Goodbye, Grandpa

For those of you who have missed us, Seth and I made a last minute trip to Minnesota over the weekend. My Grandpa Meek passed away Thursday night after two months of declining health. It's never easy to say goodbye, but I'm very grateful that I had him for almost 29 years. Seth and I got the last seat on flights to Chicago and then Minneapolis, where we met up with Bryan and made the 6+ hour trip to Warroad. All 10 of the grandkids were able to make it up, and 7 of the 8 great-grands, so it was quite the family reunion. There was a visitation at the funeral home Sunday night, and Monday the funeral. The grandkids were pallbearers, and it was quite the moment, the 10 of us being the last to say goodbye. Monday afternoon we made the 6 hour drive back to the Cities and flew home yesterday. I am travel-weary, but decided it was best to get back into a routine and go back to work today as originally planned. I took a ton of pictures of Seth playing with his Minnesota cousins, I'll post them soon.