My Mix of 6

 I hope everyone has had a great weekend.   Ours was full of mixed emotions.   We had lots of family in town from Canada, Washington and California.   While it was great to see the family we haven't seen in a very long time.   There were still some sad moments.  Why?  All to remember, honor and celebrate THIS amazing woman!   We all have lots of wonderful memories of her.  Some that bring us laughter.  Some that brings us tears.  All that bring us joy.   Because for those of you that never got to meet this woman, I'm sorry.  Truly sorry.   For those of you that were lucky enough to have her in your life.  Please now that you were blessed.   Very blessed because Grammie was an exceptional soul.   Loving you always, miss you forever.   

Right now our family is currently going through a struggle of preparing for the loss of a great woman.  I continue and will continue to learn from her on a daily basis.  As I sit and watch her spend precious moments with my kids, giving them her 100% undivided attention, listening to their stories; like how the tooth fairy came and Bubba found out he had a boy tooth fairy (and he is green), and how Miss Firecracker was getting better about wake boarding and wants to do tricks by the end of the summer, how Hotrod is heading off for an amazing trip with the Boy Scouts and have an experience of a lifetime, and how Miss Baby Girl is going to grow up a save all the animals in the world and be a veterinarian because she made friends (and named them all) with some sweet horses last weekend while we were camping.  While we listen to Grammie talk about growing up on the farm in Canada with her brothers and sister (2 boys and 2 girls, ...