Bitter Sweet

Well, I am writing this post from Flagstaff, AZ. I have no way of uploading my pictures so I will have to add them later. We headed out today for our week long vacation to Phoenix with Brandon's family. We are staying in Flagstaff tonight on our way to Phoenix. I'm excited to be gone on vacation, especially to be away from work for a whole week, but I also recieved some news today that makes this time a little bitter sweet.

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My Grandpa Bishop passed away this morning. Kristen called me to tell me at about 11:00 this morning, when we had been on the road for about an hour. He would have been 95 on the 21st of this month. This was a long time coming. He has been going down hill for years now, and we knew he wanted to die, but it doesn't make it any less sad.

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The worst part about it was that he died the very day I left town for a 9 day vacation, meaning I will miss the funeral. Unless I fly home for it. Which I am still considering doing. Especially since my two brothers are flying in for it (one from California and one from Iowa). This is a really hard decision to make.

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I love my grandpa. He lived 3 doors down from me my whole life. It feels good to know that even though I don't visit him that often anymore, I did visit him about two weeks ago. The reason for my visit will definitely be a blog post later, we borrowed their old push lawn mower for our tiny back yard and are absolutely LOVING it.

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But anyway, today was a good day, besides the bad news. The trip to Flagstaff wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. We stopped a few times to break it up. Once for lunch and once at the Canyon Glen Dam, which was pretty amazing. We took lots of pictures there and I will add them to this post once we get home.
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The road trip. Jordan was intently watching Phantom of the Opera. Ha ha ha.

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Me and Bran at Canyon Glen Dam (Lake Powell). He and his siblings were going crazy with the "Dam" jokes. It was awesome.

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This thing is HUGE!

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