Remembering Uncle Lawrence

It was a tough month for everybody with the passing of Uncle Lawrence on Sunday, February 4th. We’re very lucky to have so many good memories with him over the years.

He was so excited to meet Ollie when she was born

And they became fast friends

Sometimes Lawrence would even come all the way to Baton Rouge to see us

And whenever we’d come in to go to Pizza Village Ollie was always interested in what Lawrence was up to

He didn’t always understand Ollie’s fashion choices

Lawrence and Norma looking very dapper at Carol’s wedding in Texarkana, 12/2/16

Christmas 2016

Lawrence having a little Christmas fun wearing somebody’s hat

Another family favorite, Prejean’s

Lawrence was often the most qualified “project supervisor”

Lawrence and Norma were nice enough to host a lot of family holidays, this was Easter 2017

And Lawrence and Norma were also nice enough to drive for a trip to Houston in May, 2017

We had some fun stops along the way

Relaxing at the dinner table after arriving in Houston

We even got Lawrence to go to a backyard party while we were there

But he was probably more comfortable taking our money in Bourré later that weekend

Ollie loved to get Lawrence to walk around the pool with her

And when he was relaxing with his foot on an ice chest Ollie tried her best to get a foot up there to copy him

We also loved spending time with Lawrence at Cafe Joie de Vivre in Breaux Bridge where his granddaughter Gabrielle often sang and played guitar

Ollie would run right over to Lawrence to sit with him

We even got to meet some of Lawrence’s family on one visit

Ollie would give Lawrence the pouty face to get some of his breakfast

Lawrence was very excited to meet Ollie’s little sister Evelyn when she was born in November, 2017.

And we got to have one last Christmas with Lawrence that year, it was such a good time with so many grandkids being there, Gabrielle, Sophia, Ollie, Evie and Bradley.

It broke our hearts to lose Uncle Lawrence but we’re so grateful for all of the happy times we shared with him over the years. So thankful he got to meet Evelyn and that he and Ollie got to spend so much time together. He did so much for everybody whether it was fixing things or handling the crawfish boils. He was one of a kind and we’ll miss him, love you Uncle Lawrence.