Friday, May 27, 2011

A California Weekend

This month has not gone as I had planned. We had some devastating news a couple of weeks ago. My sweet Aunt Cindy suddenly and tragically passed away. It has been a difficult couple of weeks as my family and I have tried to process everything. It is never easy to lose someone you love, but even more difficult when you don't understand why. She was my Dad's only sister and has always been a wonderful Aunt to me and my kids. We miss her so much!
We had one of our famous whirlwind California weekends last week for her funeral. She has one daughter (my cousin Robin), and Robin asked that we pretty much take charge of the funeral. So it was a fast trip and a busy weekend.
We left bright and early Saturday morning and drove all the way down to L.A. The kids and I traveled with my Aunt Dee, along with my brother David and sister Katy. The kids did amazingly well the entire weekend! We were so blessed because Tessa didn't get sick once!
The kids were grateful to be done driving on Saturday night and got cozy in our hotel room.
Sunday morning we went to the cemetery to visit my grandparents.

My Aunt Cindy was being buried next to my Grandma Lemley and when we got there, they had already dug her grave. If Adam has problems when he is older, my siblings get to pay for his therapy. They had fun trying to throw him in the grave. (It wasn't that deep since she was cremated....)

Tessa wanted her picture next to the flower cat
A picture with Grandpa Lemley

When we pulled into town, Robin had a bag full of gifts for the kids. She bought Tessa this Dodgers dress and was thrilled to see that I let Tess wear it to the graveside service. We all love our Dodgers!! Aunt Cindy was a big Dodger fan too!


Right after the graveside service Monday morning, we headed back home. We stopped in St. George for the night and the kids were thrilled to get some pool time!!

Tessa and Katy and Adam and Kevin
Tessa loves her Grandpa's! My poor Dad was so tired from driving, but that didn't stop him from staying up way too late to draw pictures with Tess.
Now we are home and move on with life. There is so much happening with my family the next month and a half! I hope I can keep up with it all!

Adam is 5!

Our sweet boy turned 5 this week! Where has the time gone? He loves being a big boy and is such a good helper to Mom and Dad and a wonderful big brother.
We love you so much Bug-a-Boo!
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