Elmo will never be the same

This past week has been such a hard week for my family. My Grandpa Hansen passed away on Sept. 20th up at Utah Valley hospital. My Grandpa had not felt the best for a few days and so when grandpa went to take his blood pressure there wasn't one. She got him over to the hospital and they too could not get a blood pressure so they sent him by ambulance to Utah Valley. It didn't take long once he got there to leave this earth holding my Grandma's hand.

My grandpa was supposed to live forever. He was one of the greatest men that I knew and he loved us kids so much! He knew exactly what was going on in our lives at all times and he was always involved. A few days before my grandpa passed away my grandpa had headed down the street to visit with a bunch of his friends and when he got back to said "You should see all them old sons a bitches.....they're gonna die any day"!

Grandpa was such a story teller. He would sit on his front porch all day and visit with everyone that passed telling all of them quite the stories. He had the best laugh and boy did he love his life.
I don't think I knew two people who were more in love than my grandma and grandpa. When he passed my grandma was so sad and said "he's never been anywhere without me" and it was true. They did everything together for the past 58 years and they enjoyed every minute of it.

The graveside was so fitting for my grandpa. A little while back he had my mom sign a notarized paper that she would not have him a funeral so we had him a little graveyard service. It was the BEST "funeral I have ever been too and I will never forget the wonderful things that people said about him.

I will miss him so much and so will my kids. During the family prayer Kade just started sobbing...it broke my heart. He loved my grandpa and it was so hard for him to say goodbye.

It is going to be so hard to pull up to his house and not see him sitting in his chair.

Grandpa, I promise to think of you whenever I tear into a Hershey's chocolate bar and I promise to head to mesquite any chance I get to look for that quarter you lost 50 years ago in that damn slot machine. I love you and I will miss you so much!

My Grandpa served in the Korean War...What a Handsome Danish Man!
Here is a pic of him and my grandpa. Rough bunch huh!

My grandpa and his best bud/brother Aron. They are back together in heaven enjoying a nice warm cup of coffee!