Papa's Funeral and Fun Family Time

 Papa's funeral was beautiful. Mostly filled with happiness and joy that he is finally with our Gammie again. It was really cool to see all of my cousins again and catch up with those that I haven't seen in years. (almost 10 for some of them). I think my favorite part of the service was when all the great grandchildren got up to sing Families can be Together Forever. It was so sweet to hear AJ's voice ringing above everyone else. He was so excited to learn a special song for Papa. I also got to sing Papa's favorite hymn, In Humility, with my cousin Sierra. We really love singing together and are so glad that Gammie and Papa were able to instill in us our passion for music.

 As sad as it is, funerals are one of the very few times that our whole family gathers together. One benifit from that is getting all these little babies together! (reminder: these kids were all born within 1 year and 1 day of each other.) I hope they are all best friend cousins.

(6 months ago when we were all together)

The 5 kids with their 5 babies

 Aj loved seeing all of his cousins too. He just takes off running each time he sees them. I hardly have to keep track of him at all.

 When we got back from the funeral we thought we would be heading straight to Montana to move in, but there were a few miss-communications about our move in date. So we got to hang around mom's house for a few more days. it was a little frustrating not being able to move in, but it was really nice to spend the extra time with family and friends.

Yes, Andy is stuck in the doggy door. 

 Andy is our little animal lover. He will seek out any dog just to get kisses. Gammie and Pott's just got this little dog, Dexter. Poor little dog couldn't get enough distance from Andy.

Another dog he found at a friend's BBQ

So good to see my close friend Jen again!

It was fun and relaxing to be with family...now off to our next chapter!