This past weekend has been a busy one. We were supposed to be in Sea World this weekend but found ourselves in Utah for the second time in three weeks. This time was especially special because we went up for Nanny's funeral.
Early Friday morning we left our house at 5:30am to catch a flight to SLC. Before the viewing we went to Chuck-O-Rama for dinner (the kids wanted Sweet Tomatoes..this was the closest thing to it.) The viewing was so incredibly peaceful. Jace understood what was going on and placed his letter with Nanny. Kai on the other hand got extremely emotional when he realized Nanny was not going to get up. The entire weekend was emotionally hard on him.
The funeral service was wonderful. The reason it was so wonderful was because Nanny was a wonderful person. Brandon had the chance to speak about his memories of her being a wonderful person. When Brandon was only six years old Nanny was in her eighties. She loved his angelic voice and made him promise to sing, "Did You Think To Pray" at her funeral. For the past twenty some odd years she has reminded him that he promised he would sing. This Saturday he did sing and it was so beautiful...just how she wanted it.
After the service we headed up to the cemetery in Farmington. So...here is part of our days pictures...
The boys were so excited to be in the Limo without their car seats:)
The boys were so excited to be in the Limo without their car seats:)
It was so nice to spend the day with family...
Brandon, Brant, Michael
Michael our brother-in-law and Wendy, Brandon's sister
My in-laws Susan and Stephen
Wendy and Stephen
Alyssa, Brandon, Wendy, Michael, Susan, Stephen
Definitely, one of the highlights of the cemetery was that they had a playground. We sent the kids up there and had peace during the dedicatory prayer.
Don't they just look like they would have been loud?
We ended the day at Chili's restaurant. It was so nice to be together as family. It makes me realize how blessed our family is to have each other.
4 comments:
This was such a sweet post, thanks for sharing it! I'm so impressed that Brandon was able to sing at the funeral! I would've been too emotional! You guys have such a beautiful family and I feel blessed just by knowing you!!!
I know your guys are busy, but when are you headed back to Texas?
Sorry to hear about her passing. We can sympathize, Randall's grandmpa passed away yesterday. his funeral will be Monday. Glad we got to see you last time you were here. sorry you had to return so quickly and for such an occasion. Glad it was such a nice occasion to be with family. We'll be thinking of you.
What a sweet way you have paid tribute to her, it was neat to see. I'm sorry for your loss, and glad to hear that you have had such wonderful thoughts and blessings because of it! Your boys look so handsome! Can you believe how fast the kids grow, right?
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