While I was away . . .

I was in Massachusetts for almost a week and a half and left Ryan and the kids to fend for themselves!  From what I've been told there were several trips to Home Depot, Nolan went to "pirate camp" and also got a haircut (though Parker CLEARLY needed one.) Ryan wasn't too exhausted when I got home, and was even to get a run in one day while a friend watched Parker for a few hours (thanks Sari!) Parker tried to act aloof for a bit after I got home, but that ended pretty quickly . . .  Nolan just wanted to show me every toy in the house  . . .

Rest in Peace Buzzy . . .

This photo was taken last Thanksgiving of my grandfather "Buzzy" and Parker (who, for anyone that doesn't know, is named after my grandmother, her maiden name was Parker.)  My grandfather died last week at the age of 91, after a brief hospitalization for congestive heart failure, 21 years to the day after my grandmother.  He was always very active for his age, he lived alone and continued to play golf and bowl until last summer when he started to have significant health problems.

I have a relatively small family on my mother's side.  Buzzy had two children, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  We're all going to miss him a lot.  We buried him with a golf club, his hole-in-one trophy (for the two hole-in-ones he got in the last 15 years) and a chocolate bar . . .  And took a drive by the golf course after the funeral on the way to the cemetery.  We're pretty sure he would have liked all that, except he may have felt that we didn't leave him with enough chocolate . . .