Remembering Great Grandma

We got the sad news that Great Grandma had passed away early Tuesday morning, so we packed up and left for NC to be there for the funeral.  Elsie Logan was a sweet, saintly woman who worked tirelessly to care for her family.  She loved to sew and eat sweets and could out cook Paula Deen.  Great Grandma didn't have a lot to say if there were bigger personalities in the room, but one on one she was charming and humorous and had lots to say about her life experiences and family.  We always joked with her about the spring that she came to visit us in Maine and we held her hostage for seven weeks!  Logan hated to let her go.  Here are some of our favorite pictures of her from recent years:

 

Here are some pictures from the crowded viewing (Josiah confiscated my phone and took several of these):

And at the funeral at Mill Swamp Baptist Church in VA:

Logan delivered a beautiful eulogy.

The trip was exhausting for the kids and it caught up to them at the funeral:

The funeral procession drove by the Logan's home place:

It was a hot day for the burial, at 102 degrees.

Everything was really nice.  We all went to Anita's house to change and rest for a little while after the funeral, then came back to the grave one last time before going back to NC for the night.

CIW part 3

On Thursday, Logan took Barry, Marcia and Jared and the kids to the Shell Middens to explore, while I shopped at Young'uns.

 

Then we had more friends, Hannah Whitney and her boys, come for a visit.

 

Thursday evening, the boys had baseball practice.  So we headed to Boothbay for Bet's Fish Fry and stopped at Barrett's Park afterward so Jared could swim in the ocean at least once.  They had to pack up and leave early Friday morning. 

 

Saying our goodbyes later on:

 

 We had such a great week with Marcia's family and with our own family, truly vacationing instead of working remotely from CIW as we've done for years.  We just relaxed and played and it was wonderful. :)