Bones
10-16-2006, 02:42 PM
It is simple amazing the changes that can occur in a person life in just three short months. Here is a snapshot of my wife's and mine last three months.
The last part of July my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. #banana# My mothers wish was that all her kids and grandkids come and help them celebrate. For some familles this might be an easy feat. However for our family it took some heavy planning. See our family was a large family (although not as large as my wife's) and over the years we had spread out all over the world. For my parents 40th my sister and me could not attend as I was in Nairobi Kenya at the time and my sister was in Iceland. I have fours sister and one brother. I was now retired and being out of the country was no longer an issue and my sister was divorced now and living in our hometown. I had a sister that lived in Bremington, Washington and my other sister and brother lived two hours away. However we also had to consider the plans of 12 grandchildren that were now spread out even more than my brothers and sisters were for the 40th. This being the summer months made it somewhat easier as those in college would be home. So with lots of planning, pleading and bribing we able to bring all of us home for the first time since December 1991.
My parents had downsized their house over the years and my sister was first in town so she had dibs on my parents house. My wife and I decided on a hotel that way we could spend some alone time with our kids who we had not seen together since last Oct for my retirement celebration. So the week before the event we all began trickling into town. My son missed his first flight out, we had planned to pick him up on our way home but due to a miscommunication he next flight was 12 hours later. Finally he arrived and we arrived in my hometown. The next day at the hotel my son and myself went to the hotel desk to find out when the pool would reopen from cleaning. We walked right into a man having a stroke. My son and myself began CPR until the ambulance arrived and took him away.
The next day we went over to my in-laws house to begin rewiring it (house was built in 1926 and had knob and tube wiring) While there my father-in-law could not get out of bed. My wife called 911 and off he went to the hospital. Turned out he had a heart attack and was now going to be there for a few days. The man we had given CPR was there as well and was doing well except for some memory loss. Thursday our daughter flew in and now the whole family was complete.
House was finished rewiring in three HOT HOT July days.
My parents anniversary came and we had a big church remarriage (my father could not be married in the church in the 1950's because he was not catholic) followed by a big celebration.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/SeabeeBones/2006-08-09_0161.jpg
We all went home and our lives returned to normal.
The last part of July my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. #banana# My mothers wish was that all her kids and grandkids come and help them celebrate. For some familles this might be an easy feat. However for our family it took some heavy planning. See our family was a large family (although not as large as my wife's) and over the years we had spread out all over the world. For my parents 40th my sister and me could not attend as I was in Nairobi Kenya at the time and my sister was in Iceland. I have fours sister and one brother. I was now retired and being out of the country was no longer an issue and my sister was divorced now and living in our hometown. I had a sister that lived in Bremington, Washington and my other sister and brother lived two hours away. However we also had to consider the plans of 12 grandchildren that were now spread out even more than my brothers and sisters were for the 40th. This being the summer months made it somewhat easier as those in college would be home. So with lots of planning, pleading and bribing we able to bring all of us home for the first time since December 1991.
My parents had downsized their house over the years and my sister was first in town so she had dibs on my parents house. My wife and I decided on a hotel that way we could spend some alone time with our kids who we had not seen together since last Oct for my retirement celebration. So the week before the event we all began trickling into town. My son missed his first flight out, we had planned to pick him up on our way home but due to a miscommunication he next flight was 12 hours later. Finally he arrived and we arrived in my hometown. The next day at the hotel my son and myself went to the hotel desk to find out when the pool would reopen from cleaning. We walked right into a man having a stroke. My son and myself began CPR until the ambulance arrived and took him away.
The next day we went over to my in-laws house to begin rewiring it (house was built in 1926 and had knob and tube wiring) While there my father-in-law could not get out of bed. My wife called 911 and off he went to the hospital. Turned out he had a heart attack and was now going to be there for a few days. The man we had given CPR was there as well and was doing well except for some memory loss. Thursday our daughter flew in and now the whole family was complete.
House was finished rewiring in three HOT HOT July days.
My parents anniversary came and we had a big church remarriage (my father could not be married in the church in the 1950's because he was not catholic) followed by a big celebration.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/SeabeeBones/2006-08-09_0161.jpg
We all went home and our lives returned to normal.