We were all home this past weekend to sort through my Dad's things and to help my Mom there at the house. It was a long couple of days, but they were also very good days too! While there I learned a few things I hadn't known about my family before. I also got the chance to hear a few stories again. The following is a recap from this last weekend.
The USS Iowa: My Grandpa Reading was a gunner's mate, 3rd class aboard this ship during World War II. Over the weekend I was told the story of when they shot down 139 of 140 fighter jets during the war. One plane broke though their line of fire and caused casualties on the other ship that was with them as it crashed into it, but neither ship sank.
My Dad's grave site. The headstone was set and put in place about a week and a half ago. We all visited there today. We stopped and picked a few wildflowers and crabapple tree blossoms up in the valley, near the house where my Mom grew-up. We added them to the flowers my Mom had bought to place there.
The foundation of the house my Mom grew-up in, in Darby, ID
The old car my Grandpa Larsen used to court my Grandma Larsen. It belonged to his father. It is parked in a field there in Darby, near where my Grandpa use to farm.
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