Breakfast and Uptown Charlotte
Had a homemade breakfast (quiche and waffles) with the family and visited uptown Charlotte!
Lindsay making waffles
Family breakfast
Patricia by waterfalls
Ice Cream at the Golden Cow
Patricia preparing babka
Family hangouts in Charlotte
Finally got to see Lindsay’s house! We all had some bagel breakfasts and a yummy pasta bake for dinner. Patricia braided my hair and made a babka.
Good morning!
Patricia braiding my hair
Linds with Toki
Family with pasta bake
Family with pasta bake
With honeysuckle
Patricia preparing babka
Off to Charlotte!
I got on a plane and went to Charlotte. I rented a house and got together with my sisters, Dad, and Connie!
Lots of room on the plane!
Plane face!
Dad is a little boy
P in the comfy chair
Dad’s 70th Birthday
Dad is 70! I put some finishing touches on the cake.
Dad’s cake, finished!
We ate at P.F. Chang’s and then had cake at Dad’s house after.
Dad rocks
Group at P.F. Chang’s
Dad at P.F. Chang’s with a birthday candle
Dad with his 70th birthday cake
Inside Dad’s cake
No Bad Days at the Tiki Bar
Went to see my dad play in his other band, No Bad Days. Jeaux drove me there and we ate at the Tiki Bar! Good show.
Dad in his band No Bad Days
Jeaux and me in the audience at the Tiki bar
Christmas Eve Dinner
Jeaux and I invited Dad and Connie over for Christmas Eve dinner! We made white bean pot pies, homemade dinner rolls, vegan scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, whipped cauliflower, and homemade gravy. We had a gift exchange after dinner. And then there was a gingerbread roll and five kinds of homemade cookies!
Jeaux making scalloped potatoes
Homemade Lion House Rolls
Christmas Eve Dinner
White Bean Pot Pie
Jeaux trolling my dad
Present for Dad from Patricia
Present for Connie from Patricia
Abbreviated Dessert
Dessert Crew
Jeaux’s wrapping paper trolling
Dedication Day
Our mom’s dedication was today. We went out on a boat and watched her reef ball be added to the reef project. We saw dolphins! And we also decorated a tribute reef with flowers and said our final goodbyes to our mom. And we got boba after.
Dolphins!
Patricia & Ash on the boat
Ash on the boat
Tribute reef
Patricia decorating the tribute reef
Dad with tribute reef
Tribute reef
Ivy with tribute reef
Ivy with tribute reef
Tribute reef
Flowers in the water
Ivy on the boat
Yusuke and Ash on the boat
Dolphins!
Dolphins!
Reef ball going in
Watching the reef ball go in
Family at dedication
Throwing tribute reef
Family at dedication
Dad and Ash at Ding Tea
After Viewing Day
We stayed over in Sarasota at my dad’s house after our mom’s viewing and had some yummy food at a restaurant (Ash was overwhelmed by a waffle!) and then they spent some time swimming and we even got to play Cards Against Humanity (family edition).
Ash intimidated by a waffle
Swimming at Dad’s
Swimming at Dad’s
Swimming at Dad’s
Ash with watermelon
Cards Against Humanity
Cards Against Humanity
Cards Against Humanity
Cards Against Humanity
Cards Against Humanity
Viewing Day
We got to come see Mom’s reef ball with the completed collar and the “pearl” inside which contained her ashes. We made rubbings of the plaque for ourselves and our mom’s siblings.
Wax rubbings
Wax rubbings
Mom’s “Pearl”
Dad viewing
Reef Ball Viewing
Reef Ball Viewing
Selfie with Mom’s Reef Ball
Casting Day
My mother’s ashes were committed to the Eternal Reefs project. My family attended the casting where we put her ashes into a solution to make a “pearl” and also decorated the collar of the reef ball.
Our mom’s plaque
Stirring ashes
Picking out decorations
Reef Ball
Collar decoration
Collar decoration
Collar decoration
Reef Ball Collar we decorated
Family at casting
Afterwards, we went to a restaurant and hung out with our dad.
Ash tries crème brûlée
Dad & Patricia Espresso
My sisters are smart at crosswords. They did one together.
Crossword Puzzle Sisters