HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
Memorial Sunday was perfect. So much family and so many memories.
FIVE things:
1. Why did the Lakeview cemetery build on a hillside? So not conducive to putting chairs up and sitting and visiting. Adam went toppling this year. It’s always someone. Lady could barely walk around because of the slope. Blankets on the ground from now on. We did get one squinty pic of Monson and his girls. Farmington is much better.
2. I love bagpipes at a cemetery. The mourning sound of the pipes just fits. Thank you Lakeview cemetery for that!
3. It’s a beautiful thing to love our people so much that we grieve and miss them when they are gone. And I am missing my people. Mom, Dad, Marcie, Grandma Butters, Grandpa Butters....so many good times and warm feelings surrounding all of them.
FIVE things:
1. Why did the Lakeview cemetery build on a hillside? So not conducive to putting chairs up and sitting and visiting. Adam went toppling this year. It’s always someone. Lady could barely walk around because of the slope. Blankets on the ground from now on. We did get one squinty pic of Monson and his girls. Farmington is much better.
2. I love bagpipes at a cemetery. The mourning sound of the pipes just fits. Thank you Lakeview cemetery for that!
3. It’s a beautiful thing to love our people so much that we grieve and miss them when they are gone. And I am missing my people. Mom, Dad, Marcie, Grandma Butters, Grandpa Butters....so many good times and warm feelings surrounding all of them.
4. It seems fitting having Papa Wayne do “My old buggy “ with Lady while sitting around Tom’s gravesite because he’s the one who taught all of us this bouncing song with and our kids and now the grandkids beg for it.
5. Creamies and Cemeteries just go together, it’s our tradition. We gather in a big circle, share a few stories about Tom and then sing Love One Another and pass out creamies. Speaking of Tradition—Holly dressed for the occasion looking like a Fiddler on the Roof character.
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| Holly was blocking the wind with her scarf...but I kept wanting to sing, "Matchmaker, Matchmaker " from Fiddler. |
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| Tayla taking selfies... |
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| Wayne telling the obligatory story of Grandpa Welch swatting Addison's pet grasshopper that he had on a string. |
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| 3 of the 5 Welch Boys |
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| "My Old Buggy doesn't have a hole in it....whoopsie boom" |
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| My oldest and Youngest...and all of the relatives gathered in a circle to remember and visit. |
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| Bro in Law Clark Bentley always puts up info on different people buried in the Farmington Cemetery. It's a beautiful service. |
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