Memorial Day

Both Brian and I are family people. We love our families, we value our families, and we support our families. We are also unending supporters of our brave men and women who fight, have fought, and will fight for our country. THEY gave us the freedoms we cherish today.

We passed the Leavenworth National Cemetery while on a drive to help Adelle sleep when we were in Kansas. She ended up sleeping for two hours while we visited the beautiful grounds of the cemetery and also passed by, I think, 4 penitentiaries. The cemetery was beautiful - rolling hills, each headstone decorated with a flag (that is how it SHOULD be), beautiful monuments and buildings, as well as neat sayings throughout the grounds. While we didn't visit Leavenworth National Cemetery ON Memorial Day, it was still powerful. Here are some pictures.





On our way out we saw the sign at the VA out in Leavenworth and we really enjoyed what they said, take a look:





On Memorial Day, we met up with Nana Dottie and Papi at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. There, we visited the graves of my grandparents: Gram and Grandpa Volpe, as well as Grandma and Grandpa Gamboni. We miss you and will love you always!




Take another look at the Heritage Flight from the Duluth Air Show a couple of years ago. It brings tears to our eyes every time we watch it (or listen to the clip) because if it wasn't for the soldiers, who knows what life would be like today!