In Loving Memory of Grandma and Grandpa Allen

My grandpa passed away this morning!

I am so glad I got to see my grandpa Allen this summer! He just passed away this morning at around 4 a.m. Grandpa was a great man and will be missed very much. I remember when grandpa took me up to girls camp when I was 13 or 14, he was the priesthood leader that week and it was such a fun week with him. Grandpa was cool, he was always there when we would walk to his house from school. He would always invite us in with a hug and a smile and give us treats to eat. I also remember going hiking with him. Grandpa loved to hike. He loved his rocking chair in the corner that was positioned perfectly at the T.V. and grandma would have a little bald figurine next to him with big red felt lips on his bald shiny head. I used to love looking at and playing with that as a little girl. Grandma and grandpa were great grandparents, I am so blessed to have had them in my life. Grandma passed away on Jan 19 2007, just a few days before my beautiful angel Missoni was born, I was so depressed because I couldn't go to the funeral. I still had 3 weeks until my due date, I really wanted to go. It was a good thing I didn't because I went into labor and had her the night of the viewing. I know that grandma was there with me in the hospital at least, holding my hand. I am glad for that knowledge. I also know now that grandma and grandpa are together again. They were sealed in the temple and I know they are rejoicing in there reunion. Grandpa started getting really sick again last week, so the whole family went down to see him. That is when he decided that he had had enough of this life and didn't want to keep doing all of the meds to keep him alive, he was just going to let nature take its course, well he died peacefully this morning at my uncles house. I will miss you grandpa! I love you!

5 weeks of Florida fun in June!

This summer was great! Chris got an internship at the Department of Commerce working in the international trade administration, in Washington D.C., so Missoni and I didn't want to sit at home alone all summer, so of course what did we do? We got on a plane and headed around the country. I counted up the number of one way flights that Missoni has been on since she first flew at 5 months, and it was 30 flights. She is a pro, that is why I do it so much. (not to mention she is still free!) No really, flying with Missoni is a breeze, she just falls right asleep. Chris and I were sad to part this summer. I took him down to the Grey Hound station, and off he went to D.C. Later that week on May 29th I headed back down to Fl. After arriving, I met up with Tif to go over to Sam's baby, Gaby's, baptism. It was lovely getting to see all of the Andisco family. Missoni and I then spent 2 1/2 weeks exclusively playing with Oma. She took us to the mall, beach, green cay, pool and lovely restaurants. It is always such a treat to stay with her. Then we spent a week with my parents at a resort in Weston. That was great, we went to the pool everyday and spent time playing with Londyn and Grandma. Grandpa came down on Thurs and then Brandi and Gary came in on Friday. We were all there for the celebration of Brock and Tiffinie and baby Bryce. Brock was graduating and little Bryce was getting blessed. After the whole Allen side flew out that Monday, Grandfather Thompson and his lovely wife grandmother Hanna drove down from Alabama with Les. So Missoni got to spend a few days with them before we were back on another jet heading into Washington D.C. to see a very lonely daddy! So that was our busy 5 weeks in Florida. Oh how I love Florida!Eating at IHOP with Hanna and Grandfather!


Missoni is getting to be a real pro at brushing her teeth!

This was the view at Brock's graduation dinner. It is Ft. Lauderdale, the city I love!

This is the girls and baby Bryce at the dinner!

Mom and dad and Tif!

Tiffy and I

Brandi and Gary

Cute little Londy

Cute little Londy again before her hair cut!

Missoni in her swimming gear! "Lets go swimming"

Tiffinie and Sam at Tiffinie's birthday dinner!

Sab's and me at Gaby's Baptism

Missoni doing one of her favorite things digging up sand on the beach!

Sam's baptism

Missoni with her friend Baylee they are 6 days apart!

Missoni at the mall with Oma! She loved this fountain!

I love her in this dress Oma bought her!

Missoni and Colin, they are having so much fun can't you tell!

Hmmm so enthusiastic!

Tiffy with the two water babies.

Green Lakes is Beautiful! Labor Day Adventure!

So those of you from Syracuse that read this blog, please don't take offense to this, but Chris and I have not taken the time to step too far outside of the city limits to appreciate all of the surrounding beauty. So we thought Syracuse was kinda lousy. I mean with the patches of ghetto and ultra cold weather and all. But when we came back this summer we decided to have a new attitude and promised to start exploring more and enjoy the area. So that is what we did and we were very pleasantly surprised. Chris' friend suggested we go up to Green Lakes State Park. It was breathtaking. It had this long path that went around the lake. It took us a couple of hours to walk it but it was so much fun. It was a beautiful labor day. Chris even wanted to come back to go camping. He really wanted to get more of the outdoors. The cool thing was that right when we got there we ran into this family of Filipino's that offered us pork barbecue, and as any of you that know Chris, he was in heaven. I didn't realize that I had my camera, because even Missoni was holding her own stick of pork and chowing down on it. It was hilarious, she is a true Filipino. Then we took our walk to work off all of those pork calories. What a great day!