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 My 94 year old grandpa in Rhode Island has cancer and was given about 2 weeks left. So Monday night I got my dads and I tickets to fly to Rhode Island for Wednesday. Tuesday was crazy, running around doing errands, trying to get homework done. I made sure I got my nails done for the trip so I could de-stress for a little bit. Wednesday we left for Utah where we had a red eye. I was so exhausted. We flew into Boston and then took a train to providence. Mama Jo picked us up at the train station in the bear suit!! It was hilarious! It's so weird seeing mama Jo in Rhode Island! I spent the night with her and we got some good ol Rhode Island Grinda's for dinner. So good! Mama Jo was so kind to let me stay with her and drive her car.





My time there was been quite busy. I haven't been there in 7 years. I am such an Idaho girl now! The traffic  drove me crazy. The speed limit on the highway is 55! I really missed the food, the ocean, and the accents. I spent lots of time with old friends and family. I went to a lot of beaches and ate a lot of good Rhode Island food. I was able to get some family history done and got a lot of good information. It was also so good to see my grandpa. He is 94 years old and has lived a good long life. I was able to sit with him every single day I was there. Leaving was the hardest, especially knowing it will be the very last time I see him. I cried like a baby and it hurt to say goodbye. His last words to me were so precious and I will remember them always. 












Are the beaches just gorgeous? I didn't want to leave




   
 
 I spent time searching on microfilm for obituaries in the Providence Library, 
which is an old gorgeous building.

  I was also able to find a lot of pictures! This is my grandpa, Isn't he so handsome?

 Some cemeteries I spent time in.

Nicole and I 
I went to my old highschool

I grew up with these friends in the neighborhood

My best Friend Melissa's baby and puppy

My cousins and their ladies. 

 





My good friends from my childhood Emily, and Nicole and I went shooting, and it was so much fun!!



Melissa from my cheerleading team.

My grandma and I

My Aunty Leslie

Sister Coates, I knew her family from church and she is so sweet 





Mama Jo and I went to the beach in the bear suit


It is a Rhode Island thing to put vinegar on your fries

Iggy's Chowder house


New Port Creamery Awful Awful



Del's Frozen Lemonade and a pizza strip, a Rhode Island thing

my favorite Dunkin Donuts

My grandpa and I 

My grandpa had lots of visitors who cared about him


This was a very precious moment I captured of my dad saying goodbye to his dad.
 It was a very sweet moment. 

Boston from the train

Boston skyline at the airport

We were ready to go home!









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  1. SueMay 15, 2016 at 9:18 PM

    Wonderful pics and memories, Alys!! Made me homesick! That pic of your dad with your grandpa...oh my goodness...so glad you captured that!

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