Dad's 76th Birthday Party

For the first time in about 30 years all four of us kids, (Dan, Diane, Debbie & Darr) were all together at the same time & same place & we got to have an entire family photo taken with Mom & Pop. We met on Saturday Feb 7, 2009 in Ontario Oregon at the Fiesta Guadalahara Mexican restaurant for some pretty fabulous mexican food. Debbie came from Payson Utah & in tow were three of her kids, (Angie, from Phoenix, Amy & Nate & their 2 sets of twins, Mike & Ali and their 3 kids). Then there was Dan & Wanda coming in from Lincoln City, Oregon. They had his daughter Jennifer there along with her husband Pat & two kids. Darr showed up with his three kids, Sara, Neal & Alison. Gary & I made a long afternoon trip over from Boise. Pulling up the rear was Mom & Bennie...all of us to wish Dad (escorted by Janice) a fabulous birthday. We gave each of our parents a digital photo frame loaded with a few photo's just to get them started. Dad also got some shoe grips for his boots so he will no longer slip & fall on the ice when he goes out to get the mail. His last little trip out there on the ice resulted in his taking a brief little nap under a 55 gal drum for a few minutes. As he woke up wondering what haad happened, he did make it into the house just in time to keep Janice busy washing all the blood from the back of his head. I think shoe grips is a GREAT idea. All his great-grandkids gathered around to watch him open the wonderful gift they got him...a pair of hand knit grandpa slippers. And of course, he got a new stadium seat to take to the races. His tender little hiney needed somthing just a little softer to rest on. The employees adorned his head with the traditional sombrero and sang to him in their native tongue. Several photo's later & ending with yummy fried icecream, we all departed to our separate destinations. A photo gallery will follow in a couple of days. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!