Visiting Grandma Kagan

Grandma Kagan moved to Havre, Montana several years ago and we have not been able to see her very often.  She came here for a visit when Kadin was a baby but we haven't had a chance to go there for a visit...until now! A couple of days ago we decided to go and visit her and Great Grandma Stieler. We weren't really planning on a 14 hour drive this weekend and I'm glad that I haven't had much time to process because just the thought of taking 4 small kids on such a long car ride was exhausting.

The trip went really well. We left at about 7:00 pm and drove ALL NIGHT! The kids slept the majority of the night and after a couple of potty stops and we arrived at about 11:00 am.

We were able to go to the Green House to visit Aunt Cathy. Aunt Cathy is Grandma's cousin.  They have been friends since they were kids and love each other very much.  She owns the Green House and spends much of her time growing beautiful flowers.  She must have thousands!  We loved looking at all of the flowers and it was nice getting out of the cold for a few minutes.  Boy, it is cold in Havre in May!  In fact I think that we saw some snow flakes earlier today...

Austin took this picture!  Isn't it awesome?

So happy to see his mom!

 We went to the cemetery that Great Grandpa Steiler and Uncle Brien is buried at.  We lost Great Grandpa almost 1 year ago on August 12th 2009.  We miss him very much.  He loved the kids and they loved him.  Uncle Brien is Grandma Kagan's brother.  He died when he was 13 years old.  He is still missed by the entire family including his mom, 2 sisters, and twin brother.  I think that his Daddy is happy to finally be able to hug him again.

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