here today, gone to mora

here are grandma bamma and her wonderful husband, grandpa marty, at orlando's (uncle alfred's son) house overlooking part of the mora valley, where my grandma grew up. here are some shots from the day of uncle freddy's funeral.

grandma bamma, aunt deni, and my mom at uncle freddy's funeral reception. we convened at the VFW, one of his hang outs.

grandpa marty, or mar-tay, as fee likes to call him, and tio paul, my grandma's uncle. they call him marteen en mora.

grandma bamma (i couldn't call her grandma when i was little so the name bamma has stuck) with her tia adelina.

aunt deni and uncle big mike. they drove from so. cal. to mora in 11 hours. true truckers. thanks to them for bringing my mom, a piece of medical equipment for N, and stella roo.

my grandma's nephews from portland, rick, don, and bob. her sister flora could not make it to the funeral.

uncle alfed's grandson, ted.

tio paul, tio adelina and me. we got to speak lots of espanol.

my mom and her cousin jennifer, a.k.a. aunt jennifer, at guadalupe cafe in santa fe.

my mom's cousin, orlando, uncle freddy's son, on his beautiful property in the mountains of mora.

franco and stella.

ty, a good family friend, with the yellow submarine.

roybals and then some outside of orlando's chevron station. there was a great picture of uncle freddy milking a cow posted on one of gas pumps. how mora will miss him...