Chris, Amy, Misha and I stayed in a hotel about 20 minutes from Kevin’s house. Kristen spent the night with cousins. I don’t believe she got a lot of sleep. She kept falling asleep on my shoulder throughout Sacrament meeting.
The newly called bishop of Kevin’s ward used to live in Firestone and we enjoyed knowing his family. It was nice to see them again.
Lori and Sam had an early flight Sunday morning, and were the first of the family to head home.
We had a family lunch—hamburgers as they were grandpa’s favorite—and then just spent time together as the rest of the family prepared to leave.
Kenny and Jenn headed out next.
During the afternoon, Chris and I were talking. He planned to stay in Houston until Thursday to help his mom. The girls and I had a flight home early Monday morning at 6 am! We would have to be up and going around 3:30 our time.
I suggested that we just go home Sunday night and he began checking to see if there were any flights.
He found one. It left out of Hobby airport which was an hour away from Kevin’s house. Kristen wasn’t thrilled to leave her cousins early, but none of us really wanted that early morning wake up call either.
So Becky’s family left at 5:00 with Grandma driving them to the airport.
Chris drove us girls in Kevin’s van to Hobby International Airport at 5:30 pm.
Kevin and Candace’s home was emptying fast.
Since we had a hotel booked for the night and it was too late to cancel it, Chris planned to stayed at the hotel.
Chris planned to stay with Kevin for the next week and would help clean out Grandpa’s office and make it into a guest room.
Kevin and Candace were phenomenal in hosting family, allowing us to use their vehicles, planning and preparing meals, just to name a few. Hopefully their lives will calm a little now.
Before everyone started leaving, Grandma brought over some of Grandpa’s jackets, hats, and shirts for the grandkids to look through.
Misha found an extra large shirt to wear, Chris claimed one of Grandpa’s hats, and Becky’s kids took a few of Grandpa’s jackets and hats as mementos. It was fun to see them so interested.
Misha and Ashley tried on a pair of Grandpa’s shorts.
