Pa oh how I will miss you

This morning I got the phone call that no one ever wants to receive. My mom called while I was finishing up work and told me that my grandpa (Pa) had gone to heaven. I still can not believe that he is gone. I just keep thinking about how I will never go to their house and see him sitting in that chair smoking his pipe. There are so many memories that keep running thru my head about him. I do know that every time I smell the scent of a pipe I will always think of him. He was always making jokes but could be very serious very quickly, like when we (the grandchildren) got in trouble. My grandpa leaves behind my beautiful grandmother Ma and his 6 children and his 12 grandchildren and his 4 great grandchildren. We all loved him so very much and will miss him everyday that he is not here with us. I know that he is in a wonderful place and has peace and that helps with the pain of him being gone. We will see him again someday and will rejoice in that. Please be in prayer for my family and I. See you later Pa I Love You very much.

Rash and July 4th

Cooper's Roseola Rash

Last week was a very hard week at our house but ended with some great fun with family and friends. Last week Cooper got sick again. He developed another high fever and was just miserable. The fever lastes for 3 days and the pedi said that he just had something viral and it had to run its coarse. Cooper finally broke the fever on Tuesday night and I thought oh good we are done. No, that was not the case. On Wednesday morning Cooper developed a rash all over his body. I think that he is trying to get all the viral rashes out of the way one month after another. I am pretty sure he had Roseola. I dont know where he gets this stuff, he stays at home with me. The only thing I can think of is from his gymboree class. Uh dont parents know that if your kids are sick do not bring them to class. So since Cooper was contagious we had to cancel our BBQ on July 4th. So we got to the end of the week and my best friend Kristi came up to see us and spend the 4th with us. We had a good time hanging out and shopping. On the 4th we went to see fireworks in Plano. This year Cooper watched the fireworks. It was fun to watch him just stare at them. Then Sunday we went to my parents and had a cookout and let Cooper do some sparklers. That is a summary of our events last week and our holiday. I hope everyone had a great 4th. Here are some pics