the man turned 95, for heaven's sake....who are we not to go celebrate??? especially because ryan had remembered trial-by-fire with meeting the snyder aunts at mimi's harp concert, and psyched me up for the opportunity to meet all of HIS aunts at once. as it turned out, karen and eileen couldn't make it, so i met nita and re-met myrna and diane...and i seem to recognize evelyn from somewhere! we had a lovely time, and everyone stayed at grandad's house that night. but i digress.
grandad's celebration was a suprise, but he figured something was up after evelyn happened to be coming to town at the same time as nita...and they each cleaned the house upon arrival. hmmm he said.
"why don't you put on a snappy shirt", said one of the daughters. "why?" asked grandad..... "ummmm.....'coz i think it'd be a fun thing to do?" was the reply.... he was suspicious, but compliant...(after all, his birthday had been in may already)
ryan and i weren't there for the initial SUPRIZE but we arrived around 12:45 and promptly added what we could to the fun! which may not have been much more than a groggy smile and lotsa hugs 'coz we got up at 3:45 that morning...
but we ate enough cake, shrimp, and evelyn's salsa to get us through the afternoon and into the evening. so many people dropped by! it might have been most of the town of plainfield, and everyone seemed to be a neighbor, cousin, or friend of one the daughters... lots of delightful people, all hugging grandad and talking about his inventions, the old days, how he introduced them to their future husband, ...
i like it when a family gets together to celebrate Life! |
