In Memory of....

Many people I know spent Memorial Day Weekend celebrating summer, sun and remembering our Nation's fallen heros. I was lucky enough to spend the weekend with my incredible family celebrating Uncle Dean's legacy. I'll never be able to find the right words to adequately express the beauty and perfection of the services for Uncle Dean. He was such a unique man and truly deserved the service that Terri so wonderfully put together. I only wish that all of my siblings and Chris could have seen it first hand. My thanks to Terri for such an appropriate send off for Uncle Dean. My prayers go out to Deanna, Clayton and Terri.
I hope that everyone returned home safely from Florida. I came home a day early and surprised Chris, the kids and Chris' parents. It was so nice to see them. Florida was beautiful but I missed my family. The house still isn't ready but we're thinking we should be ready to move in this weekend. It's so beautiful. I can't wait to show it to everyone. Our yard could use a little love but it'll come with time.
Father's Day weekend will bring a mini-family reunion here in Northern California. Paradise is driving out and we're hoping to spend at least one day in Sonora. There may be a few Hawaii kids there too but that's not really set yet. We shall see.

The pictures above are: Britten and Hailey playing together on their bike; The cousins and their grandparents at Uncle Dean's service; The girl cousins after the funeral.