Granny

This is definitely one of the hardest blog posts I have had to do…  

On May 21, we said goodbye to my wonderful grandma, or "Granny" as my brother and I always called her.  She was sick and her body just shut down.  She was 85 years old, and she was married for 65 years to grandpa. She is no longer in pain, and she is enjoying life in heaven, I'm sure!  She was always the life of the party, so I'm sure she is making everyone laugh up there and is definitely playing games like Russian Rummy, the Horsey game and Aggravation.  Those were just a few of her favorites. We all have so many great memories of playing games with her, and just spending time with her.  Granny LOVED being a grandma and a great grandma, and she was definitely a fantastic one! :) Granny was loved by so many people and always lit up the room when she walked in. She was like a surrogate granny to all of my friends, and they all loved her too!  She was hilarious and there was never a dull moment with her.  I loved hanging out with her, no matter what we were doing.  It was always a special treat to go to Granny and Grandpa's and get to hang out with them.  I was fortunate that I grew up right down the street from them, and saw them frequently. I was even more fortunate that I had her in my life for so long and that my boys got to experience what a great person she was as well.  She loved all the holidays and they definitely won't be the same without her.  I will forever be grateful for everything she did for me, all the time we got to spend together and for all of the wonderful memories.  She was one of a kind and can never be replaced.  I definitely miss talking to her. When something crazy or funny would happen, she would be my first call, and we would laugh and laugh about it.  I have picked up the phone several times to call her, before realizing that I no longer can.  She loved hearing my stories from school and she really loved hearing about what the boys were up to and what we were doing as a family.  I know she is watching over us though, and still laughing right along with us!  Granny was the best and she will truly be missed.

Here are some pictures I have of her over the past 10 years. I'm not sure if they are all in the correct order, but they are close.

I think this is the last picture of the entire family at Christmas….before there were any great grandkids.

One of our silly Christmas pictures…still before grandkids

 

Granny holding Adelin when she was born

 Another pic at the hospital

 Ade's First Christmas

 Landon's baptism

 Granny and Grandpa's trip to Ohio with my parents when Landon was a baby

 Landon with his great grandparents

 Landon's first Christmas

Reading a book to Adelin

 Great pic of Grandpa and Granny

 One Christmas at Mom and Dad's

At Jeremy and Cindy's

Watching the kids play on Mom and Dad's patio 

Great pic with Mom and Aunt Missy

 Our Family at Christmas in their new house

 Granny and Keegan

The boys visiting Granny and Grandpa

Another trip to Granny and Grandpa's

Granny playing outside with Ade and Landon

I think this was Thanksgiving this past year

 The last picture I have of Granny…with Grandpa at the nursing home

 What a great lady….we love you Granny and you will always be in our hearts <3 p="">

Until we meet again...