Wednesday, June 26, 2013

A Day At The Park

Enjoying some play time and a picnic at the park after church one afternoon.
These were taken at the beginning of the summer..probably more like the beginning of May (?) but I thought they were "blog worthy!"





Did you notice that bandaid on Kiptyn's forehead? A few days before this, he ran head on into the corner of the wall...split his forehead open good! Thankfully, a nurse friend of a neighbor had some surgical glue on hand and she was able to fix it up for us...saved us a trip to the ER and possible stitches!
 
 

Monday, June 24, 2013

Goodbye For Now

On this day last week, my dad's family laid my Grandpa Lloyd Seems to rest. It was a sad day but a joyful day as celebrate his life and we know that we'll see him again someday! The military funeral was a very nice tribute to this great man!
This photo was taken in March. Grandpa knew who we all were and he was so happy to see us. His health slowly went downhill and the Lord took him home peacefully.
 
I have fond memories of time spent with my grandparents growing up. My brother and I would always spend at least a week with them in the summer and there was always something to do!
 
 Grandma always had Lifesavers in her purse for us when we attended Church and Sunday School with them.
Pecan Sandies cookies (Grandpa's favorite) was always on the list when you went grocery shopping with Grandma.
It was a guarantee that Grandma would make you at least one batch of Rice Krispie treats when you came to visit!
My brother and I always got our own bottle of pop out of the pop machine when we went to visit Grandpa at the gas station he owned.
6:00 a.m. you could always find Grandpa and Grandma sitting at the kitchen table, drinking their morning coffee and reading their Bibles.
 
They were loved by many and they truly showed love to many!
 

We were traveling on Father's Day so I took this picture of Chuck and the kids after the funeral on the swing in my grandparent's backyard.

 

Cows!

For the first time in my life, I can say that I own a cow! We have a couple of cows at the Bear family farm in Iowa, so we went back there recently to check them out!
The boys were so excited about seeing the cows!!

Checking out the electric fence...it was turned off!!

Getting creative with Grandpa Bear's toys.

Chloe loved the kitty!!