Greatly Missed

My sweet mom and her dad, Grandpa Ken. Eight years ago today we lost my mom. Five years ago today we lost Grandpa. Grandpa was an amazing Christian role model in my life and I am so thankful for the time I had with him. Our little Lane Kenneth is named after him. My mom had a very patient and loving father, I know she was blessed by him.

My mom was a beautiful mother of five, we all miss her so much. My sisters and I have experienced another kind of missing her now that we are mothers. I am sad for her that she was not able to enjoy that Grandma phase that every mother looks forward to. I am sad for our children that they don't know their Grandma Karen. One time a while ago Lane told me as we were driving down the road that he thinks Grandma Karen is making pancakes up in heaven for Jesus. I guess he knows her better than I thought :) Now that I am a mother, I can appreciate all our mom did for us and I realize how blessed we are to have had her as a mother.

I feel so blessed to know with out a doubt that my mom and my Grandpa are in heaven. As the years pass it becomes easier to see the blessings and those blessings and memories ease the sadness a little. I have such great memories of her and I loved reading my sister Michele's memories of her too. She was beautiful, funny, stylish and hip. What I most appreciate was the Christian mother that she was. Her actions and decisions she made spoke volumes to me. Her life was her testimony.

Mom, Matt, and Phillip in Moses Lake. We always had so much fun visiting at Vance and Michele's. It was always a good time, home videos, games, hanging out on the lake, making cards, great memories!

Mom at a Farmers Day Parade (?) I totally remember her and Matt getting up on that bike during the parade, it was hilarious. We always sat out in front of Grandpa Kens Jewelry store to watch all the parades.