Aunt Virginia's Funeral

Monday was a big day on campus. We had lots of meetings with the President, Provost, our public safety people, and etc. I broke away from the meeting with the Provost to run out to Newcastle. As most of our readers know, Aunt Virginia passed away late last week, and the funeral was held in Las Vegas. She was staying with Nancy down there at the end. After the funeral, a graveside service was held in Newcastle, which is where Uncle Leo, and now Aunt Virgina, are interred. We are so happy for Aunt Virginia. She has missed Uncle Leo so much for the last nine years, and now can be with him. We love them both. All of their kids were there. We saw, and visited with, Janet (Los Angeles Area, CA), Nancy (Las Vegas, NV), BJ (Bay Area, CA), and TL (Beryl Junction, UT). Tom looks an awful lot like his Dad, and Nancy could be Aunt Virginia's twin sister. Bubby gave Tom lots of hugs.

Of course the best part of funerals is to get to see the family that attends. Lumpy's siblings have narrowed down to a few, Katie, Donna, Ilene, and Connie (who was at the funeral in Las Vegas but didn't come to the grave side) are the only remaining sisters. Uncle Jay is the last remaining brother. Aunt Ilene and Uncle Wilmer looked great at the funeral and haven't changed much in the passing years. We had a nice visit with them. Their children, Rick, Cindy, and Pam were also there and we had fun catching up at the luncheon. There is much reunion talk on the Eves side as well, so hang on to your hats. Bubby renewed her crush on Rick and they exchanged contact info and talked endlessly about shopping at Trader Joe's.

Uncle Jay and Aunt Barbara were there and we had a good visit with them. Uncle Jay is quite the techy. He had a cool digital SLR and showed me around it. He was showing Uncle Phil some of his photos on an iPod Touch, so he must be an Apple man. Lots of common sense that flows from the Eves genetics. They are still living in the Central Valley of California, and they looked great. Uncle Jay was really taken with Mr. Vince who was, as usual, the life of the party.

Got a great photo of UP and AK at the luncheon. They came with Tony, Jaye, and Vince. I guess the luncheon was nice, but I didn't partake. Instead of the usual ham and funeral potatoes the good sisters in Newcastle prepared casseroles and pasta dishes, made salads and cakes. Bubby said it was really fun and felt small town to her.

Finally, for dinner last night we cooked up some of the bounty of our garden. The first tomatoes are ripening, but last night we ate what may be the last of the pea pods, some squash, and mung bean sprouts. We tossed in a little shrimp for protein, and it was a wonderful stir fry. I can't take a decent photo, but Bubby thought the plate colorful so concentrate on that.

Buboppy