This year we had a very different Thanksgiving.
My mom did not make a feast.
We were not gathered around a festive dining table.
This year, all of my parents, brothers, nieces, nephews, cousin, aunts and uncle gathered in beautiful Santa Barbara to remember and celebrate the life of my very sweet grandma, Lenna Marie Wall.
If you have been around me for the last three years or so you know it would be very common that anywhere I was my grandma was too. We shared many days together, I will cherish those days. When we moved here we lived with my parents and my grandma, so my boys got to know her very well. I am so thankful for this! She was always so sweet and loving, she never lost her sense of humor. Grandma was an amazing baker, my love of baking and all things sweet came from her. Our hearts are broken as we celebrate the holidays this year, for she was very loved and will be very missed!
Two things I want to remember about this day. First, during the the musical number, all the grand kids and great grand kids sang "Love is Spoken Here". Jacob and Dylan surprised everyone during the boys part by sing super loud. It was sweet and funny! The second is John walking the boys back to our seats after singing and listening to Dylan talk in his not so quiet voice saying "that was awesome, daddy" and "I love that song". That boy is too cute!
Thanksgiving day we gathered at the Church and had a great Thanksgiving from the Country Meat Market. The kids played dodge ball and ran around. Afterwards Jacob asked Nana if she had fun at his party :)
Oh and look who no longer army crawls!!
This year, all of my parents, brothers, nieces, nephews, cousin, aunts and uncle gathered in beautiful Santa Barbara to remember and celebrate the life of my very sweet grandma, Lenna Marie Wall.
If you have been around me for the last three years or so you know it would be very common that anywhere I was my grandma was too. We shared many days together, I will cherish those days. When we moved here we lived with my parents and my grandma, so my boys got to know her very well. I am so thankful for this! She was always so sweet and loving, she never lost her sense of humor. Grandma was an amazing baker, my love of baking and all things sweet came from her. Our hearts are broken as we celebrate the holidays this year, for she was very loved and will be very missed! 
Two things I want to remember about this day. First, during the the musical number, all the grand kids and great grand kids sang "Love is Spoken Here". Jacob and Dylan surprised everyone during the boys part by sing super loud. It was sweet and funny! The second is John walking the boys back to our seats after singing and listening to Dylan talk in his not so quiet voice saying "that was awesome, daddy" and "I love that song". That boy is too cute!
Thanksgiving day we gathered at the Church and had a great Thanksgiving from the Country Meat Market. The kids played dodge ball and ran around. Afterwards Jacob asked Nana if she had fun at his party :)
Oh and look who no longer army crawls!!During the week we were in California, we did all things Santa Barbara. We went to the Brown Pelican for breakfast on the beach (which is now the Boat House), ate on the water at Moby Dicks (after dinner Jacob threw a lobster claw off the pier and a seagull caught it :), got t-shirts at UCSB, went to the beach, zoo, State Street and many other memorable places! Basically I only remembered my camera at the zoo:)
The Santa Barbara Zoo has this awesome hill that the boys and cousins loved sliding down!
I don't know why, but I LOVED the pink flamingos
He is my buddy!
This zoo was so beautiful! Look at the ocean in the back!
On a lighter note it is December 1st, which means the Elves started coming last night and my boys could not be more excited!!
The Santa Barbara Zoo has this awesome hill that the boys and cousins loved sliding down!
I don't know why, but I LOVED the pink flamingos
He is my buddy!
This zoo was so beautiful! Look at the ocean in the back!
On a lighter note it is December 1st, which means the Elves started coming last night and my boys could not be more excited!!
4 comments:
So sorry about your Grandma. Glad you guys were all able to celebrate her life together (not to mention in such a beautiful place--I love Santa Barbara). I love how Jacob thought Thanksgiving was his party. Too cute. Jason's family is so big that they have Thanksgiving at the institute too. So funny. Hope you guys are doing well!
I am glad you got to be together as a big family on Thanksgiving but sad that you lost your grandma. I hope you are feeling better!
Jayme,
I am so sorry to hear about your Grandma. I know how close you were to her. How wonderful that you got to be in a place where you have such fond memories of her and share them with your boys.
jayme,
i am so sorry about your grandma, she was such a sweet lady and was loved by many. please send my sincere condolence to your mom and your family.
hugs, jana
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