one last visit with my grandma jordan

my grandma jordan is very near the end of her life

so we took this last weekend to see her one more time

i took a few extra pictures of the area and places that hold memories for me 

as we won't have many more visits there

this store used to be be a place we'd buy candies when we were little called sipes store 

 my grandparents' mailbox

 the hill up to their house

 their mailbox

my sweet grandma

 my mom met us there 

and it was so good to see her

i loved watching her hold henry

he looks just like her babies and i could tell she loved it so much

 michael entertained the kiddies outside

and took this picture of them in front of my grandparents' house

i love it

 i just love my mama

i really need to get a picture of olive, me and my mom

the three of us look so much alike

four generation picture

olive couldn't be bothered to come

 michael's parents and grandma met us for lunch

and it was so fun to see them

 noah loves to chat great grandma shirley's ear off about dinosaurs 

 we barely made the ferry 

we were the last ones on and jumped for joy

 henry looked so cute in the little brought him

 pulling in to our beloved city

 so gorgeous

 we took a trip to ikea

and i thought it was funny that it's been almost exactly 8 years since our first date

to the seattle ikea

and now here were are with our five kids

 my sister monica was so gracious and let us stay both nights at her house

in return for letting henry fill her baby fix

 the kids loved playing with their cousins, too

 i am so grateful we live close enough to be able to go for weekend trips to see our family

even if it's never enough time

it was so good to see my grandma one more time

i am sad to be losing her

but so grateful for her life

and excited for her to be reunited with my grandpa

update:
my grandma passed away this morning 10-7-2014
i am soo, so grateful we saw her while we had the chance
she is in a better place now