Long Two Weeks

My mom called me last Thursday letting me know that my grandfather was in the hospital with pneumonia.  By Thursday evening my mom called back and let me know it most likely wouldn't be very long before he passed.  She asked me if I would drive to Libby, MT with her in hopes to be able to say good-bye and be with my grandmother.  So bright and early Friday morning, Mom, me, Clara, Joe, Hyrum, and Kaycee started our 13 hour drive.  We brought Clara's cousins with us to give some room in cars for Jeremy to travel up with others in case of a funeral. 

We went straight to the hospital and arrived around 7:15 pm.  We had the kids say hello to Maga (my grandmother) and good-bye to Grandad if they wanted.  I then took the kids to the house so Mom could stay with Maga.  Grandad passed before I could get all the kids in the car at 7:38 pm.

We had his funeral on Thursday, October 4th.  Grandad's obituary can be found here.  I was glad to know he doesn't have to suffer anymore since the last few years of his life have been hard on him.  I was obviously a little teary eyed at the funeral and Clara asked if I was a little sad.  When I told her yes, She responded by saying: "That's OK.  He'll come back again."  (We believe that everyone will be resurrected one day.)

This is my beautiful grandmother with my brother and sister.

 And here is my uncle with his beautiful family.

I'm so glad that so many were able to come to the funeral. All of my siblings were there, although not all the spouses could make it.  Also, all but 3 of Grandad's grandchildren were there as well.  (He has 12.)  He also had 10 of his 18 great-grandchildren there.

Grandad's grave is 2 plots away from my father's plot.  My father's headstone got pretty dirty as they were digging a spot for my Grandad.  All of a sudden I noticed that most of my nieces and nephews were huddled around a spot on the ground.  When I went over to see what they were doing, I saw them all cleaning my dad's headstone.  What great kids!

Even though it was a long trip, I'm so glad I was able to make it.

We also had a lot of fun up in Montana.  Clara and her cousins played outside all the time.

She loved getting so spend so much time with them.   They got to feed apples to deer, and get to spend some quality time with their great-grandmother.