Quick trip to Utah, Remembering Grandma Bandley.

Thursday night Tyler got a call from his sister Angie, giving him the news that his Grandma Bandley had just passed away a couple hours earlier. As soon as Tyler's 30 hour shift at work was over, we hopped in the car Friday morning and started driving over to Utah to be with family.

The funeral services were amazing. I've never been to a funeral where they did a better job of really celebrating someones life. I cried through the whole service, just hearing about how fantastic she was. She had such a sense of humor, she was so loving and caring of her family and she loved her husband with everything she had.

Unfortunately the Alzheimer's she had for so many years, took away all the great memories she made in her life. I know now, she has those incredible memories back and is enjoying her life after death with her parents, two brothers and her sister.

This is Grandma and Grandpa Bandley on their wedding day. This picture was on the back of the program. I spent a very long time looking at it on the way back to Colorado. She was so beautiful, and they are so in love.

{picture stolen from Tonya's blog... I hope you don't mind, Tonya!}
Mike, Angie, Nate, Grandpa Bandley, Julie, Chad and Tyler.

Grandpa Bandley, Josh and Tyler

Josh, Tyler and some of the cousins. Tate, Emmalee and Emily.

Family picture. Not sure if this one will make the Christmas card... notice my beautiful sons face.

Me and Ty.

The whole family. This was the first time we were all together in 4 years.

{Chad, Julie and Myles}{Hayden, Tonya, Mike, Emily and Tate}{Julie and Dave}{Eric, Paul, Amy, Nate and Vince}{Me, Josh, Tyler}{Lexi, Angie, Emmalee, Cody and Lynn}

As Tonya said in her blog, it was a sad reason for a fun family reunion. It was so great to have the whole family together.