MEMORIAL DAY

 OUR DAY BEGAN AT 10:00  WHEN WE DROVE OUT TO FRUITA TO PICK UP TAMI.
WE THEN DROVE TO THE SUMMERS TO CLEAR UP THE AREA WHERE THE ASHES OF MY MOM, DAD AND TERESA ARE PLACED.  THE PLAQUE AND  SUNFLOWERS STILL LOOKED GOOD.  WE JUST BENT THEM INTO SHAPE AGAIN.

 THEN WE WENT TO\ MEMORIAL GARDENS TO PLACE SOME FLOWERS AND THE LAMB AND LION DECORATION ABOVE  THE FAMILY PLAQUE.   REMEMBERING  OUR LOVED ONES AND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM WAS FUN.  MY DAD WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND I EXPRESSED SOME ,MEMORIES OF MY MOM BEING LEFT WITH 3 LITTLE KIDS AND 800 CHICKENS TO TAKE CARE OF.  SHE WROTE ABOUT HATING TO CLEAN THE EGGS EVERY NIGHT WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE IN BED.

EVERYONE SACRIFICED WHEN IT COMES TO WAR......EVEN THOSE THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND.

 DON AND I HAVE BEEN WATCHING SEVERAL MOVIES ABOUT DIFFERENT WARS ON T.V.  I'M TOTALLY AMAZED AT THE COURAGE MEN HAVE FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY.  FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.  WE TRULY ARE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!
OF COURSE, THAT INCLUDES WOMEN TOO.

 WE ENJOYED THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS PLAYING THE BAG PIPE.  WHEN HE SAW DON HE PLAYED THE MARINE CORPS HYMN.  THAT WAS VERY TOUCHING.

 TERESA HAD GIVEN DON THIS MARINE CORPS RING.  HE ENJOYED WEARING IT ON THIS SPECIAL DAY.  HE'S GOING TO TRY AND WEAR IT ALL THE TIME.  DON'S NOT USED TO LARGE RINGS SO WE WILL SEE.

WE ALSO REMEMBERED ALASHA.  SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 34 YEARS OLD IF SHE HAD OF LIVED.

AFTER OUR STAY AT MEMORIAL GARDENS WE TOOK TAMI TO TACO BELL BEFORE DRIVING HER HOME.  IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND  WE ALL ENJOYED IT.  ANOTHER TRADITION WE LOVE.

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