Garrett would have been 7 years old on December 6th. VERY hard to believe its been 7 years already. Some days it still feels like a life time ago and other days like it just happened last week. For those new to my blog you can ready Garrett's Story and how we typically celebrate his birthday here.
This year the 6th was a Tuesday so Joe had to work and the girls had school, so it was pretty much a normal day till everyone got home. We had our usual Spaghetti dinner for dinner and we usually have cheesecake for dessert but the store was out of Jello No-Bake Cheesecake mix and I was NOT about to try and make one from scratch for the first time, we had a pre-made Coconut Cream Pie instead:) It was just as yummy!
Due to lack of a lot of time after dinner and before bed time, we opted to downsize this year in terms of a Gingerbread House... to Gingerbread people!
here's Joey checking out the action munching in crackers
afterwards the kids opening a present
(Grace fell at the park earlier in the day and landed on her face and scrapped it up pretty good:(
oh! presents!!
Then after they went to bed, I decorated Garrett's Christmas tree:
This year was kinda of hard...not so much that is been 7 years...but that fact we now have the same # of people in the family who remember Garrett and 3 who never met him and find it difficult to understand what happened to him, where he is at and why we still celebrate his birthday each year. Summer and Grace weren't as excited about it as Sami was and I know that is part of the age and the fact they really don't understand what happened. I am hoping it gets easier as time goes on. Its hard to want to keep our yearly tradition when not everyone is excited about it as I am.
I used this song a couple of years ago but feel that is it fitting for this year as well since it makes reference to seven years going by so fast.
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - By Green Day
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends
like my father's come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends
summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends
ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when September ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends
like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends
like my father's come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends
summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends
ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when September ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends
like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
