Christmas Time 2014

Christmas weekend Travis, (Heather's son) brought his family for a visit.

Travis & Christina with foster daughter AniLu (13) and daughter Elena (5).

Grandma showing Elena how to help GG get a drink.

Elena really enjoyed holding GG's cup for her.

Hopefully Elena being so young will remember the great service she offered her Great Grandma. 

A Popcorn Treat

Back in September of last year.....

Tina's two youngest children Brayden (5) and Kylie (2) was able to spend some time with GG.

They arrived just in time for snack time.

Everyone loves popcorn!

One for you....

One for me....

Popcorn can sure make us thirsty. 

Everyone's got to have a turn helping GG. 

We love you GG!

Hospice

This lovely lady was placed on hospice after a nasty reaction to some medication. 

She is back home tonight and doing better after a night in the hospital. 

She'd had quite the decline since her previous hospice experience. The next couple of days will give us a better time frame as to how long we may have left with Grandma. Mom, Heather, said that she wasn't fully awake this afternoon but was starting to mumble- good signs that we may have a bit more time. 

The baby featured is the newest addition so the family, Sheri's son Jesse. 

Congratulations to Cheyenne as well on her baby girl Journey.  Billy also had a little boy- Ryker. We hope Grandma can meet these babies soon. 

She's still got it

A few weeks ago Mom went over to get GG up and dressed for the day. Mom usually talks to her and sings silly songs as they go along. Mom started singing, "It's time to get up. It's time to get up" Mom paused to listen to GGpa real quick and clear as day GG finished the song, "It's early in the morning." Shocked speechless.


Another time when Mom was helping GG get up and dressed, I guess she thought Mom pulled her pants up a bit to hard.
GG looked straight at Mom and muttered to herself, "Good Grief!"


GG's still in there...

Happy Birthday

Guess who had a birthday!

Mark, Robin, and Tamra came down for the big day.

We had an awesome visit.

GG always loves visits from Brionney.

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday, dear GG!

Happy Birthday to you!

Spring

Not much has happened the last few months.

Brionney still loves to rub lotion on GGs hands. 

They try and communicate; they jabber back and forth as Grandma is rarely able to form words.

GG seems to enjoy Brionney's company when she crawls into her lap. 

GG has had many visitors. Tina and her family have come often the last few months. Each of GG's great-grandchildren take a moment with her during their visits. This is Maddie taking her turn to help GG eat her lunch.

Grandma has declined in these last weeks. She is no longer able to communicate. Every now and then a word will get through but she mainly babbles. She is also sleeping more often. On a good note she is well cared for. She is loved. She is surrounded by family and loved ones.

Grandma before she was Grandma

I found some treasures:

Bobbette with her firstborn, Heather- 1957. 

 Marco and Bobbette in 1969, before they were married. 

They were on their way to the Christmas dance.

Isn't she beautiful?

This is Bobbette on her wedding day.  

This photo was later used to paint a portrait of her.

To this day, it hangs above her bed. Beautiful and serene.

Their family: 

Back row: Jim, Bonnie, Heather, Bobbette, Marco

Front row: Mark, Tamra

Their family in 1993:

Back row: Jim, Mark, Bonnie

Front Row: Tamra, Marco, Bobbette, Heather

 Bobbette with her father, AV Clark.  He was 102 when he passed away.

 Bobbette with her sister Vera. Vera came to live with Bobbette and Marco for the last several weeks before she passed away from cancer and dementia. Bobbette was a talented quilter- she won many awards for her quilts. She had Vera help her quilt while they visited. Those quilts will be treasured forever.

 Bobbette and Marco with their first Great Grandson, Hunter.

 Bobbette with her children- 2010

Jim, Bonnie, Heather, Bobbette