Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Testing Lures

I love my husband.
He has been making his own lures. I love helping him paint them in the evenings. It's our little "arts and crafts" time.
Yesterday he took me along to the lake while he tested out how they swam. I swam while he tested.

It brought me so much joy to float in the water and just watch Tyler take pride in his work.


I love my husband.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Saying Goodbye to Grandpa

Having just arrived from our honeymoon, we sat down to eat our first meal together as husband and wife in our new home. I was just taking a bite of my burger when Tyler's phone rang. Tyler handed the phone off to me: it was mom. Her voice wasn't the typically happy voice that I had expected, knowing she would have been excited to hear about our first week as newlyweds.


Grandpa had died.


Grandpa Miller died Wednesday, June 10 some time after 10pm. He was home in the sun room and had called to Grandma for some water. It was quite sudden.


Poor Grandma is in shock. We all are. Just 4 days before, Tyler and I had celebrated our wedding with all of our family and friends.

Grandpa was so happy for us. And he was so proud of how handsome he looked in his new suit.




The viewing was on Monday evening and the funeral on Tuesday morning.

So many of the family and friends we celebrated with just the weekend before came and mourned alongside us.


Much thanks to all who have offered their prayers, love, and support to my family in this time.