This picture didn't turn out the best but it was with the best of intentions. Today would have been my Grandfather's birthday leaving me thinking a lot about my Grandparents and how sad I am that they aren't around anymore, especially now that I have kids of my own. So anyway, I decided that on the Birthday's of those special to us, who have passed on, we would share some memories so that our kids can know a little about them. So Walter helped me make one of their(my grandparents) favorite deserts, dump cake, and then we ate our special desert and looked at pictures as well as told stories. In my later childhood my grandparents moved from Illinois to my hometown in Wisconsin and we saw them nearly daily from then on. They where a big part of my life, I have many fond memories of sitting at their dinner table eating(my Grandmother loved to cook) and talking. During many summer days I would bike to town and then on my way home drop off wildflowers for them and sit and talk for an hour or two (and then many times it would not even be dark yet but they would insist on driving me home- I think just to have an excuse to come over). My Grandpa was always keeping himself busy and loved to putz with things and build things, in fact my first ten speed bicycle was built by him. Anyway, I am grateful for all of those memories and am grateful that I am able to share them with my children, even if they are no longer around.
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