Meeting Ed with a little sunshine

Tuesday morning felt like such a long time ago now! I won meet and greet VIP tickets through a radio station and called Jason instantly to see if he could come since "kiss me" was our wedding song that we danced to.  Since Jason works in Spanish fork and we had to be there at 6:15 Jason unfortunately couldn't go :(   So I brought my mom! My mom seriously knows how to have a good time at a concert! She's probably my favorite person to go with! (Don't tell Jason..:) ) 

Here are the tickets and meet and greet passes that were material stickers to stick on your jeans! 

Here we are meeting Eddy! He was so sweet and laughed when I busted through the door jumping like a little girl screaming his name... But I bet he gets that all the time! He said, "well HEY!" And I think I did all the talking from there.. Oh! And did I tell you he kissed me on the cheek? Yes, that's right... He did! 💋😍

Me and mom eating nachos after we met Ed! 

We got incredible seats! I mean, they were free so I wasn't complaining! 

Jason and I had to be up at 6:00am the next morning to leave to California for my grandpas funeral. I dropped the suebadoo (Harley) off at my sisters house at 7am and then we were on the road! 

We stayed at my grandmothers house for the funeral and let me tell you, I get ALL of my feistiness from that woman! she was on a roll! She is the most witty, funny, amazing, humble woman I know! I loved being with her and bonding for the days we spent with her . Jason absolutely fell in love with her! He couldn't stop laughing and always wanted to be around her.  

I found some Ed sheeran lyrics that made me think of my grandfather.. It's called photograph: 

"Loving can heal

Loving can mend your soul

And is the only thing

That I know (know)

I swear it will get easier

Remember that with every piece of ya

And it's the only thing we take with us when we die"

"We keep this love in a photograph

We made these memories for ourselves

Where our eyes are never closing

Hearts are never broken and times are forever frozen still"

 -Ed Sheeran 

Here are some of the pictures from the funeral.. 

Me, Ashley, grandma, mom and Austin 

Ashley, mom, aunt Laura and me 

Poppi was cremated and this was my dad giving the worker his ashes to bury.. 

It was an amazing service with all family and friends sharing their stories. Some of the stories I've never heard before so it was nice to hear about how truly amazing my grandfather was. 

Ash and I in front of grandmas house. After the funeral. Everyone gathered together for lunch. 

Me ash and mom 

Jason and I sat outside after the funeral when we changed out of our clothes.. Jason wanted to tan under his arms apparently.. Haha it was such a nice day. 

Here's a picture I found of grandma, Poppi and my dad! My grandpa was a rebel... Haha! 

So this was after everyone left the house and my dad wanted to do a push up contest! Whoever can do as many as they can in 1 minute! Guess who won?! Jason duh. Haha! He did 68 in 1 minute!!!! 

Thursday night we went to watch my cousin Scott play in his last band concert! He did amazing! They played the theme song from Star Trek so Jason really enjoyed himself!

The next day my dad came over and surprised us all with all day tickets to Knotts Berry Farm!! 

Can you guess what ride were on? 

Sean (My sisters husband) and Jason crammed in like sardines! 

Ash and I! 

The second row you can see Jason and I, 3rd row is Austin and cousin Ryan and then 4th row is Sean! 

After Knotts we went and met up with the family at Don Joses for dinner. It's a favorite that grandma and Poppi loved going to.

All the grandkids with grandma! 

The WHOLE family!! Love my family so much! 

Driving home was pretty much THIS the  whole time! Ashley and Sean had to catch a flight at 7am at the long beach airport and my dads alarm didn't go off in time so Ashley ran into our room and said that she could t get ahold of dad and that their going to miss their flight if they don't leave now! Jason and I weren't planning on leaving until 8-9 that morning but it turned into 5:30am! The only way I could describe that morning was just chaos.. Haha! Ash and Sean obviously made it on their flight thanks to Jason speeding through California! 

We made a pit stop in Vegas to get lunch and stretch out our legs.. 

Austin and Jason in the Tag Heuer store.. 

Austin couldn't finish his burrito from chipotle so he wrapped it up and later ate it.. In the bathroom he told me later.. Haha ewwww boys are gross.

Well folks, that concludes the Ed sheeran meet and greet adventure and California trip!

Xoxo, 

A little light at the end of the tunnel

I've been so excited to start writing again because I have so many things to talk about. Happy moments and heavy hearted moments have flooded our home this past week.. Having my grandfather pass this last week has been unsettling.. He lived in California with my Grandmother the rest of my dad's family and it's been difficult to grieve when  I'm not there with everyone.. We leave Wednesday through Saturday for the funeral and I'm getting more and more anxious. To not fully be able to grieve and be around loved ones has been not only hard, but unsettling for my emotions. I really can't understand what's going on with myself. Maybe it's the fact that I haven't lost any of my family and it's just a shock that my Poppi who I thought would never pass, did.

We leave Wednesday morning to California for the very long drive.. Flights were almost $300 per person so we decided to drive and save money!

I found this website www.gasbuddy.com where it calculates the gas expenses for your trip that your taking. I posted a screen shot of what the trip calculator looks like! It's really awesome because it shows you where the cheapest gas stations are along the way to your destination.  It will ask you to put in your car description (year, make and model) so it gets the accurate gas mileage for your car! I've used this website before and absolutely love it! It's saved us TONS of money on the trips that we have taken! So it looks like it will be about $130 for a round trip to California! So through all of this unsettling emotions, I guess this eases the pain just a little. I hope this helps everyone on their trips this summer!

 

Xoxo, allie