After the Funeral with Family

After Mom's funeral and the service at the cemetery,

we returned to Sherman and Sandy's home. It was our

base during the days after Mom's death. I was thankful

that Sandy offered their home for this and it was a

perfect place for family and friends to gather. With the

beautiful new kitchen that my brother remodeled, we

gathered together to eat, remember, laugh, and enjoy

our family and friends.

My precious niece, Sherri, and my beautiful sister-in-law,

Sandy, are two very special people in my life. I'm so blessed.

Kristen wanted to make sure that I was included in all

the pictures. Usually I'm taking them, so there aren't

pics of me! Thank you K! Love you bunches.

Maria and her four precious children came by the house.

She's Sherri's best friend and has been for a long time.

We ate and ate, especially the wonderful desserts. Here

Kit, Melissa and Adam have just had more dessert!

Kit has a 'deep' conversation with Kayleigh, Maria's only

daughter. What a great dancer she is too. Sherri tried to

keep up with her, but Kayleigh was just tooooo much!

We were blessed with the presence of David and Sharon

Depp, Jenny's mother-in-law and father-in-law. We were

also blessed that Kristen Sherrill, a former member of the

K Team and good friend of Jenny's, came by. She enjoyed

seeing Jenny and getting to hold Cyrus, whom she had not

seen at all.

Kristen and Cyrus

Kristen and Matt with a sleeping Turner.

What a sweet baby boy! Turner was so good during the

funeral proceedings and at this point, he was all tired out!

Cyrus and Jenny - burping time! Cyrus also has a good

grip on Uncle Sherman's finger!

Another view of Jenny, Cyrus and Uncle Sherman.

Another view of new life and older life...So sweet!

Baby Cyrus, only one month old, had his passport before

he was two weeks old and I'm so glad so that he and Jenny

could fly home from Istanbul with me to be with Mom

during her last days here on earth.

Such a sweet boy! We are blessed with three grandsons

and one granddaughter. WOW! Thank you Lord.

Uncle Sherman finally got to hold little Cyrus!

Then Gran was able to get her hands on the little one!

Again, Kristen made sure that pictures were taken. :-)

Once our family returned to Boone's Farm on Coltrane

Mill Rd., we enjoyed time with one another before the guys

had to return home. Turner was very entertaining in that

he had begun crawling just that week. Also, he and his

Dad love to play ball. Imagine that!

Aunt Jenny wanted to make sure that she had a picture

with Turner, her only nephew!

Turner playing ball with Matt.

What a sweet little cutie pie!!!

And Cyrus slept throughout the 'ballgame' event!

Matt dressed Turner in his PJs and I had the pleasure of

feeding him his bottle. Then he was ready to go home to

Apex. So Matt, Kristen and Turner headed toward Raleigh

as Adam, Melissa and Kiya headed back to Boone. Jenny

and Cyrus remained with us for a few more days. But the

house got very quiet after that.

Grandad and Cy enjoying some time together.