can't wait until he can play catch with him. If he had the chance, he would have given him a few good throws:)
On Monday my family went to 2 cemetery's to visit family members . It has always been a tradition on my mom's side to go to the Phoenix cemetery on Memorial Day with extended relatives to visit her grandparents grave and have a little devotional. I haven't been in about 6 years because we usually are not in town. Casey was working so Lane and I went with my family. This time I went it had a little more meaning to me, I don't know why. I really liked what my Uncle Brad shared with all of us. He pretty much just asked us, when we leave this earthly life, how would we like to be remembered? It made me start to think of all the people that I know that have already passed and every single one of them had good, wonderful things about them that had touched my life and other's. It didn't matter if I knew them a long time or never had the chance to meet them. If they lived a short life or long life , their stories and examples left a legacy of good and happiness. Memorial Day has a new special meaning to me now. I know that every Memorial Day to come, it will help me look and see what kind of person I am and help me re-evaluate the things that are most important in life. Have I done anything to better another person? Have I been selfless and Christ like? I hope that I too can leave wonderful memories like those we visited yesterday.
After the Phoenix cemetery, we went to the Mesa cemetery. We visited my great grandparents, my Grandad and sister Melanie.
We also got to visit Gunner. Lane was very excited to bring some toys for his cousin to play with and picked each one out by himself.
after the cemetery's we swam and had a yummy BBQ
after watching this bad example:
Lane got a little dare devilish and started going crazy wanting to run and jump off anything he could think of. He was having fun until he,
crashed...
... and burned:(
... and burned:(
16 comments:
that picture was crazy!! i am terrified of heights, especially doing flips off of high places!! yikes!! poor lane, i hope his lippy gets better soon!
That's such a cool tradition that your family has. It's good to remember what we're here for, and family has a great way of reminding us of that.
I LOVED this post! For obvious reasons :) Thank heavens you didn't go out of town this year or else I would have had to text you "We r here, u r not" haha. How is Lane's lip? Sorry I didn't good bye when we left for the movie- you were out getting your tan on and we had to hurry to make the movie. We had fun being with you guys and I'm glad "Tollin" got to meet his cool Aunt Shelley
Shelley,
You guys looked like you had a blast over the weekend! Poor Lane! I hope he's lip is healing well. Can't wait for you to come this week to Cali. We have lots planned for us to do!!! See you Thursday!!!
Shelley,
You guys looked like you had a blast over the weekend! Poor Lane! I hope he's lip is healing well. Can't wait for you to come this week to Cali. We have lots planned for us to do!!! See you Thursday!!!
Bummer lip! What a brave boy jumping around like that. It looks like you guys had a blast! You guys are awesome!
Bummer lip! What a brave boy jumping around like that. It looks like you guys had a blast! You guys are awesome!
So fun! Poor lane and his lip. I'm so proud of you for going to the Memorial in PHX. I haven't been for years as well because we are always doing something else but I think you are right, I need to make it a priority and I like what you said about re-evaluating our lifes =) Well once again you never call to play so I guess we will never get to hang out =( We are here all summer.
It's neat to hear that you still visit your sister's grave...I'm always trying to think of ways that I can teach my other kids (when we have them) about Jackson & help them remember him. I can't believe that pic of your brother! Lincoln does stuff like that and it totally freaks me out.
Looks like you had the best weekend ever!! I missed being home! But it was so good to see you today! Love ya tons and have so much fun in Cali!!
Happy Memorial Day!
What an awesome tradition for you guys! How neat that you got to visit Gunns, I can't wait til we get to.
What the Lane? HOW SAD!
Oh how I miss you guys! Come visit k?
p.s. thanks for posting on our blog, for some reason it doesn't say I updated it on Steph's little blog feed thing. hmmmmm
Oh I miss them already :( I'm gald we have you Casey and Lane here I love it when you guys come over. And its nice to know I have a brother in law to call up whenever I need him like yesterday. Have fun in Cali be safe!!
and remember what Dad told us when we were younger... don't swim too far out in the ocean or the currents will take you out to sea and we'll never get to see you again hahaha
I heart your bangs! U rock them!
Now, I feel bad for Laners lip and all, but I feel worse for your mom! I would probably have a nervous breakdown with people flying off of my roof. Not only is it high (big deal) but it's far to the pool (bigger deal). I'd need some drinks for family gatherings to handle the stress! You guys are so much fun, I miss you! I love the idea of the graveside devotionals. How special to remember those who've gone and what we're doing with our time here. Great tradition.
ouch! i cannot let kendi see that...I guarantee she would find a way up on that roof! glad you guys had a good memorial day. I love holidays at home too!
Ok, the "Sharon" I knew growing up would've freaked at seeing her boys jump off the roof into the pool, she must've really mellowed out with stuff like that as you guys have grown up :)
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