Grandma's Funeral

These past couple of weeks have been a whirl wind. My unexpected trip to Arizona last weekend was a wonderful, but sad weekend.....if you can have both at the same time. It was really fun to see all of my cousins that I haven't seen in years. We laughed and cried all weekend while reminiscing about Grandma. There are only 8 grandkids on the Blaser side and we were all really close to G. Blaser. In fact, I think she made us ALL feel like we were her favorite grandchild.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: David Blaser, Becky Otterson, Julie Hobbs, Lisa Delap, Roger Bean, Jacque Miller, Tracy Bean and Brad Bean

Saturday evening all the grandkids and spouses met at Cafe Rio for dinner and a "family meeting" to discuss the funeral details. It's a good thing my sister took charge...my dad couldn't seem to make any decisions (rightfully so).

On Sunday evening we all met at my cousin Becky's house for ice cream sundaes and to practice the music for the funeral. The great grand children (I think there were 22 in attendance) sang a medley of songs with Jennie on the piano and Malyn playing the violin.


On Monday morning before the funeral all 5 grand daughters had the opportunity to dress and prepare Grandma. It was such an emotional experience, but such an honor to have the opportunity to serve my grandmother one last time. The funeral was wonderful and I learned so many great things about her.