grandma kelly's funeral

we drove from utah at 2:00 pm after michael got out of class on wednesday

and made it there at 2:00am 

the kids did really well and we were really happy to get out of the car when we got to vancouver 

all 5 of my siblings showed up over the next few days

and we all stayed in the same (ghetto) hotel

 hazel and clark were happy to be reunited (they're only 4 weeks apart) 

 noah was happy to pillow fight parker and apollo 

 me and monica

 michael and keira while lots of us went to value village together

 we were all together for a dinner with my parents at a taco place

that had room for all of us

 sisters! and grumpy olive

 mom and ben

 the kids had fun on this shoe shining station

 saturday was the funeral

here's my dad (the oldest of 8) and his baby sister Liz

 our family

 my brother ryan's family

 a picture of my grandma and grandpa on their wedding day

 me and my aunt eileen 

 the kelly kids

 sisters

 eleanor

 hazel loves her cousin holden to give her piggy back rides

 halea, olive and taylor

 after the funeral we went to my uncle pat's for a family get together

i had us go the long way so we could pass through hazel dell

where i lived when i decided i'd name my first daughter hazel

we drove home all day sunday and got home after 10:00pm 

i'm proud of noah for getting up and going to school today

i am so glad we made the trip there and that all of my siblings could, too

i love to see the resemblances between cousins and watch them play together