Celebrating a wonderful life

Last weekend, we received the sad news that my grandpa Perry passed away. Austin and I traveled home for the funeral last week and it was an emotional time for all of us. While we all will miss grandpa very much, we were able to reminisce about the great times and happy memories with the rest of our family. After coming home on Wednesday I wrote down a few of my favorites:

-seeing grandpa and Austin sitting on the couch sharing stories at each and every holiday we saw him :)
-driving a van full of grandkids to the cabin in Minnesota
-taking my cousin Whitney and I to the rodeo
-cheering for the bad guys in all the movies and musicals we watched, much to my dismay!
-interviewing him for an article I wrote about the zoo for my high school newspaper
-seeing him at all of my concerts, musicals, and my high school graduation
-crows at Christmas time...
-numerous cook-outs and hay rack rides in the backyard during October (and often times with a cake for my birthday!)
-running out to the barn to let him know coffee was ready, to see what he was building, or just to say hi

We miss you, grandpa, and we are thinking about all the ways to honor your life as we continue our own life's journey!


Grandpa and Grandma at honors night back in high school