Birthdays - Mothers Day - And other family things
This time it's been a long time since I last wrote. I can't remember all that went on, but there are things that should be written down. I have been fairly busy at times, and then there are times I am doing nothing at all.
The 20th is too long ago for me to remember what all went on on a day by day basis. So, you aren't going to get the normal things, but other things that have gone on. The first day to note would be Friday the 30th of April. That would be my daughters birthday.
I took the day off from work on that day to help my wife take care of things to prepare for our daughters sweet 16 birthday. We had bought meat the previous night and we also made sure to get some other things. We still had to go shopping on that day to pick up a few things. My wife did a nice job of decorating the house, and I did what I could to help. We both cut up some vegetables and I prepared the meat for some kabobs. I do have to say that the kabobs came out pretty darn tasty (thank goodness for good recipes).
Well, our daughter had a bunch of friends come over (I'm glad that all 16 didn't come over). There was some opening of gifts and the one that she got from one friend was a pair of goldfish. They were named after my daughter (Trip and Fall). The girls poured in too much fish food and I am sure that is the reason that one of the fish died a couple of days later (I believe it was Fall).
Anyway, we had the girls do their own kabobs and then I put them on the grill. It is nice because it only takes about 10 minutes to cook on the grill. You turn them over after 5 minutes. The girls stayed quite late and watched a movie using our clearplay DVD player. There was also some mindless games. Another thing that was nice was that Katherine (one of our neighbors) made a nice birthday cake for our daughter in the form of a castle. It was oohed and aahed over for a bit.
Well, I think that was good for our daughter to have this party. We were just glad to have it over with.
The next thing that I can think of that happened would be a phone call that we got. I don't remember the exact date, but it would've been about the time of the birthday. We found out that our nephew had a psychiatric episode. We still don't know what all is wrong with him, but tests are going on right now to try and figure it out. Casey was in China (where he has been for a year and was planning on spending another year there with George Washington University) and he evidently stripped off all of his clothes and ran up and down the halls and knocked on peoples doors because he was sure that somebody was out to kill him. He also called the fire department and died his red hair black (getting his eyebrows as well) so he could disguise himself. They got him to a hospital where he tried to escape (because he thought he could) and then they put him in the psych ward. His grandparents (who raised him) were in China, so Zach had to contact them to get them to the hospital. They did get there and a few days later they were able to fly with him back to the United States and then had to drive from LAX to Las Vegas. They then got some places that could check out what all the problems may be. This is ongoing. It has been very concerning to my family and we have had Casey in our prayers repeatedly.
The next thing that I can think of would be my wifes birthday. I stayed home from work on that day as well. We went out to have a lunch and to grab a couple of things and then came home for a little while. We had tickets (my wifes birthday present) to watch Sugarland in concert. I was on the computer too long and we weren't able to go out to a nice dinner (like I had planned) but we did grab a bite to eat at Kneaders.
We got to the concert right at 7:30. The first guy to sing was a guy from American Idol. He did a pretty good job and then they had Julianne Hough. She did a good job singing, but my wife and I hated the way she was dancing. She was using some poles and it made us uncomfortable. Especially since she said that her family was there (she is from Utah). I was laughing at the guy in front of us because when she started some of her "dirty" dancing, the guy in front of us ripped the binoculars out of his girl friends hands. He was in his late forties to early fifties. He kept his eyes glued on her while she was doing all of this.
Sugarland finally came on with an extravagant stage. The tour is called incredible machine and it was set up like a huge clock with a bridge that went through it and a big jumbo tron that looked like a watch face. The lights and everything to it was just wonderful. My wife and I had our ears blown out by how loud they had the music though. It was an incredible concert. I am glad I got those tickets. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
Saturday, (the 8th) we went to my sisters house for my parents sixtieth anniversary (it actually happened on the 14th of April but we were celebrating it this night instead). It was all of my brothers and my sister with their spouses. Eileen couldn't be there because she is all the way in North Carolina. It was nice to see my brother Keith. We haven't seen him for awhile. There was a bunch of the banter that happens when my family gets together, and there were tears of joy as we listened to some of the experiences of my sister and Kevin while he was in prison (he is on house arrest till the 30th of June while finishing out his stay at the halfway house). We both enjoyed this.
Sunday the 9th was Mothers Day. I gave my wife some lotions and bath stuff. The kids made her breakfast in bed (egg McMuffins) and then we went to church. We headed over to my Mother-in-laws home after that for dinner. It was a nice roast dinner. We went to my parents home briefly and then back to the in-laws. Not much else went on from there.
