grandma

my beautiful grandma passed away on monday night!!! she was the best grandma that any kids could ask for and more! she had been struggling for a few years and now she is pain free. having a few days to look back on all of the memories that i got to share with her makes me so grateful that i had someone so special in my life. one of my favorite memories is when i was in preschool. my grandma was the secretary at the high school where i went to preschool at and one day we were having jello jigglers for our treat and i wouldn't touch them let alone eat one. so they went and got my grandma to come and coax me into eating one. she tried and i refused, she mentioned that they jiggled down your throat and that's what terrified me. after when she came to pick me up she gave me money to get a treat out of the vending machine. she often picked me up and always gave me money for a treat. it was so much fun having grandma live a couple of blocks away. we would always ride our bikes down to her house and if my mom couldn't find us that was usually where we were at and she knew it. it was hard for us gibson kids when my grandparents moved to lehi. we had such a strong relationship with them that we didn't let a little move to lehi stop us from seeing them whenever we could. i would spend a week every summer with them and i remember my grandma taking me to snow white and she had put packages of m&m's in her purse for us to snack on during the movie man she was sneaky!! most of all i am so grateful for the time that i have had with her and for the time that my kids have had with her. the last time we were with her i got a picture of elle and my niece codi standing next to grandma jones. what a great treasure that is for me and for my daughter. i love you grandma jones and i will miss you very much!!