THEN & NOW

I used to wait for him at the window in Big Lake, Alaska. Looking for his boat, waiting for him to dock it and then climb the long staircase up to the house that he built. Calling "Papa!, Papa!", when I could finally see his orange and white boat on the water in the distance.

~Now I get to see him with my boys all these years later. ~

I caught him snuggling his newest great-grandson while he visited us recently.

{The tenderest touch}

{I love how Nolan was holding onto Papa's shirt and cooing at him}