Andre's birthday...

Andre turned 9 on Monday. He had a nice party. A & C

Dad's Funeral & Visitation...

So nice to see so many family and friends. We are grateful for everyone's love, cards, flowers, visits yesterday and today. So many hugs. Beautiful music from Aunt Melissa, and kind words from grandkids and Molly. Great food from Heather, and time for the cousins to be together. Amongst all the tears and sadness of saying good-bye to grandpa, I think he would have been honored. The hardest part for me was seeing my brothers choke up...And I loved to hear all the stories from Dad's every walk of life. I know that some of you have been praying that all would go well with all the kids and everything, and it all went wonderfully, especially from help from our electronic whiz Uncle Chuck!

Now our prayer will be to help Mom grieve and not get too lonely. It will be a few long hard quiet months for her I think, but pray that she will be ok. I am so grateful that she has a good solid job to keep her days occupied.

Thank-you for helping us through this time. It has been a blessing to have your encouragement. To God be the Glory, for Dad's life, our family, your encouragement and every day we have to live for Him....A&C