My dad came down to Rubidoux, CA this past weekend for his high school reunion and mentioned that he was going out to visit his dad on Sunday. I was eager to meet up with them and have the chance to visit with my dad's father. We've pretty much been estranged from our grandfather for our entire lives. I met him about 10 years ago when Aaron was just an infant. Since then, I've sent them christmas cards each year but we've never had the chance to meet up with him again until now. We drove out to Riverside after church. It's a little over one hour to get there. The kids did great. My grandfather and his wife Gerri are nearing their 90th year. Leonard has recently had some serious health problems, heart surgery, back surgery, and he's in a weakened condition. Gerri is quite hard of hearing and kept apologizing for herself. She kept saying, "I'm so old. I'm sorry I'm such a pill." I felt so bad for her. She just seemed so sad. They were very glad that we came to see them. It was really sweet. They expressed their appreciation for our christmas cards over the years. You just never know how the smallest things affect people. The kids warmed up to both of them real quick and I was really proud of Connor for keeping control of himself. The subject of death and dying has been a very sensitive subject around our house lately especially for Aaron. He's been driven to tears about the subject on several occasions so I was a little nervous when he came in and observed how old his great grandparents were. But overall, we had a really nice visit and I came away feeling like we should definitely make another visit soon. Dad and Elke are coming to visit with us on Friday. We're looking forward to it.
My dad came down to Rubidoux, CA this past weekend for his high school reunion and mentioned that he was going out to visit his dad on Sunday. I was eager to meet up with them and have the chance to visit with my dad's father. We've pretty much been estranged from our grandfather for our entire lives. I met him about 10 years ago when Aaron was just an infant. Since then, I've sent them christmas cards each year but we've never had the chance to meet up with him again until now. We drove out to Riverside after church. It's a little over one hour to get there. The kids did great. My grandfather and his wife Gerri are nearing their 90th year. Leonard has recently had some serious health problems, heart surgery, back surgery, and he's in a weakened condition. Gerri is quite hard of hearing and kept apologizing for herself. She kept saying, "I'm so old. I'm sorry I'm such a pill." I felt so bad for her. She just seemed so sad. They were very glad that we came to see them. It was really sweet. They expressed their appreciation for our christmas cards over the years. You just never know how the smallest things affect people. The kids warmed up to both of them real quick and I was really proud of Connor for keeping control of himself. The subject of death and dying has been a very sensitive subject around our house lately especially for Aaron. He's been driven to tears about the subject on several occasions so I was a little nervous when he came in and observed how old his great grandparents were. But overall, we had a really nice visit and I came away feeling like we should definitely make another visit soon. Dad and Elke are coming to visit with us on Friday. We're looking forward to it. 
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That is great that you went to visit your grandpa and your kids great grandpa. With the pictures that you took, they will always remember this time.
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