Semi-immediate progenitors

I love that I have two grandmas! It's SO great!

It's true I don't remember too much about Grandma (Dad's mom), but I know she's amazing (after all, she had four incredible kids, one of whom is my father! And Grandpa married her, so... :). I can't remember much of what she looked like (well, maybe, but my image is colored by pictures I've seen of her.

I do remember watching Dark Crystal while laying on her bed. I remember playing Frogger at her house. I remember always being excited to visit even though it was a 2 and a half hour drive (55 mph speed limits back then). I remember that there was a piper at the cemetery where she was buried. I was in the back of our red minivan looking out the window at the piper while everyone was over at Grandma's graveside service. I'm not really sure why I was in the car during that, but...

I seem to remember fog or mist, but I might be conjuring that one up because of the cemetery and the piper. It is pretty atmospheric, hey?

I remember a lot more about Grandma (mom's mom), obviously, I suppose, since she lived only a few minutes away most of my life and she's still around. She let us boys sleep on her trampoline more than once! :)

The greatest memory I have of her, though, is when I asked to borrow her dining room for a dinner before a formal high school dance I went to (I think it was Senior Ball). All I did was ask to borrow the dining room...

Well, when we arrive, we enter to see candlelight glowing from the table, hear classical music playing from the stereo, and her second best china set out! It was amazing and far above and beyond the call of duty! I loved it and will forever remember her generosity in that!

Although it was pretty fun a few months back to try and figure out where Spring Hill was on our atlas...