Well, now this week has come and gone, but there isn't a lot to say, so I won't.
The 20th is too long ago for me to remember what all went on on a day by day basis. So, you aren't going to get the normal things, but other things that have gone on. The first day to note would be Friday the 30th of April. That would be my daughters birthday.
I took the day off from work on that day to help my wife take care of things to prepare for our daughters sweet 16 birthday. We had bought meat the previous night and we also made sure to get some other things. We still had to go shopping on that day to pick up a few things. My wife did a nice job of decorating the house, and I did what I could to help. We both cut up some vegetables and I prepared the meat for some kabobs. I do have to say that the kabobs came out pretty darn tasty (thank goodness for good recipes).
Well, our daughter had a bunch of friends come over (I'm glad that all 16 didn't come over). There was some opening of gifts and the one that she got from one friend was a pair of goldfish. They were named after my daughter (Trip and Fall). The girls poured in too much fish food and I am sure that is the reason that one of the fish died a couple of days later (I believe it was Fall).
Anyway, we had the girls do their own kabobs and then I put them on the grill. It is nice because it only takes about 10 minutes to cook on the grill. You turn them over after 5 minutes. The girls stayed quite late and watched a movie using our clearplay DVD player. There was also some mindless games. Another thing that was nice was that Katherine (one of our neighbors) made a nice birthday cake for our daughter in the form of a castle. It was oohed and aahed over for a bit.
Well, I think that was good for our daughter to have this party. We were just glad to have it over with.
The next thing that I can think of that happened would be a phone call that we got. I don't remember the exact date, but it would've been about the time of the birthday. We found out that our nephew had a psychiatric episode. We still don't know what all is wrong with him, but tests are going on right now to try and figure it out. Casey was in China (where he has been for a year and was planning on spending another year there with George Washington University) and he evidently stripped off all of his clothes and ran up and down the halls and knocked on peoples doors because he was sure that somebody was out to kill him. He also called the fire department and died his red hair black (getting his eyebrows as well) so he could disguise himself. They got him to a hospital where he tried to escape (because he thought he could) and then they put him in the psych ward. His grandparents (who raised him) were in China, so Zach had to contact them to get them to the hospital. They did get there and a few days later they were able to fly with him back to the United States and then had to drive from LAX to Las Vegas. They then got some places that could check out what all the problems may be. This is ongoing. It has been very concerning to my family and we have had Casey in our prayers repeatedly.
The next thing that I can think of would be my wifes birthday. I stayed home from work on that day as well. We went out to have a lunch and to grab a couple of things and then came home for a little while. We had tickets (my wifes birthday present) to watch Sugarland in concert. I was on the computer too long and we weren't able to go out to a nice dinner (like I had planned) but we did grab a bite to eat at Kneaders.
We got to the concert right at 7:30. The first guy to sing was a guy from American Idol. He did a pretty good job and then they had Julianne Hough. She did a good job singing, but my wife and I hated the way she was dancing. She was using some poles and it made us uncomfortable. Especially since she said that her family was there (she is from Utah). I was laughing at the guy in front of us because when she started some of her "dirty" dancing, the guy in front of us ripped the binoculars out of his girl friends hands. He was in his late forties to early fifties. He kept his eyes glued on her while she was doing all of this.
Sugarland finally came on with an extravagant stage. The tour is called incredible machine and it was set up like a huge clock with a bridge that went through it and a big jumbo tron that looked like a watch face. The lights and everything to it was just wonderful. My wife and I had our ears blown out by how loud they had the music though. It was an incredible concert. I am glad I got those tickets. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
Saturday, (the 8th) we went to my sisters house for my parents sixtieth anniversary (it actually happened on the 14th of April but we were celebrating it this night instead). It was all of my brothers and my sister with their spouses. Eileen couldn't be there because she is all the way in North Carolina. It was nice to see my brother Keith. We haven't seen him for awhile. There was a bunch of the banter that happens when my family gets together, and there were tears of joy as we listened to some of the experiences of my sister and Kevin while he was in prison (he is on house arrest till the 30th of June while finishing out his stay at the halfway house). We both enjoyed this.
Sunday the 9th was Mothers Day. I gave my wife some lotions and bath stuff. The kids made her breakfast in bed (egg McMuffins) and then we went to church. We headed over to my Mother-in-laws home after that for dinner. It was a nice roast dinner. We went to my parents home briefly and then back to the in-laws. Not much else went on from there.
Well, now this week has come and gone, but there isn't a lot to say, so I won't.
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