Families are Forever.

I'm back from Canada. It seemed like a short trip, but I'm glad that I was able to make it. We ended up leaving mid-afternoon Wednesday and arrived around 3:00 a.m on Thursday.

My family is awesome.

The Viewing was the hardest part for me. It's been over a year since I've seen my grandma. I've missed the last 2 reunions, so it's been a while since I've even spent time with my grandparents. I remember they visited just after we got into our current house and we've been there almost two years. So it was really hard to see her like that. The viewing was theraputic though. It was great to listen to my aunts and uncles talk about the great memories they had of my grandma.

Friday was the funeral. Normally with LDS funerals (at least the ones I've been to) they have a family meet and greet in the Relief Society room. The family gets together to say their last goodbyes, they have a family prayer and the casket is closed. They then go to the Chapel where the casket is placed in front of the congergation and they have the funeral.

With our family since we are so large (11 aunts and uncles, 64 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, not to mention my grandma's brothers and sister and their family that attended) we had to have the meet and greet and all that followed in the chapel. Our family took up the entire chapel. After the family prayer and the closing of the casket, they opened the partition that sepearted the chapel from the overflow. My sister and I were sitting on the stand since we had to give the Eulogy (Biography). My breath was literally taken away from me when they opened the doors. The Overflow was packed! I could not believe all the people that showed up for my Grandmas funeral, it was amazing.

We nearly didn't make it through the first song. Seeing my youngest brother crying was heartbreaking. We did make it through the Eulogy better then I thought. I only had to stop once to compose myself. I really think the entire funeral was perfect.


Afterwards we went back to my Grandpa's house and pretty much just hung out.

My Grandpa is a rock.

My family deals with bad situations with laughter. We did not spend the days before or the days after crying over my grandma. She will definilty be remembered and missed but we did what we all knew she would want us to do. We spent time with each other. We ate LOTS of food. We played cards. We even went to a parade. I worried about my grandpa after my grandma died. But I know that he will be okay. I definitly want to visit as often as I can because if anything this only shows how short life is. He is so funny, at the parade there were some motorcycles (but with three wheels) and he was like I think I need one of those. My grandpa is awesome! He is so loving and throughout the entire week we were there all the worried about was taking care of others. Making sure that everyone had enough to eat and we were all happy.

Just before we left we took some pictures with my grandpa. I love him so much! I will miss my Grandma.