Friday, September 18, 2009

Tahoe + Visit with Grandma


Labor Day weekend was spent up in beautiful Lake Tahoe and Carson City combined. My brother and his family, my sister and her two girls, and our family went to visit my Grandma who is battling Parkinson's disease. She is 93 years old, and has always been in great health and super active. That is now a challenge for her and she is struggling with the effects of Parkinson's and not feeling well and hiking the mountain in front of her house is no longer an option for her. Mike and I spent some quality time with Grandma when we spent the night with her. Grandma and I looked through some old, old photo albums and even though my Grandma thought it was boring for me, I assured her that I love looking at pictures - especially with her and I was not in the least bored. Grandma and I went to church the next morning and sat through a lovely service. One of my favorite photos is one I took of us holding hands at church waiting for the service to begin. We held hands for most of the service and I treasure that one the most. I'm so glad for the time I spent with my Grandma!
We also spent some time with my aunt and my beautiful cousin Caylen. I hadn't seen my cousin in 10-11 years and it was great to see her. We all missed my cousin Asa who wasn't able to come hang out with us all. Caylen spent time with Kaylie and took her and my niece Erin to a skate park which Kaylie just loved! One of the things Kaylie said was "As soon as Caylen walked out the door (to go home), I missed her." Thanks Caylen for spending time with her! Tahoe is such a beautiful place and it was made even more special spending time with Grandma, and seeing my aunt and cousin.

1 comment:

Lia said...

I love the holding hands picture! I also loved the water picture, very good! Glad you got to see your grandma, looks like it was a good trip.