Three weeks ago today we lost you dad.  You put up such a good fight in ICU intubated for 20 days!  I don't know how you did it, but I know you tried to get back to us because I know how much your family meant to you.  You didn't want to leave this world quite yet, and somehow, we had to say goodbye, because Covid took over and took you away from us.  I don't know that time helps because we still feel so broken over losing you not so long ago.  It just doesn't seem real.  I am so glad we had last Halloween together, me and the girls coming to Austin for the first time ever to trick or treat with their cousins and grandma and grandpa.  Avery and Bria were always sad that they didn't live in Austin to have you come trick or treating with them, so we drove there last year and that was the last time we could all do that together.  I'm so grateful we have that memory.  You were an amazing dad, husband and grandpa and we all miss you so.  I hope you are reminiscing with your parents (grandpa Merlin and grandma Norma), grandpa Lloyd, great-grandpa Elmer and all your other family and friends that passed before.  I hope you were there to welcome Pat Oleveson, she too had to leave us too soon.  Our campground will not be the same without you guys, that is for sure.  I hope you are able to watch over us and be with mom, she lost part of her heart when you left.  She feels so empty and we are here for her, but nothing we can fill with the loss of her best friend and husband of 41 years now gone.  My heart breaks for myself, for my mom, and for my girls.  They all loved you so much and you always took time to call me and check on me and the girls when we didn't see you often during the winter. 

We love and miss you so very much.