Servant of God: Celebrating the Life of Grandma Finnestad…!

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Celebrating the Life of Grandma Finnestad…!

One thing that I know without a doubt honors the legacy my grandma left behind is the celebration we had in her honor. My grandma loved her family… she talked about her family constantly and always asked me about the cousins whenever I went to see her. In fact, I would show her pictures on Facebook, so she could see what the cousins and their kids were up to. I also would take a selfie with my grandma, so I would have the memories myself.

I will miss you Grandma...

We started the day off at Faith where we did Grandpa’s memorial almost 18 years ago. We are blessed with great friends who came to support us and make this day happen for us. It was a very sweet service and we were able to take a family picture just like we did at Grandpa’s memorial… of course the family has grown tremendously with all the great grandchildren.

Andrew helped us with the sound...

Forcing Aunt Barbie to take a picture with us...

The "Finnestad" Family Picture

We then went back to my Mom’s house for an extended family gathering. Growing up I always remember getting together as a family throughout the year. I loved our family gatherings… weather it be during the holidays or during the summer. It didn’t matter if it was the entire family together or when we would travel to California to visit just one family. I love growing up with a big family. I loved watching the kids connect just like we did when we were kids.

Great Grandchildren enjoying each other...

James driving... watch out world... he is growing up..!

Of course, at every family gathering we would take the “cousins” picture so we had to take one today as well. It was funny to see how much closer the older cousins were than the younger ones as we had spent more time together growing up. I love that my parents made sure that I knew all of cousins… and that getting together we can reconnect and share stories from when we were kids. We are all on different paths in life… but we all had a grandma that loved us and loved Jesus dearly.