Tribute to (Great) Gram Hopper

On Monday November 24th, Chris's Grandmother passed away, she was such a huge part of our family and she will be greatly missed. We can take comfort in knowing she lived a long and happy life. She was always there for Chris & his Sisters while they were growing up and every time I saw her she would remind me to "take care of her boy". Ben & Emma loved going to visit Great Gram "Popper" as Emma called her. They enjoyed visiting her cottage and seeing the fish in the pond outside. We are so sad that she is no longer with us, but we are happy that she is no longer in any pain.






Obituary:

Elizabeth M. (Liz) Hopper
Hopper, Elizabeth M. (Liz) On November 24, 2008 Elizabeth M. Hopper joined the Church Triumphant. She was born on July 4, 1914 in Coleman, Texas to Armistead F. and Madge Martin. The eldest of four children, Liz grew up in numerous towns in Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she met and on August 21, 1935 married the Reverend Hubert H. Hopper. Liz enjoyed the life of wife, mother and community volunteer. She was active in her church, her daughters' schools, the Girl Scouts and PEO. After the death of her husband in 1976 Liz moved to Grace Presbyterian Village where she lived for thirty years in Cottage 50. She served on the Board of Directors of the Village, and volunteered many hours assisting fellow residents. She also edited the Village newsletter for many years. Liz experienced wonderful travels with her sister and brother-in-law, Jean and John Bardgette, and was a devoted mother and a grandmother extraordinaire. Liz is survived by her sister, Jean (John) Bardgette; daughters Mary (Ned) Benson and Ann Scheurer; grandchildren Jean (Scott) Miksch, Amye (Brian) Webster, Kelley (Chris) Stratton, Chris (Katie) Scheurer, Sarah (Wes) Burton, Mary Scheurer; and eight great-grandchildren.

1st time in Exersaucer

This was Ginny's first time in her Exersaucer, as you can see she wasn't quite sure at first what to think! But Ben & Emma certainly loved showing her all of the fun music.

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY BEN!!!

WOW, I can't believe my first-born is already 6 years old~time sure does fly by!! Benny is such a smart, sweet boy!! Here are 6 special things about Mr. Ben:
1. He's Mr. Curious, ALWAYS asking questions & trying to figure things out
2. He LOVES building things and seeing how things work (a future Engineer perhaps?)
3. He is such a sweetheart to his sisters
4. His love of reading
5. His answer to "how are you today Ben?" is ALWAYS "I'm doing great"! Such a positive little person!! :)
6. His drawing abilities~ he is a "professional" already!! ;)

Here are some pics from his 6 year birthday celebrations:

Happy Halloween!

What a fun Halloween we had, the festivities started on Wednesday morning when Emma, Ginny & I went to our MOMS club annual parade at the Senior Center. We had tons of fun and Emma got a big kick out of parading around the indoor swimming pool!! Then Thursday night we went to Ben's school's Fall Festival, the kids did a cake walk , went through a haunted house and played putt putt. Of course they also went trick-or-treating through the halls of the school and got tons of candy, what fun!
Friday, GaGa & PaPa and NaNa came up to spend Halloween with us and to watch Miss Ginny and pass out candy while Chris & I took Ben & Em trick-or-treating. They made out like bandits!! Ben was So funny this year, he was just SO excited!! He was also the BEST big brother, helping princess Emma down the stairs at the houses and helping her hold her VERY heavy candy bag! We had such a wonderful Halloween!!