Today Alex and I went with my parents and my grandma to visit a few cemeteries for Memorial Day weekend. The first cemetery we went to was
Fort Snelling where Keith's dad and my grandpa is buried. Here is Alex pictured above putting flowers by Keith's dad's gravestone. My grandpa was in the navy during WWII and was on the
USS St Lo during the
Battle of Leyte Gulf. I'm so glad I got to hear all of my grandpa's stories so I can pass them on to Alex when she gets older. Luckily I was able to videotape an interview I did with him a few years ago. I have it on my youtube page if anyone is interested in checking it out. Keith's dad was in the Marines during the Korean War. Unfortunatly, I don't know much about what he did there because he didn't talk about it much. I really wish I knew more.
After Fort Snelling, we went to Sunset Memorial Park where many of my grandma's family is buried. We visited her parents (Alex's great great grandparents) and her sister who died at a young age in the 40's from
Rheumatic Fever. I have more pictures I will have to post at a later date.
We also had a great lunch at a new place in Apple Valley. Alex had fish sticks and I had some crab cakes (it's a fish restaurant). At the end of the day we stopped by Fuddruckers for some ice cream. Now I'm ready for bed and too tired to do anything else! Only if Alex was tired too!
