My Grandpa

He was the one who would growl with me when I was just learning I had a voice.
He taught me how to fish and only grumbled a little bit when I kept catching moss and snags.
He let me come stay at his house every summer just so we could know each other better, and ate my pancakes without complaining.
He let me play in the puddles on the lawn while he was irrigating.
He threw the oar out of the boat when my cousin and I kept arguing over it to teach us a lesson
He always had "whiskers" for me every time I'd visit. 
He was always there on grandparent's day.
He taught by example and was one of the best examples I have ever had.
He loved me. So much. And I never doubted it.
He loved my children and would always light up when we came to visit.
He was everything a grandpa should be and more.


I will miss him.

But I am glad he is with the people who have passed on before and no longer suffers from our mortal limitations. Someday my kids will be grown and we will teach them how to fish and I will always remember my grandpa.


I love being married to a Trooper because it runs in the family. ( And I just love a man in uniform especially one as handsome as my Grandpa)

One of my last trips fishing

Grandpa and Haylee

Grandpa and Kenzie

Grandpa and Ryker

At his house for Thanksgiving 2009

Celebrating 75 years with visitors from the Highway Patrol