If you’re a tea person you might want to check out this blog. She posted a whole week’s worth of posts just on tea parties! Super fun posts too. Now I wonder if she’ll do a coffee week?

Grandpa’s memorial service was pretty amazing. I wish I would have taken more photos but of course my mind wasn’t on taking photos. So many of his friends showed up. It was a full house which was really neat. Everybody loved my grandpa.

It was really nice to see so many people I haven’t seen in a long time. After the service everybody hung out for a pot luck dinner and visiting. Several old friends gave me life advice that sort of blew me away. I know we where there to remember my grandfather but it was so much more than that for me. I felt loved and seeing the outpouring of love for my grandpa reminded me of what a great man he really was. It made me want to be like him.

We had a little slideshow going on during the dinner. It was fun to put together and watch.

How funny is my dad when he was a teenager? I love old pictures.

This is how I remember my grandpa most. Not carrying trash but just being helpful and busy. He was very spry up until the very end.

I miss him but I’m so happy he’s up in heaven where he wanted to be for so long. He was a real born-againer, preaching the gospel all the time, often to my embarrassment I’m ashamed to admit.

The memorial service was heart-felt by many, in fact it was so heart-felt that it went on for four hours! People just didn’t want to leave. But that’s a good thing. I know it would have made him smile.

I will always have a clear picture in my mind of my grandpa smiling.

I went a little crazy with the graphic design for this month’s Alpha+Mom post for Father’s Day. It was a lot of fun. I hope you guys like it too. I had no idea it was that easy to record your own personal messages on cd’s.

My neighbor’s daughter (who we call Boo) recorded a whole song on the fly. It was sooooo cute. I’ll have to feature her musical talents here one of these days. She’s really good. She just makes up lyrics on the spot and on key too! So of course Bug had to copy her and made up her own song all for her daddy all about how she’ll never run away…into the street! It’s so funny. I hope it doesn’t make Toby cry.

Anyway, go check it out! It’s a super easy fun gift for father’s day that is guaranteed to be a treasure.