Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Saying Goodbye

We had a bittersweet Gibbs family reunion this weekend. Grandpa Gregg passed away on March 1st and we had his memorial service on Saturday.

Gregg passed away at the age of 88 and lived a long and successful life. He owned his own company, had several patents on his inventions (that are still being used today), retired at the age of 40, married for 66+ years and raised one wonderful son! Everyone that spoke at the service talked about his generosity, intelligence, and sweet and loving spirit. Gregg was all of those things and so much more. Gregg passed down so much of himself to my dad and I see it in his actions all the time.

We had a good time celebrating his long life and sharing fun memories together. After the service, we continued the celebration with lunch at my parents house. We caught up with relatives and friends we haven't seen in a while. It always seems that the time isn't long enough and we didn't get to catch up enough.

As always, we took lots of pictures of the weekend. Deedee had never met her great granddaughter, Abby Reece, so I wanted to capture that special moment.

We had a great weekend honoring Gregg's life and spending time making more family memories.
Deedee seeing Abby Reece for the first time ever!4 generations
Making the memory board...Lora got demoted

2 comments:

The Bruces (but most likely the Mrs.) said...

Great pictures - especially of Dee Dee seeing the sweet babe - WHOSE MOM LOOKS AMAZING. I need her trainer...and a little more time at home! :)

Emily G. said...

Great post sis! Too funny though...we wrote almost the same things and posted the same pics! Great minds think alike I guess! :)

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AND YOUR BOO ON FRIDAY!!!! GET READY FOR CAKE AND PARTY HATS!