Memorial Weekend Picnic

Each year we are blessed to be a part of a gathering of  people of all ages from the small community where Ronnie’s Dad grew up.  There is a small cemetery beside a small church with covered picnic pavilions and lots of beautiful trees and plants.  The cemetery upkeep is taken care of by a group of volunteer trustee’s and workers who have family buried  there.  It is really a community wide event and lots of folks from out of town make their way back to this little wide spot in the road to enjoy the fellowship with old and new friends, enjoy the picnic and to help carry on the business of seeing to it that this little cemetery continues to have the best of care and those who are buried there are respected and their graves attended throughout the year.

Here are a few pictures from this years picnic.

Here Misty tenderly arranges flowers on Wade’s grave…we do miss him so much.

These markers are beautiful although I did blur out the names and the  dates for privacy.

All babies love Misty…or   “Sissy” as her nieces and nephews call her. Rick holding up the old oak.This picture shows the little church. Heath  never knew his Grandpa Junie but I know Grandpa Junie would love this precious little one standing on his military grave marker. I somehow missed getting a picture of cute little Audrey with her two cute pigtails and ruffled denim skirt…she was a cutie.  Maybe Misty got a picture.  I’ll add it later if she does.

The mighty Oak tree that stands watch…Grandma with a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren. 

Hope helped her Dad lead the folks in the Pledge to the American Flag today…it was a precious site for this Mom who waited so long to bring her to a free country and home to her family who loves her so much.  We are blessed and we pray for those family members and others serving in the Military on this special weekend.