Happy Grandparents Day!

I want to give a shout out to some very special people on this Grandparents Day.  I was so very blessed with wonderful grandparents growing up!  Although none of them are alive today, their legacy lives on!  I look up to them so very much and will always consider them my heroes!  

But also to my children's grandparents...Lolli, Pop, Nonnie and Pop-Pop.  They are WONDERFUL grandparents to Karis, Brayden and Lucy  and I couldn't have asked for better.  They love them unconditionally, spend time with them and spoil them rotten!!!  Thank you for all you have done for my sweet children and loving them like better than you loved Jay or I.  Isn't that how it is supposed to be?! (wink, wink)

And to Jay's grandparents that are still with us (Grandmother Wicks, Pinto, Nana 2,  Grace and Grandmother Thomas), thanks for everything.  We cherish the special time we have with you and are thankful the Lord blessed us with you!  

HAPPY GRANDPARENTS' DAY!

Yesterday when we were cleaning out the attic, I found one of my most favorite keepsakes.  My Granny passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack when I was in college and it absolutely rocked my world.  She and I were so very close and there are still days when I miss her terribly!

But this is her purse that my mom gave me to keep, exactly as it was the day she died, while at a yard sale, her absolute favorite place to be in the world.  She died doing what she loved!  I went through it with the kids and they too thought it was really neat.  We found so many neat treasures!  So sad they never got to meet my Granny!  

My grandmother ALWAYS had one of these on her.  She was the Vaseline queen!

I found these letters in her wallet that all three of my brothers had written her.  She kept them with her all the time.

Besides yard sales, the other thing that she loved was couponing.  She was a mastermind behind the art and would leave a story with 2 buggies full of groceries and a pocket of money because they owed HER for all the groceries she brought home!

I remember her wearing this watch for ages....

In honor of her on this Grandparents Day, I am wearing this bracelet that she made at least 30 years ago.  She always made things with beads and had them all over her house.  This was my favorite!

And when I was going through my "keepsake box" yesterday I also found this pic of my Mimi (my dad's mom) and I at my high school graduation.  

Happy Grandparents Day to all of you out there that are blessed with a full nest! :)

Mimi's funeral

It was a bittersweet day...the day we celebrated her life, yet were reminded that she was no longer with us.  She was a wonderful woman and today was a day to remember who she was and whom she represented.  She was a Godly woman and her pastor described her as the Proverbs 31 woman.

My family (minus Lucy we left her at home with a very good friend)

She looked beautiful as ever...90 years young and barely a wrinkle on her face.  But she wasn't there, just her body!

My dad and his sisters

My mom and my little cousin Sarah Jane

Graveside

She had 10 grandkids and 9 great-grandchildren and there was a rose for each one to place on the casket.

My Pawpaw died in 1995 and she will be buried next to him.

Sarah Jane...isn't she the cutest thing ever???  She is 2 months younger than Lucy and I am so glad that  they will grow up together!

Me and my handsome man

---------------------------------

The two big kids went home with Lolli so we got some special time with Lucy.  She didn't take much of an afternoon nap so she went to bed at 6:00!  I did wake her up later to feed her again but then she went right back to sleep and snuggled with me on the couch for about 30 minutes until I fell asleep!  She was OUT!  Can you tell?

Jay and I got take-out Sushi and enjoyed a date night at home.  We needed a relaxing night!

My Mimi

My Mimi (my dad's mom) got to go home with the Lord today.  She has battled sickness for a while now and has been in the hospital for a few weeks this go-round.  She had been on dialysis every other day for a while now and had become septic and her body began to shut down.  On Thursday they told us that she probably had a few hours left to live but it wasn't until today that she went HOME!  She entered eternity at 9:57 a.m. this morning and I am sure was very glad to see her husband, family and mostly the Lord.  She was a very Godly woman and example and I know for a fact that she was a believer.  She had told me her testimony several times upon request.  It was a bitter sweet day...we hated to lose her here but didn't want her to suffer and now she doesn't have to anymore!  

I searched through my pics over the years and these are some that I gathered from the last 5 years....

Karis and Mimi (2005)

        

Easter 2005

2008

2006

When Mimi met Lucy (Summer 2010)

My last pic of Mimi and all 3 of my kids...

Just Mimi and Lucy...

This is my Mimi and all 4 of her kids (my dad and his sisters).  From L to R my dad, Mary, Mimi, Pat, and Carol....My dad's sister Pat (to the right of Mimi) passed away suddenly this last year as well.

      

We love you Mimi!  You will be missed but I will see you on the other side!

Visitation: Monday 5-3-10 from  6-8 p.m.

Funeral: Tuesday 5-4-10 @10 a.m.