nearly a year ago exactly we made the same trip down to meade. this time we honored the legacy of great grandpa reimer. what a family i married into, amazing. a few thing that i'll miss about grandpa reimer...shaking his hand, hearing him pray (since the first time i heard him pray/say grace, i have told vance its my favorite), and the way his eyes would light up seeing our boys. here's a few favorite pictures with grandpa...
meeting baby gage for the first time. (april 2010)
smiling & making faces with gage. (may 2011)
4 generations of reimer men. (june 2009)
smiling with lane. (january 2009)
watching all of his grandkids play ping pong. (december 2010)
the last picture taken of grandpa. (october 2011) SO happy we went to the nursing home that day, they said this was his last "good" day. he was quiet but his eyes smiled seeing our little boys walk in through the doors. 
with gage. (june 2010)
wayne & grandpa & kathy (december 2010) pastor harder was so right at the funeral when he said "what a treasure our family has in wayne for taking care of his parents..."
another 4 generation picture. (june 2008)
there were quite a few emotions from our little home about going, i'm not the most comfortable and we feared of having a gallstone attack the whole time. we prayed LOTS and the trip was smooth. (SO thankful!!!) i didn't pull out my camera one time. WHAT!?! that is sooo unlike me to not take any pictures. i did manage to take 4 measly cell phone pics...
gage...he had some rough moments. double ear infections are no fun!
the morning of the funeral i sent this picture to my sisters...i looked like i was wearing a giant tent.
it was a rainy muddy mess.
lane goofing around with grandpa at pizza hut.
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*tears*
there were so many great parts in the message that i keep remembering (wayne, being one of them). one of my favorites was "death was not his enemy." what a cool way to live!
thanks for posting. and we were so glad that you could make it!!!!!!
sorry to hear about the loss in your family. glad you were feeling good enough to go. thinking of you
So glad you could come too. I really liked Pastor Harder's message and thoughts. He did a great job on Grandma's and Grandpa's message. It reminded me of things I already knew, but reminded me to be thankful for many of those things. So thankful for this family!!!!
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