Andy’s grandpa passed away yesterday morning. He’s been sick for a few weeks now, but it progressed really fast and he went home to Jesus yesterday morning. He was a sweet man who was always good for a silly joke. He used to tell people how he gave his wife a 3 carat ring and he’d pull out a silly 3 carrot ring:

Kinda like this but with 3 carrots :)

and he also liked to trick people with his “Quarter Pounder”. Andy said that they went to McDonald’s with him when they were young and he would tell the cashier, “I just need fries and a Coke because I already have a quarter pounder!”

I think it was more like a little hammer mounted to pound a quarter, but this was the only picture I could find of a quarter pounder gag.

Andy drove down to Indiana for the funeral. He’ll be gone till Tuesday night and I already miss him, but I’m happy that he gets a chance to be with his family and spend some time remembering his dear Grandpa VanCleave.

Today is my dear friend Carrie’s birthday.  She and I go WAY back!  My family met Carrie ages ago at Grace Community Church when my parents were in her mini-church.  Shortly after that time, I started attending the youth group at Grace and Carrie became my small group leader.  She was an awesome group leader!  I remember going out for ice cream with her, trekking out to Ann Arbor to walk around the U of M campus and shop at the mall (I got this awesome white dress with pink roses all over it…I LOVED that dress and wore it a million times – remembering the fun we had each time I had it on) and I remember feeling very comfortable to talk with her and share my feelings.