Thank You Everyone

I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone for all of your support over the past few weeks. We don't really live a very "normal" life but it seems like lately our life has taken a few dramatic turns, even by our standards. The very next night after we learned about Mark's shooting lawsuit being over, he had a horrific murder in his jurisdiction. He was very involved as he is the head of the evidence unit, he was awake for 36 hours straight. It was a crazy week, and then Grandma passed away. Everything else was put on the back burner of course. We sent Dayton to school today for the first time in a week, Mark is off today and I ran a bunch of errands today that have been piling up! I even managed to check a few things off of Santa's list. I just want to say thank you all for wrapping us in your prayers throughout all of our ordeals. We never feel alone knowing you are all there. We had a very nice turnout for Grandma's visitation, I wish Mark could have been there, he missed so much of it. It was so nice catching up with friends and family that we haven't seen in a long time. I was honored to learn that so many of you still enjoy reading about our lives! The last night we had with Grandma even she made the comment to me that she enjoyed so much reading our blog! Thank you so much to Marty and Elaine for sharing your computer and skills with Grandma when we were in China and since we have been home. Bless you both!

We had a beautiful celebration of Grandma's life yesterday. Her church was beautiful, she was a member since the ground breaking in 1940. She had grown up in Lisbon, North Dakota and moved to Michigan with Grandpa. She looked beautiful, just still can't believe that she is gone. My sister gave us a beautiful glass box to fill with momentos of Grandma and it was just so thoughtful of her. We drove home last night in the SNOW! We arrived home to see the road plowed, yikes! It was the huge fluffly flake kind of snow, it was gorgeous.

We both would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who sent a card, an email, visited the funeral home/funeral, called or posted a sweet comment. We are so blessed beyond words!