Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Memorial Day Part 2

On Sunday morning we continued our Memorial Day celebrating by visiting two cemeteries.  We went to Wasatch Lawn Cemetery to honor Kent's grandparents, and to Murray City Cemetery to see Kent's great-grandparents' graves.  Both cemeteries are beautiful and were heavily decorated with flowers.  We added our offerings--pilfered irises from our neighbor's yard.

We met George and Merlynn and the Brinkerhoffs, as well as David and a couple of his kids.  Brandt and Blythe love to be with their cousins and the Brinkerhoffs are especially good to them.
Annie, George, Kent, Tess, Merlynn, Michelle, and Tad
Ogling the beautiful flowers on the graves of Aunt Marilyn and Uncle John

Jace, Blythe, Charlie, and Lydia

Foster and Lois Barrus' graves.  
We brought the purple and yellow iris.
Micah, Dave, Seth, Jonathan, Merlynn, Tad, Tess, and Lydia

Blythe and her Aunt Shell.
Blythe is trying to get away, but Michelle is holding firm.

Charlie, Jace, and Brandt off to explore.

Our sweet and beautiful Blythe in Kent's hat.
Michelle, Blythe, Tess, Lydia, Tad, and Annie
Tess is pointing at me.

At Murray City Cemetery, Brandt discovered this great headstone with a B on it.
He climbed right up, and so Blythe wanted to be up with him too.  
Here are our Bs by a B.  
I hope "Ev" and "Dee" don't mind.

Annie, Grandma Merlynn, Tess, Tad holding Lydia, Charlie, Michelle, Jace, Katherine holding Blythe, Kent, and Brandt standing nearby, refusing to be with the group but in the picture anyway.

We went to hear our nephew Matthew speak following his return from his mission.  He served in France, Toulouse, and he and I chatted in French as we had lunch.  As Blythe did not get a nap and neither of the children ate, I took them home while Kent ventured to Tooele to decorate the graves of his other grandparents, Merlynn's parents.  They visited with Merlynn's siblings too, and left flowers at the grave of Kent's cousin John who died early in May.  

Kent, George, Merylnn--aunts, uncles, cousins--the Brinkerhoffs.  
I should know all these people, and I suspect I do.
Sort of.
Kent and his parents, Merlynn and George, at John Droubay's grave.

All in all we had a lovely weekend visiting cemeteries and honoring our loved ones.  

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