So as one of our Summer Break activities we planned to visit Grandpa Raymond's grave (and Grandma's, as they are side by side). Yesterday, after a very fun picnic in the park, we decided to head out to the Enoch cemetery where Grandma and Grandpa Christiansen are buried and to see a little bit of the town where they spent their whole married lives.
Unbeknownst to us, it was Grandpa's birthday. He would have been 97 yesterday. Raymond enjoyed leaving flowers. Jeremy joked about how Grandpa had hands like a compass. And Grandma loved Fiddler on the Roof just like we do.
It was a lovely afternoon.
4 comments:
I love that you have the picture of him by the grave site, and how neat it was on his actual birthday.
What a fun picture! So very, very cute!
That's a sweet picture at the gravesite. I'm sure grandpa Raymond was smiling down on you guys!
came over via tasha's blog.
the meanings of names are so important to me too.
my daughter, josefine, is named after my g-ma who raised me.
did you know that raymond means "counselor, adviser, protector."
what a great name.
how sweet that you visited on g-pa's birthday. tht must have been a delightful surprise.
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