Last night, Papa passed away unexpectedly. He wasn't feeling well in the morning, but because he is Papa, he was still planning on going to work. Instead, he was admitted into the hospital. Everything happened pretty quickly, but he was surrounded by the family all day and worked doing the job he loved up until his very last day. We were blessed beyond measure to have been engulfed in his love and we are heartbroken to lose him.

Ava is a little too young to understand what this really means, but Aiden took the news pretty hard this morning. There were lots of questions and so many tears. Then, he drew this picture for Nana.