Our Adopted Grand parents

In our first two years of marriage, Cade and I were blessed to live with two different people who have blessed our lives. First was Mrs. Penrod (we call her Mrs. P). We lived in her basement apartment with a cabin feel, crazy kitchen layout and NO SHOWER. That's right. We took baths our first year of marriage :). We had some good memories there before starting our family with kids.

Then we moved to Grandpa Gene's basement where we lived and helped take care of him after a life-threatening surgery. We stayed there until Emma was 6 months old and we bought our first home.

In our first home, we were very blessed to live next door to another Elderly friend- Hope Pritchett. We loved Grandma Hope. She just passed away last month and we attended her funeral. She was such a great lady and Emma will remember Grandma Hope. Getting drinks of water and handfuls of M&Ms. Her front porch swinging bench. The 100's of framed grandchildren all over her house. Her stories of working at the post office, life with a military husband, and being summoned to too many family events in her old age. Her crooked hands and cooked walk. Her coo-coo clock. Man, we had some good times with her. We will forever love her and are excited for the day we can see her again in heaven.

We are blessed to know each of these dear people and be a small part of their lives. We continue to visit Gene and Mrs. P and want our girls to know them. We love them dearly.