First Visit

Saturday, we went to help clean out Grandma's shed so she could actually use it without tripping over stuff & having so much garbage in her way. I love my Grandpa, but he kept a lot of stuff that should have just been thrown out. It took a few hours but we got it cleaned out & sorted into 3 piles (keep, throw away & sell/give away). After we got this done we hang out for a bit with Grams & had some ice cream. 

I think Madison & Grams really enjoyed each others company. They watched a bit of Mickey Mouse, played outside, swung in the swing, used a squirt gun on my truck, played with a ball & etc. I'm not sure which one of them had more fun! Just so happy to see my Grams happy.

Well, when we left we went for our first visit to Grampy since he was laid to rest. I'm not sure I knew what to expect really. I guess I had hoped that I wouldn't see a huge difference in where he was laid to rest & the rest of the grass around him. I love him, but it feels like he has been gone longer than just a month & half now. The grass above him was all brown & dead looking, which just reinforced the real reason I was there. Grampy is gone. I know he will live forever in my heart & the hearts of all those that loved him, but it hurt to see that grass like that.. I couldn't let it show because my baby girl was there & she was kind of iffy about the whole thing already. My little Madison, did the Hot Dog Dance  (if you've seen Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, you know what I'm talking about) for him. She even found some leaves to leave him (she always collects leaves & sticks when we are outside & wants to bring them home). She didn't want to leave him when it was time to go. I didn't really want to leave either because I had so much I wanted to tell him, but it was time to get going.

All in all it wasn't a bad first visit & I plan to head back to see him before I head home too. I think its always going to be hard for me to go there, but even harder for me to leave there too.