Memorial Day 2011

Ever since I was a little girl and my Dad would drive us over to Overton, Nevada for Memorial Day weekend, I have loved visiting the gravesites of dear family members. We used to make the trip to Aunt Marilyn's where we would visit for the weekend, clean and decorate Granpa Sam Harmon's grave, visit with family and maybe even do some waterskiing. I don't often get back to Granpa (Sam) and Granma's (Veva's) gravesites anymore but I think about them when we do our Idaho run.
Yesterday Dan and I took flowers around starting with a new cemetery. Last fall I found my paternal Great Grandparents (Allen and Emma Harmon- Sam's parents)burial site in the Rigby Cemetery so that where we went first.
There was an amazing feeling as I placed some flowers in front of their stones. It was like we had finally met and I loved them instantly. I am so grateful for the lives they lived and the posterity they had. My dad is one of them and he's wonderful.
Then we made our usual way down I15 to Blackfoot where we stopped and placed flowers on Dad's (Ed Harmon) grave.

Mom had a bench put in as his marker and just as we were leaving some little girls came wondering around. They found the bench and decided to have a little "sit". It was so cute and so very appropriate I just had to take a picture.
I know Dad would be pleased to know that someone was enjoying his bench. We got to visit with a Vetern who was placing flags at the gravesites of the vets in the cemetery. He said there were over 800 veterns buried there. It felt so good to see a small flag in front of Dad's bench. I am so grateful for the many vetern's who have served our country. I take great pride in the fact that Dan is a Vetern and will be honored with a small flag each year. One day I'll even get to share his flag with him.

We placed some flowers at Aunt Tippy's and Uncle Dave's site before we left.

Then we went on down to Pocatello. Grandpa and Grandma Rohde's graves were next. I'm so glad we had their marker mixed a couple of years ago. It looks really nice now.
After that we went to Seth's bike shop but he wasn't in so we stopped over at Perkin's and had breakfast/lunch before heading back to the Thomas cemetery.




As always, we placed flowers on Granpa (Daniel D.)and Granma (Martha Lois England)Thomas's site as well as little Darin Nissen's (Dave and Jolene's son)site.
We moved across to Aunt Helen's and Marie's spot
and then went over to the Moreland Cemetery and left flowers at Granpa (William)and Granma (Eliza Geddes) England's graves as well as Uncle Billy's.
Since it was such a good day for flowers, when we got home I went and picked out some flowers to plant in our backyard, too. Nobody ever said you have to be dead to enjoy a pretty flower.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY EVERYONE!