Rob's grandma Gardner hasn't been doing very well, she has been in a care center for quite a while. Recently Rob's dad was visiting with Grandma and she commented that she hadn't seen Rob and his family and would like a visit. We packed up the car and headed to Utah. Rob was concerned that he might be left with some memories of Grandma that were not as wonderful as the ones where she always had perfect hair and she was making amazing rolls. It is hard when our families age and endure new stages of life. We pressed on and did the right thing. We visited our Grandma. We listened to General Conference during our travels, we stopped at our favorite spots on the way and even found a new place or two.
We tried out Kneaders. I think we all liked it. It never hurts when they have yummy brownies!
My last trip to St. George's Tai Pan Trading. They are out of business now. Bummer!
It doesn't count if you don't stop here.
We tried this for dinner. Rob and Archer were very impressed by the ginormous jar of "help yourself" pickles as well as the soft serve ice cream machine.
Sunday we went on up to Cedar City. We stopped at Grandpa Gardner's house before we went to see Grandma.
Gardners' basement with lots of furniture that Grandpa made, chests, book shelves, tables, and railings. The walker is new but signs of aging and life but as different as Gardners' house feels now with Grandma being laid up and Grandpa slowing down, it still feels welcoming and like home.
The boys took the liberty of playing the player piano.
Then we were off to visit Grandma. I have not had the occasion to visit our last visit before. We had been prepped that it wouldn't be long. We were pleasantly surprised when we visited with Grandma, she knew who we all were, she was recalling birthdays for the children and we had a wonderful visit. As wonderful as it can be when you know that it just might be the last. We saved out tears until we left the doorway but ever grateful that we had the sweet visit with Grandma.
Then, to seal the memory, it snowed on us on the way home. Just a special instance to mark the special day that we spent with Grandma, snow in April! April Fools day even.
We made a quick visit to Grandma Whiting before we drove home to Vegas. Well, Vegas via Ice Burg.
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