On April 30th our Dear Sweet Nana passed away. She lived an amazing 96 years and will truly be missed. My first encounter with Preston was at Nana's dinner table. In the year that Preston and I dated Preston lived with Nana and we were over there with her a lot. She helped both of us make it through college spanish classes by helping us with our homework. We loved to visit her and our kids loved her very much too and we be excited whenever we would mention we were going to visit Nana Great. It is still hard 2 1/2 months later to really believe she has passed away. When we told the kids the next morning that Nana Great had died they were quite sad. Taylor (who was named from Nana's maiden name) took it the hardest. I overheard Nathan's attempt to help Taylor to feel better by saying "Just think of all the things she can do today in heaven that she couldn't do yesterday, like run and jump." I am so grateful that we believe in life after death and we know that Nana is in a better place. The kids wrote some tributes to Nana that I will post on here later. Red was Nana's favorite color so we all tried to wear some red for the funeral.
The kids also made little cards to put in Nana's casket. Nathan's said "Nana you were always so loving to others and always caring. You were never cruel to anybody. You always brought your loving spirit wherever you went.
Taylor and Natalie drew pictures.
Here the kids are putting the cards in.
Each of the grandkids were given a red carnation to put on the top of the casket before burial. Here are pictures of our kids placing there's.
Our family picture after.
That night one of Preston's Aunt and Uncles had a family get together at their house. Here are just 2 pictures of the kids playing that night. There backyard is full of fun things.
Although we have a short summer break due to the modified year round schedule we still try to do fun things. We have enjoyed free programs at the public libraries. The first 3 pictures are of a monarch butterfly show.
Later Natalie decided to skate and Nathan was taking her around the rink. It is a blurry picture but I love the moment it captured of Nathan checking on Natalie while she looks up to her big brother.
