Grandma Koel Celebration of Life

My grandma (Great Grandma Koel as known to the boys) passed away this past year.  The timing was difficult to make it back to Kansas for the funeral and there were some challenges with figuring out when and where it was going to be held at the time, so we opted to have a Celebration of Life party a bit later when most of our side of the family could come out and spend some time together and celebrate her life.  This is my dad with our family friend Lou who came to celebrate with us.  Tara was able to find us a perfect room at the Boulderado (a hotel in downtown Boulder) that would also be able to serve a brunch and have enough room for our group.

Uncle Adam came out from California, which is always a hit with our boys.  They keep saying that he and I look soo much alike from a muscular standpoint.  I don't see it, but I will trust their judgement.

It's hard to get everyone out without having some sort of card game pop up.  I think we are playing a game of "Nertz" here.  One thing that better be noted is that if you sign up for a game of Nertz with Grandma Emily, you better bring your A game because she will smoke you in no time flat and is a fierce competitor.