Memorial Day

After church on Sunday we drove to Topeka to pick up mom and then went to Grandma's to spend the night. It has been years since I spent the night at my grandma's house and it is truly a special thing to get to do. It brought back so many memories of staying with her and grandpa as a kid. My kids played with toys that my mom played with when she was little.
I love the tradition that my family has. We all go to the cemetary to put flowers on the graves of people in our family who have passed on. We know that they are not there, but it is a way to remember them and talk about them and really honor their memory. This was the first time that Kevin and I have been able to go in about 6 years and it was one of the things that I had really missed. I am very glad that we took the time to come together as a family this Memorial Day.