Generations

Susan's grandma, Laura, has moved into the same nursing home as her husband, Susan's grandpa, E.J. (catch up here). Last fall, their children (including Susan's dad, Roger) helped them sell their house and helped Laura move into an apartment adjoining the nursing home. Since then, Laura has left the apartment for the nursing home herself, so now Roger and his siblings are sorting through items from the apartment. Staying in town for several days to do most of that work is his youngest sister, Candy.

That's the background to this: Candy, her sister Patty, and Patty's husband, Buddy, invited our family to join them at the nursing home tonight for pizza with Laura and E.J. When we arrived, we stopped by E.J.'s room first, but he was hesitant to leave until our daughters volunteered to lead him down the hallway to the room where we'd be eating:

Susan baked some cookies and added them to a selection of Christmas baking to provide dessert after the pizza. When we'd cleaned up after supper, we walked across the hall to see Laura's room, where we had another photo opportunity:

Both Laura and E.J. enjoy their great-grandchildren (read about "cute little guys" here), and the feeling is mutual on the part of our girls. Four generations of Gustafsons in the same town: Suzanna, Abigail, and Hillary → Susan → Roger → E.J. and Laura!