Demitri's funeral - Kaylee's favorite hamster

Dustin says Goodbye to Rio

We don't have any idea why Rio died, but apparently his time had come.  Dustin had just been playing with him earlier and he seemed fine.  We are pretty accustomed to losing pets around here, though.  

No, the kids didn't dress up for the funeral.  They buried him on a Sunday.

Dustin carved a rather fancy headstone from an edge of our old coffee table.

Trip to Topeka for Grandma's funeral

On the way to Topeka, we stopped in Nashville to walk through the Gaylord Opryland Resort. Roger stayed here for a conference once and wanted to show it to us.

We also stopped in St. Louis and stayed with the Voyles family, who recently moved away from our ward (same Gabi and Madi from the "going away party" post!)

Breaking out the photo albums.  Roger and Brian served in the same mission in Canada just a few years apart.

Latisha & Teri (the one who took our family pictures for Christmas)

Roger and Glenn operating on some glasses to replace Brandon's broken screw.

 And of course Kaylee did some horse riding with Sarah.

Kaylee's memorial to Grandma written in chalk on the driveway.  (It says, Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Like we have said, We love and miss you!)

Jody as a young adult

Jody Shields
Jan 27, 1940 - May 18, 2012