Great Grandma Lewchanin

With much sadness in our hearts this weekend we headed up to New York to say goodbye for now to a very special person, Great Grandma Lewchanin.

One evening Karen and I were working on putting together a memory board, we had a wonderful time looking at all the pictures and remembering her life. We even laughed a little. As we put her memories together to share with everyone the next day, Mady said she wanted to make her Great Grandma a board...and so she did...she drew her pictures and decorated a beautiful masterpiece...it was her gift to her Great Grandma! She left it for her at the grave.

The next day as we left the cemetery..Zach asked me if he could see his Grandma one more time...I explained that he couldn't...he replied with..."Yes we can, we can dig a hole and go underground and see her"... If Only.....

We went to visit Grandma's house one last time...Mady and Zach got to see where their Grandpa grew up and where Peter would visit his Grandparents...the kids each got to take something special from the house...some great memories were made and remembered in that home...

Although we wished it was under other circumstances, we did get to visit some family we hadn't seen in a long time...Peter's cousin Becky and her husband Jake came over with Luke to Aunt Cathy and Uncle Mikes. Luke is 2 months younger than Mady and they haven't seen each other in 5 yrs! They had a blast playing...Mady can't wait for Luke to come to her house!

Zach learned that Luke's Daddy, Jake, is a fireman!! Before Jake got there I said "Zach do you know what Lukes daddy does at work? He is a fireman" He looked at us with this very serious face and said "A REAL fireman!!!" He keep calling him "That Fireman" all evening! Zach has a new Hero!

We will miss you Grandma...