What a family-filled week!

Happy Saturday!

It has been quite an eventful week! I'm going to write two separate posts today to bring everyone up to speed. First, I want to share about the wonderful family visit we had this past week, then I will write separately about the ongoing nursing home saga.

Sonny hardly took his eyes off of his Grandma all day!

Tuesday, my Aunt Tracy arrived with Grandma and Great Aunt Therese. We all enjoyed a dinner of homemade seafood chowder and berry parfaits, then took Grandma and Therese to their hotel for the night. I stayed with them the two nights that they visited, and had some of the most wonderful conversations with these two ladies! There is something just amazing about hearing the perspectives of people who have lived nearly a century. Those early morning chats will always be a treasured memory for me, it was such a privilege to spend that time with them.

On Wednesday we visited Sonny at HRNS, and enjoyed a nice lunch with him in the fresh air out on the patio. He smiled and smiled, obviously happy to see his Grandma and Auntie. After we were through with our visit there, Mom, Grandma, Aunt Therese and I all had Thai food for lunch at a nearby restaurant. It was just lovely.

Thursday was the best! We had a family get-together at the house with Aunt Tracy, Uncle Bill, cousin Drew, Samantha, and Timothy all joining in for an afternoon of good food and fun. Sonny enjoyed coming home for the day, and as usual ate like a feasting king. Though his usual routine includes a mid-day nap, he stayed awake all day long until we took him back at 8pm...it seemed that he just didn't want to miss anything, so he kept those eyes open until the very last minute!

Sonny and Great Aunt Therese

One last really awesome thing about this family gathering was that it gave us the opportunity to get another photo of the four generations of the women in our family: My Grandma, my mom, myself, and Samantha. The first photo of all of us together was when Samantha was just a month or so old, twenty-five years ago! So all in all, it was a very special day for our whole family, Sonny included. Thanks for sharing it with us by reading this update!

“What can you do to promote
  world peace? Go home and
  love your family.” 
                                      ~Mother Teresa