One year ago day...

... the world changed forever!



My mom's headstone got installed just in time for her one year anniversary.

I wanted to make sure that her grave was decorated with a ton of flowers.  She loved flowers so much.  Everyone brought some.

The whole family came to honor and remember her.

This is Tante Friedel's brother.  He is buried just a few rows over from mom.  Even in death she is surrounded by friends :).

We went to Dad's new place for brunch afterward and had German wurst from Seigfried's in her memory.

 

This past year has been super hard and Kristin and I decided that the best way to celebrate getting through it, while simultaneously commemorating Granny's life, would be to knock a few things off our bucket lists.  So,we got on a plane and went to Seattle!

 

Neither of us had ever been and it is someplace that we often talked about going to.  We arrived in the evening and didn't have time to do much, so we just went to dinner, then back to the hotel to go to bed.  Pictures of our adventures will start tomorrow.

Our hotel was in an awesome location right off of Pike's Place.  This is the first picture we took in Seattle just a few steps out the door on our way to dinner.

Guess where we ate?

Yummy dinner

Bucket List Counter:
1- Be in Seattle with my favorite person ever!
2- Add another Hard Rock Café to the list I've visited (list previously included Washington DC, Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Salt Lake City, Taiwan, Honolulu)