Colorado: Loved Ones

While in Colorado, we visited our grandparents' memorial sites. In 2012, three of my grandparents passed away: Grandpa and Grandma Higgins and Grandpa Robertson. This was my first time seeing their tombstones. They were beautiful! It was a peaceful, solemn time to remember them and their amazing lives. I miss them each very much, so being at their memorials helped me feel a little closer to them. I have a strong belief that life exists beyond this, that I will see my grandparents again, that we will all be resurrected just as Jesus Christ has been, and that through sacred temple ordinances, our family units are eternal. I can't wait to introduce my children to their AMAZING great-grandparents.

Grandma and Grandpa Higgins have their memorial stone in an adorable little cemetery right outside of Longmont. They donated their bodies to science, so after a few years, I think their ashes will be laid here. 

Grandpa Robertson's grave site was also beautiful and peaceful, amid the wind and rain. When he passed away, I was pregnant with Dallin, so we named him Dallin Jerold in loving memory. Every so often, I tell Dallin that his middle name came from his amazingly cheerful and incredibly genius great-grandpa, so it was really cool to show him the grave site. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that our little ones understand way more than we give them credit for, so I really do think that Dallin understood that this stone had something special on it that had to with him and with someone that we love.