Sunday, January 16, 2011

Christmas 2 and our beloved Grandot

We did Christmas with Travis' family the next day. Sadly, and understandably so, Honey needed to rush to Houston to be with her dying mother. We missed her greatly. We were pretty low key and we didn't do a very good job of taking pictures. We had a nice afternoon with Scott, Leah, Matt, and Grandpa Steve. The day included some no-kidding delicious honey ham, football, and testing out Alex's new soccer goal. Alex was super present crazy...he had learned about it all the day before and this time he wasn't going to slow down for anything. He was opening every gift in sight before we could stop him! Eliana had caught Alex's cold and was not feeling well along with a neverending runny nose. She actually ended up going to bed for most of the celebration.


Ellie did get some stellar girly gifts like a stroller walker, a purse, and this Cinderella baby...she was oh so excited about her and her shiny crown


Grandot did end up passing away on Dec. 28th. She would have turned 93 on Jan. 21st. We can find peace in knowing that she is now with her Lord, pain free, maybe playing a little tennis with the angels, sneaking her pal Dexter some of her dinner.

Here she is with her children at Leah's Wedding (May 2009), looking just beautiful
And this is when she met Alex for the first time. This was October of 2008 so Alex was 5 months old. She actually had 16 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Here is an excerpt from her obituary that I really love...

Grandot lived for God and her family. She taught her children to live their faith through her example. She was a former parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Odessa and St. Simon and Jude Catholic Church in The Woodlands. She attended mass regularly until it became too difficult to move. After that, God came to her.

Travis made his way to Odessa to the funeral on New Year's Eve. I hated that I had to miss out but taking the kids just wasn't an option. He said it was beautiful and so very special, as I can only imagine.

6 comments:

Solomon Clan said...

So sorry for your loss. What a beautiful woman she was and wow that is alot of grand and great grandkids!

Carla said...

Glad you guys had a good Christmas, but so bittersweet. Grandot seemed to be very blessed :)

Kristen said...

Sorry to hear about Grandot. I know yall loved her very much. The "leg slap/slide" will live on. Miss you friend!

Jenny said...

I too am so sorry about Grandot, I enjoyed hearing about her and seeing her pictures and learning about what a wonderful woman she was.

Rob and Leah said...

Sweet words about Grandot. She sounds like a neat lady. Loved seeing the Christmas pictures and love the family Christmas caroling!

Kristen said...

Sad to hear about Grandot. It looks like she had a blessed life and a wonderful family!