My Sweet Grandpa Thomas

My Grandpa is an incredible man. Throughout my life he’s been there for a lot of the special events. He was there when I was blessed, when I was baptized and when I got married. I even received my patriarchal blessing from my Grandpa. I have a lot of fun memories of Grandpa playing with me in his front yard and showing and watching the squirrels with me in his HUGE tree. When I was little he and my grandma would come to Salt Lake each winter, check into a hotel down town and my family and aunts and uncles and cousins all would go see the Christmas lights they put up at Temple Square. When I was a teenager and my grandpa was in his late 80’s he even beat me in an arm wrestle and I was trying as hard as I could. He had a way of always making you feel like you were special…and you were always special to Grandpa.

This Thanksgiving Robbie, McKinley and I had a nice visit with Grandpa. We dropped in on him during lunch and he was excited to see us. We had a great time visiting with him and talked for quite a while, I always loved seeing my grandpa.

This morning my grandpa passed away. He was 97 years old. I will miss him a lot. I will always remember the love he had for everyone, his smile, his happy demeanor and his hugs. I like to think that from time to time he’ll check in on us from heaven and I hope I can make him proud. I love you Grandpa!