Goodbye Grandma Dimond.

Some of you may know that my Mom's Mom, Naydene Dimond, passed away April 4th at 81 years old. Here's a few pics of her just 5 weeks prior at a little birthday celebration my Mom threw for her.

Here's what was written in her obituary about her life:

Naydene passed away April 4, 2009, at age 81. She was born in Puyallup on Feb. 29, 1928, to Henry and Dorothy Veenhuizen, Jr. and lived most of her life in Tacoma and Puyallup. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Dimond, Jr. and is survived by her eight children-Nancy (Dale) Scott, Cindy (Verne) Keyes, Richard Dimond, Janis (Toxie) Case, Jean (Harry) Tuttle, Jeff (Colleen) Dimond, Becky (Pete) Owen and Chris (Jeri) Dimond, 14 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren. Also survived by her brother Richard (Rose) Veenhuizen, sisters Joyce Beck and Joann (Lyle) Bishop, brother-in-law Robert Dimond, nieces and nephews. Naydene loved flowers and gardening, and took great pride in having raised her eight children. Viewing will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 12:00pm with Services at 1:00pm in the Chambers Creek Chapel in New Tacoma Cemetery. 9212 Chambers Creek Rd. W., University Place, WA 98467. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the American Heart Association.

Thank you everyone for your kind words, prayers and thoughts. They are truly appreciated by my entire family!