Sad and Happy Times in Missouri

Our family gathered in Missouri to mourn the loss -- and yet celebrate the life of faith and eternal life -- of Kim's Grandpa Walquist. We laughed 'til we cried when reminiscing about his antics ... from his convincing Kim's Uncle Rick he had a gizzard to his yodeling to his belief that "he who eats the fastest gets the mostest." We enjoyed our family time together.

Great-Grandma Walquist fed Ian sweet potatoes as Daddy and Kieron look on.
Uncle Jason has a comfy shoulder.
Uncle Andrew tries his hand at styling Ian's hair with hair gel. Umm...didn't really work.
Brielle gives Ian some TLC.
Macy and Ian take a moment to catch some zzz's.
And, yes, Ian sleeps through yet another change of hands to Grammy.
Kim and Matt hope they can crawl around on the floor as easily with their great-children as Great-Grandma Walquist does!
Ian thinks, "This sorta looks like Daddy feeding me ... but this isn't Daddy!"
Ian sits in his first leaf pile and doesn't quite know what to think about the pumpkin.
"I put my arm around people I love," says Ian.
Aunt Sarah just won the staring competition. The camera never lies, Ian: you looked down first.
The Walquist clan
During most of our time together, Ian had something (toy, thumb, someone else's shoulder) in his mouth. We predict that we'll see a tooth or two soon!