Marriage isn't always easy and my grandparents are a great example of love and service to each other. Grandma has had poor health as long as I can remember and Grandpa has always been so good to her! Grandma is an amazing pianist although her health has kept her from playing much as she's gotten older. She is a wonderful cook and we could never go to her house with out being fed a fabulous meal! When Jason and I were first married she would love to feed the poor starving college students a meal. She wouldn't let Jason out of the house until he had eaten at least three helpings! I have wonderful memories of the best homemade Thanksgiving dinners at Grandma's. In the past several years Grandma and Grandpa took up making chocolates for Christmas. They would give a box to each of their children and grandchildren. Jason asked Grandma one year to put coconut in all the chocolates. He figures since I didn't like coconut that way he would get them all. Grandma said the only problem with that is she doesn't like coconut either so I still got lots of chocolates to eat. Grandpa is a wonderful gardener. As soon as it is late enough in the spring to start planting he's out in his yard until frost in the fall unless he's inside helping Grandma preserve the fruit and vegetables. We've always been lucky to benefit from his huge garden since they grow way more than two people can possibly eat. They are always sending us home with raspberries, corn, tomatoes, peas, really anything you can grow in a garden! Some of my best memories of growing up are of their cabin in Island Park that Grandpa built. He even built a Barbie house for me that looks just like the cabin he built that Kaitlyn plays with now. One day a repair man was in my house working on something in the basement and asked about the Barbie house. He said, "My daughter would love one of those! Where can I get one?!" Only Grandpa's granddaughters were lucky enough to get one of those! I feel fortunate to be one of the oldest grandchildren. My dad's parents were both older and had both passed away by the time I was starting college. While it is getting really hard to watch my grandparents age I'm grateful that I have had so much time with them! Thanks for the great legacy Grandma and Grandpa!
We celebrated with a party at my Uncle Clifford's house this weekend. It was fun to see cousins I don't get to see very often anymore. I suddenly realized my mom was sitting next to her three siblings and that I probably don't have any pictures of all four of them so against their protests I grabbed a picture.
The oldest girl in this picture is my youngest cousin Natalie. She's only four years older than my son Andrew so they've grown up thinking of each other more as cousins. She is such a fun girl and my kids love playing with her!
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