The ENTIRE family came out for the funeral, there was a Mass where all of us Grandkids did a reading and my Uncle Todd did the Eulogy. It was emotional and beautiful. The wake was held at the Los Altos Country Club where my they have been members forever. It was great to see all our cousins and second cousins and good friends. All the Great Grandkids had a blast running around and playing together. My Dad made a beautiful video in memory of Gramps. After we had a BBQ at Grams and Gramps house and got to visit more.
We spent the next day at the Country Club pool which was a great time! The kids swam, the big kids (Craig, Chad and Rick) jumped off the diving board and we hung and laughed in the sun. That night we went to dinner with us Wilder sisters and husbands and the Lincolns in Palo Alto. Braydon, Dylan, Colt, Jake and Jesse all hung with Mimi and Grampy watching movies and playing in the Greenes suite at the hotel.
Saturday morning we made the Loooong drive back home, the kids pointed at cows and horses along the way. We stopped at Harris Ranch and got some meat. We decided to split up the drive by staying at Shutters on the beach in Santa Monica. It was the best decision! We walked the beach and the pier, watched fisherman and people do gymnastics at Muscle Beach. We got dinner and then swam in the pool until bedtime.
The next day we had breakfast at the hotel overlooking the water, then went to the Smiths (Siena's Godfather) to meet new baby Molly. She is so sweet and looks exactly like Connor did as a baby. The kids played together, ate ice cream from the ice cream truck that came by and then we ate pizza dinner while Craig and I did our family Fantasy Football draft. We drove home after that. It was an unexpected but fun adventure up North and back.
Our second cousin Niklas Pavlina from Croatia made this family tree of our Croatian side of the family.
