roads.
I love getting together with family, and I can't help but wonder if this was the last time so many of us will be together in one place at the same time. With both grandma and grandpa gone now, and so many of us, it's impossible to make schedules work. It was fun seeing as many people there as I did. The funeral was pretty special, I loved hearing evidence of grandpa's love for his family and the gospel over and over. It is true. He loved his family and was a proud father of 10 kids. A family that has now grown to 46 grandchildren, 108 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Pretty amazing posterity.
The 10 kids
Spouses included
Some of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Although it may not have been the funnest reason to get together, it was great to spend a few days with my family nonetheless. Daylen and Kate loving their time with their cousins.
Brooks and Austin got to know each other a little better. Rachel came back to Utah with us for a couple of days before flying back to Texas.
If you're going to lay on the floor while grandkids are around grandpa, you better expect to get jumped and crawled on.
Austin is going to be the leader of this little pack I think.
Since Kate's little brother doesn't have any hair to comb she had to take advantage of Benson's little bit.
Of course whenever we go to Washington we get to take some time to visit with Brad's grandma, our last living grandparent now between the 2 of us. The kids always have fun playing with her toy selection and entertaining us all.
I love this sweet picture I got as we were saying our goodbyes. I just wish we could visit more often!
Spouses included
Some of the grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Although it may not have been the funnest reason to get together, it was great to spend a few days with my family nonetheless. Daylen and Kate loving their time with their cousins.
Brooks and Austin got to know each other a little better. Rachel came back to Utah with us for a couple of days before flying back to Texas.
If you're going to lay on the floor while grandkids are around grandpa, you better expect to get jumped and crawled on.
Austin is going to be the leader of this little pack I think.
Since Kate's little brother doesn't have any hair to comb she had to take advantage of Benson's little bit.
Of course whenever we go to Washington we get to take some time to visit with Brad's grandma, our last living grandparent now between the 2 of us. The kids always have fun playing with her toy selection and entertaining us all.
I love this sweet picture I got as we were saying our goodbyes. I just wish we could visit more often!
2 comments:
Nice Post Jana and Brad.....love you guys!
Sorry to hear about your grandfather. What a blessing he left you - your family is huge!
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