Celebrating Grandma

It was with mixed emotion that Dave, Sarah, and I traveled to MS on Christmas Day. We went to celebrate the life of Mary Agnes Howell, known as Grandma to the three of us. It was a sweet short week with the extended family and a joyous time to celebrate Grandma's life in the aftermath of celebrating the birth and life of Christ.

When I think of Grandma and Poppy I think of cheese toast and malted milk shakes, long walks through their neighborhood and trips to the local museums. They had a great tree for climbing and knew all the different kinds of birds.

Sarah meeting Grandma for the first time...or Great Grandma, should I say!

The lighting isn't great in this one, but I love that Sarah is looking at the camera. Sarah was about 8 weeks old.

Notice that even though Sarah was also wearing her beads, she felt to need to keep a hand on Grandma's far superior beads.

Sarah now has a string of Grandma's beads and let me tell you, this girl loves to accessorize. Here she has her beads, a hat (most would call it a cloth plate), and bracelets (a few shower rings and a leaf shaped cookie cutter). She is ready to roll!