Family Fridays

Now that I am back from vacation I hope I can blog a little more. I'm joining Family Friday today. This is a great meme, but I've been so busy lately I haven't had a chance to join in much.

My post today is about my grandma. The is her (and me when I was little).



She was a great cook. I loved going to her house to bake with her every Saturday. (That's what I'm doing in the picture.) She lived next door so I was over there a lot! One of the special memories I have of her was drinking Strawberry ice cream sodas. She always bought the Barq's strawberry soda in the glass bottles with the long necks. She'd make us ice cream sodas in her glass glasses. (at home I always drank out of a plastic cup so this really made me feel special!)

She passed away a few weeks after Chris and I were married. She had cancer and they had given her only a couple of months. I called her when I found out. While talking to her she told me she was ready to go, that she had had a great life, and she was happy she got to drink all those strawberry sodas with her grandkids! That has always stuck with me and I don't see a strawberry soda without thinking of her! On our vacation last week we ate at a little Route 66 diner in Williams, AZ and guess what was on their menu...that's right...Strawberry ice cream sodas! Of course I had one!




While I was drinking it I thought, "This one's for you, Grandma!"

Family Fridays is Hosted by Amy at Keeping up with the Schultz Family and Lori@ The Peterson Family. (I know my links aren't coming through. Sorry, I don't know how to fix it.)

Family Fridays

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I'm joining a new meme this week. It's called Family Fridays and its hosted by Lori and Amy at Keeping up with the Schultz Family . Drop by to join in or read more.





My family member I'm posting about today is my grandfather. My grandparents lived right behind us when I was growing up...that was so great! Our back sidewalk literally merged into their front sidewalk. My grandpa was so much fun! He was quite the outdoorsman and just could not stay inside very long. (unless there was a baseball game on TV!) Most of my memories revolve around being with him outside. We'd play in his garage, work in the garden with him, and gather the eggs from the chickens. I also caught my first fish with him. He was so much fun. He let us play with all kinds of things that my mother would never let us play with!





My grandmother had brain surgery that left her partially paralyzed so she could no longer drive. That meant my grandpa had to do the shopping. That was great! He always bought candy bars and insisted we take one every time we went to their house!





My grandfather passed away just a couple of months before I had my oldest. My grandmother had passed away right after Chris and I were married. I miss them both so much. They were such a big part of my life and its just weird that my kids never got to meet them.





Here is a picture of me and my grandpa. I think I'm about 3 yrs. old here.