Our Trip To Michigan

On Sunday, May 2nd, Isaac's great-grandpa Slivensky (my Grandpa and Opa's dad) passed away. So on Monday night, Oma, Opa, Aunta, Madeline, Myself and Isaac made the 11 hour trip to Michigan to be with our family. Isaac and Madeline were absolute angels considering all the strange places and situations that we threw at them this week. I honestly don't think we could have asked them to act any better. They did great.

This trip was the first time that Isaac and Madeline met a lot of their extended family. (I hadn't seen many of my cousins in more than ten years.) Isaac was pretty shy at first, but my cousin Jake was able to win him over with cheese. After that Jake was Isaac's best friend! Here they are playing ball and smash the solo cup together.

Here are Isaac and Madeline with GG (great-grandma Slivensky) after the funeral. GG had stepped on ant and Isaac was determined to find it! The kids seemed to bring a small ray of sunshine to an otherwise very tough week for everyone.

This is a picture of all of the Slivensky grandchildren and great-grandchildren together.

Finally, here are some pictures of Isaac and Madeline at GG's house. Somewhere there is a similar picture of Jake and I sitting on the front porch like this when we were this age.

The week was hard for everyone and great-grandpa Slivensky will be deeply missed. He's gone to a better place now and will watch over us from there. I'm glad Isaac and Madeline had the opportunity to meet him. They won't remember it, but they'll see the pictures and one day ask. That's when we'll share the stories...some of our own, and some we heard this week...and that's how they'll know him.

I hope these two stay friends forever...