On December 12th, four months before her 100th birthday, my sweet Great Grandma passed away. I feel really blessed that I was able to know Grandma Barker. She was one of the most humble, kind people I have ever met. I think it is so neat that my kids were able to know her a little, too. Not many people get to meet their great great grandparents.
We were able to work things out with Baylen's work and the kid's school so that we could go up to Oregon for the funeral. It was neat to be there to honor Grandma Barker and her amazing life. All five generations were represented there. It was also really neat to see lots of extended family that we haven't seen for really long time.
We did a little photo shoot after the funeral.
This is a picture of my dad and his siblings. They were all able to come. My dad hadn't seen some of them in seven years.
While we were there we were able to go over to Grandma Barker's apartment and choose a few keepsakes. I'll always remember Grandma Barker for being a kid at heart. Her entire apartment was full of fun stuffed animals. Grandma Whipple collected two HUGE bags (bigger than garbage bags) of toys from Grandma Barker's apartment. She let the kids have as many as they wanted. The kids were in heaven. They especially like the stuffed toys that sing and dance. I think that Grandma Barker would be happy to see how much fun the kids are having with the toys.
We really enjoyed looking at all of grandma's keepsakes.
It was freezing cold while we were there. However, that didn't stop Baylen and the kids from getting in Grandma's hot tub. It was 13 degrees outside when I took this picture!
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