Merry Christmas

It was a quiet week. We did not go bowling or ice skating. Ice skating was not going to be very fun with him since there isn’t anything for him to do and it is cold. Normally, this activity falls on a day that Rob is home. We decided to skip this month and try for next month.

Last week I hit the exercise bike with my foot walking through the living room and broke my little toe. It is still a little sore and so Sarah and I thought it would just be best to skip bowling. Sarah would have to bowl with Pop since I couldn’t bowl with him, and she wouldn’t get to visit with her friends.

Our family was given a great treat on Saturday with a visit from Mike and Wanda Stiffler. Mike is a childhood friend of Rob’s and they live in Sarasota, Florida. They came for the day and brought their two grandchildren, Alanna, and Sarah Grace. We had a great day spending time with them. Pop stayed in his room most of the day. Small children make him nervous. He did get a large grin on his face when they came back in his room to say hello.

He has enjoyed the Christmas cards from everyone. I took a card back to him on Friday. I handed him the card and asked him who it was from. He told me his eyes were getting bad again because he couldn’t see it. I asked him to try again and look at the return address. “Try and read it again and tell me who it is from.” He stared at the name for a good two minutes and then he looked at me and said, “Susan”. I smiled and said, “Who do you know by that name? I think you talked to someone just this last week…” suddenly, he remembered and he shouted out, “Sue! It’s from my cousin Sue.”

Sue asked him to draw a picture of the old house on the reservoir. He said he would like to draw the house, but he doesn’t think he remembers the house well enough. I told him I have a picture of that old house and will let him look at it.

We also found a treat this week. We were cleaning out a ton of home made videos that Bob had made over the years. Most of these are movies he had taped off the TV. We were getting rid of bags full of these old VHS tapes. I found three tapes that were of home movies. One of them was labeled: Buster’s home movies-Mom’s copy. Rob and I put the tape in and sat and watched, and watched, and watched. We saw relatives from long ago. It wasn’t easy getting out of Bob who Buster was, but finally we sparked his memory to tell us that Buster was Aunt Dot’s husband. Aunt Dot is Bob’s Mother’s sister. Rob is taking the VHS tape to have it copied to a DVD. What an awesome treat to find.

I asked him what he thought Santa was going to bring him this year, and he told me that he hasn’t been good enough for Santa, but he knows that his niece, Lesa will load him up. I laughed and told him he will just have to wait and see.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone! We love and miss you all. Keep the memories alive with lots of pictures this year.