Grandpa, Cumorah & Hippity Hop Hansen

I have this "Wall O'Fame" that I usually put up right after we get our shipment delivered from our last house.  I have chosen photos of every family member I have... in fact, you may be up there and don't even know it (I have aunts who take pity on me ;)  

I usually don't put up photos of just anyone doing just anything. I like to get photos that show faces so that my girls can be reminded of family and good friends we left back in the States, or back in our last "home" country.

But, I just couldn't pass up putting this one up...

Grandpa, Cumorah, & Hippity Hop Hansen (the bunny)

The time stamp is correct: 8 Aug 2002

My heart melts each time I look at this photo.  It's one of my most favorite memories of Grandpa.  He was so attentive to Cumorah (as he was whenever any of my girls visited), showing her all around the garden and helping her "feed" the bunny.  But, when he got down on his knees as Cumorah got down in her one-year-old squat, I jumped to take the shot (and probably almost fell into the pond ;)

~Natalie Hansen Terry

Fixing G'ma and G'pa's roof - October 2004

I have always been impressed with how much my father, his siblings, and their spouses helped G'ma and G'pa.  They have been such good examples to me.  I think my parents have ensured their care into their elderly years ;)  

This specific time Kenn and DeLynn enlisted some of the grandsons to help out with G'ma and G'pa's roof.  I was in town visiting from Maryland, and this was right before we left for the airport - we were grabbing one last visit.

Grandma, Natalie, Eden (on lap), Cumorah

At some point I yelled up to the guys to stand close so I could take a group photo:

KC, DeLynn, Kenn, G'pa, Christian, Gordon, Shawn

I'm sad that I didn't document the story at the time, because I can not for the life of me remember what I said after taking this first photo. *But* I Do remember the horrible feeling that came over me right as the words came out of my mouth, because I thought, "Oh, Grandpa is going to be so embarrassed that I said that!"  Well, this is what happened...

You can have fun figuring out who is who in this one ;)

I was laughing so hard I'm surprised the photo didn't end up blurry.  My eyes teared up, because ... look at G'pa.  What a sense of humor!

~Natalie Hansen Terry