To Move On Is To Grow

Last week Grandma Stobart passed away so we went back to Missouri for the funeral.

She was diagnosed with cancer in February but just in the last few weeks she started getting worse.

We hated that we didn't get to see her at all while she was sick, the last time we saw her was at Christmas when she was perfectly healthy. Of course, it is nice to just have those happy memories.

Grandma Stobart with Josh as an ugly adorable baby

At our wedding. I think this is the only one with Josh's dad smiling.

Josh's brother, Matt, and Grandma Stobart at Matt's graduation

She was a very sweet lady with lots of love for everyone.

The first time I went to Stobart Christmas with Josh she just hugged me and acted like I was already part of the family. I never felt out of place at her house.

The forecast for last week was calling for rain every day. However the day of the funeral was sunny and 75 degrees so we were thankful for that. The funeral was hard for the whole family, but it was really nice to see everyone and we enjoyed our trip nonetheless.

We went to the Awards Banquet at Troy Holiness School.

Nick and Jillian with their awards.

I don't know what Josh was doing...

We went bowling with Matt, Nick and Cheska

Josh dances better than he bowls.

Matt is in a bowling league and bowls scores of 299, so he sits alone.

Jake Cannon.

Has the coolest tattoos.

And doesn't even think Nick is funny.

Nick(left) and Josh(right) have always been rock stars

Josh's mom graciously let us crash at her place, and crash we did...I think she was afraid her house would never get back in order. Josh's sister, Courtney, was back from college so we got to see her as well.

We also got to hang out with Jon Splean, Danny Kunza and David Woods.

We watched the best video clips from the Batman TV show in the 60's.

For a good laugh go to Youtube and type in "Batman rope 3" and "The Greatest Batusi Ever".

It's awesome.

On Sunday we made grandparent rounds. We visited both sets of my grandparents and Josh's other grandma. It was fun to get to visit with them.

Of course, Josh and my Grandpa Wegener get together and talk about theology, politics, genealogy, and church history...but that's fun.

We talked about the unbiblical book Love Wins by Rob Bell and how, according to certain groups, Jesus is supposedly returning on May 21 2011. Interesting.

And now we're safely back in Tennessee.