A Birthday and a Funeral

Life has just been kinda uugghhh lately, I don't know how to describe it but stressful and sad, but yet also some really good days. As I mentioned in earlier posts my Great Grandma was sick, she passed away on the 18th. So then we had her funeral on Sat the 21st which is also Camilla's birthday. =( So we were busy with that and my sister flew in so I picked her and my cousin Diana up and then we went to Weaverville on Friday. It was a really nice funeral, we had it in a senior citizens hall where Granny used to eat lunch a lot when she had her own apartment. There were a lot more people there then I expected, and Kara and I counted 66 relatives out of the 150 or so people that were there! So now she is gone, I know she was ready for it. The last few years have just been spent wanting to go home. After the funeral we got a picture of all the Great Grandkids and spouses!

Here's the funeral folder some of the family made.

Camilla grabbing Lila's bow off her head and just being silly after the funeral.


Our newest family addition, Clayson Higgs a cute little man!


I can't believe that Camilla is 2! Its hard for me to fathom that I have a 2 year old! We had a little birthday party for her Friday night. Last year on Feb 19 my Grandpa died and so the party I had planned was canceled, so this year almost a year to the day Great Grandma died and so I went humm now what? I didn't want to go her first 2 years with out a birthday party! So we had a little one and Mom and Dads and it turned out good. There was a lot of my Moms family there and my brother and his family and my sister Kara. So she still made out like a bandit and enjoyed her cake and presents!



Opening the guitar from her Daddy!

So next year around her Birthday if someone else dies, I think I will just start having her birthday in January or something! =)
An update on my Aunt Zerelda, the tumor was worse then they thought and now Dr.s say they won't be able to operate. So anyway as Great Grandma always used to say, "Getting old isn't for sissy's"

Our family is shrinking.....

For those of you who don't already know and would like to know. My Great Grandma Crawford is in her last days. We were with her Sunday and and yesterday. She has pneumonia and her lungs are full of fluid. She hasn't ate or drank for almost 3 days now. She doesn't respond much to anyone partly because she is on morphine and a anti anxiety medicine.
I was by myself with her yesterday for a little while and I was standing there looking at her. It was like all these memories flashed back, memories of her life and our life with her. She was so vivacious and energetic. Not one to sit around or take a nap. She had a very rough life, from when she was little and so so poor. To when she was married and had a hard time with that, and still dirt poor. As a lot of our great grandparents were. But she had a faith in God and a soft heart and she was willing for his work in her life no matter the situation of her own life.
The other sad part of our family, my Grandma Grow's sister Zerelda is in the hospital and having surgery today. They found a mass on her pancreas and are leaning towards cancer. The tumor is pushing on the bile duct of her liver so she was turning yellow. So today they were going to put a stint in the bile duct so hopefully her liver can start functioning better, and they are going to do a biopsy of the mass to determine exactly what it is. So my poor Grandma, not only is her Mom dieing her sister also could have cancer. So we are all struggling here. A year ago on the 19Th my Grandpa died, and our Aunt Mildred died a few weeks before Grandpa died. So its a hard time of year. Anyway I'm sure most of you have already heard this news but just in case you haven't here's all our good news.

My Hippie Child

I love this picture of her! Hair crazy and shirtless. Reminds me of myself growing up out in the sticks.

cute!

I bought these rub on decal things for Camillas room! They are very easy and supposedly come off easy too!! I'm trying to decorate her room more, so I thought these were cute with her name! (Excuse the nakedness!)