well, my weekend seemed a little bit crazy busy with a wedding on saturday, thanksgiving on sunday/monday, and a funeral on tuesday, so i figured it was worth a blog :) after dust's grams passed away early saturday morning, we got to go to the temple for his cousin josh's wedding. he married shayla steed from raymond, and it was a really nice day for them and for the family. it's always good to have something to smile about after the death of a loved one, and i think we all enjoyed time with the family and the happy couple.
sunday was our thanksgiving feast, and wow - was that ever something to smile about too! my mom is one of the best cooks around and with her girls' help, we made up a delicious smorgasbord of food. we had some of the tollestrups over and lacey and aj joined us too, and it was good times! i don't think we did the token go around the table and say what you're thankful for, but i was thankful for a lot this thanksgiving, especially family. i love my family so much, and i love dust's family just the same, and it's amazing how much more family means to you in times of sadness and when you need their support most. they were all there for me and for dust, and it's just easy to see why the family is central to happiness and to the eternal scheme of things. i feel very blessed to have the family i have, and i love them elventy four as we like to say :)
tuesday was grandma gerry's funeral, and it was actually a really nice day if i'm allowed to say that. the weather cooperated thankfully, and family gathered together to cry, laugh, and smile with their many memories of ger-bear. the funeral service was awesome with my husband giving the eulogy and doing a fantastic job and with lacey giving a tribute from the grandkids (i don't think there was a dry eye in the place after her way of honoring their grandma) and with josh doing such an amazing job on his gospel message talk. it was a service full of grandkids, and i think that's just how gerry would have wanted it. we had a little luncheon after, and it was fun to visit with family again.
so....it's been a busy couple of days for the tolman family, but we are doing just great! dust is super busy studying up for another midterm of course, and i'm enjoying my life back to the way it was before - pretty laid back and relaxing :) good times!
sunday was our thanksgiving feast, and wow - was that ever something to smile about too! my mom is one of the best cooks around and with her girls' help, we made up a delicious smorgasbord of food. we had some of the tollestrups over and lacey and aj joined us too, and it was good times! i don't think we did the token go around the table and say what you're thankful for, but i was thankful for a lot this thanksgiving, especially family. i love my family so much, and i love dust's family just the same, and it's amazing how much more family means to you in times of sadness and when you need their support most. they were all there for me and for dust, and it's just easy to see why the family is central to happiness and to the eternal scheme of things. i feel very blessed to have the family i have, and i love them elventy four as we like to say :)
tuesday was grandma gerry's funeral, and it was actually a really nice day if i'm allowed to say that. the weather cooperated thankfully, and family gathered together to cry, laugh, and smile with their many memories of ger-bear. the funeral service was awesome with my husband giving the eulogy and doing a fantastic job and with lacey giving a tribute from the grandkids (i don't think there was a dry eye in the place after her way of honoring their grandma) and with josh doing such an amazing job on his gospel message talk. it was a service full of grandkids, and i think that's just how gerry would have wanted it. we had a little luncheon after, and it was fun to visit with family again.
so....it's been a busy couple of days for the tolman family, but we are doing just great! dust is super busy studying up for another midterm of course, and i'm enjoying my life back to the way it was before - pretty laid back and relaxing :) good times!
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