Back in the Groove

Well, last weekend was a whirlwind. I went to Wilmington with my parents and brother on Thursday. We had my grandpa's memorial service on Friday morning and it went really, really well. My aunt, cousin, brother and daddy all spoke at his service and my mom sang Amazing Grace. I really think it was exactly what my Paw Paw would have wanted. There were tears shed, but there was also a sweet happiness to the service. After the memorial service, we packed up the car and headed to Salisbury, NC to have the graveside service on Saturday. Joey and the kids met us in Salisbury and we spent the night in a hotel for the first time with the kids. We got two rooms because I didn't want the kids to wake each other up! Mak and I slept in one room and Trey, Joey and Tripp stayed in another. Tripp thought it was this awesome adventure and he did great. Mak did ok....not great...but ok. Saturday morning, we had the graveside service. Again, it was really good. Trey led the whole thing. My cousin spoke again, my family (mom, dad, Trey and I) sang a song together and then my dad and mom sang another song. The best part of both services was when they played TAPS (is that right). It gave me chills. It was also very humbling when they presented my dad with an American flag at the memorial service. They knelt down on one knee in front of him and then saluted him when they stood up. Awesome. I do have some pictures from the weekend; I'll post them when I get them uploaded to the computer.

Now, it's back to the grind. I'm back at work and it's hard to get back in the swing of things. I've only worked 2 days in the last 3 weeks, so it's tough. But, we're making it. Plus, it's MLK weekend this weekend! :-) So, a 3 day weekend!