Grandma Hopkins' Funeral

Sadly, my Grandma passed away a couple weeks ago. She had been declining for some time and her congestive heart failure became too much for her to take. She passed peacefully with my Dad, his sisters and my Grandpa (her husband of 65 years) surrounding her.

Hung, Avery and I headed to Midland for her services. While there were some tears and moments of sadness and reflection, it was also a great celebration of a long and good life. I was able to speak at the funeral which I was so grateful to do - Avery cheered me on quietly from the pew and kept wanting to clap. When Uncle Nate played the piano she also kept giving him the thumbs up sign. For a 90 minute service, she did amazingly well!

It wasn't all sadness during our visit. Avery had a blast playing with Uncle Nate and Aunt Maddie and all of my cousin's kids. Especially Devyn and Helene (who Avery kept calling Arlene). They played with her in the pool for hours and won her tons of stuffed animals in the game room. We spent the last morning and Aunt Jenny's and the girls played dress up with her scarves and put on a big show for us. Funerals are sad...But Avery had a lot of fun being with her extended family.

Being Silly with Uncle Nate

Dress Up at Aunt Jenny's

At the funeral (am starting to show a baby bump)