Sunday 12-28-08

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary to my parents. They were married 12-28-1958 in Garden City, KS on a warm Dec day, much like today here in Gypsum.

Went to Church at the Baptist Church with my family. Sermon was on Simeon, the circumcision of Jesus & Mary’s purification. A very timely message.

The anniversary celebration was from 2-4pm in the fellowship hall. We are estimating about 175 to 200 visitors. Those from Center who came: LaVerne & Rebecca Miller, Lowell & Judy Miller, Josh & Misty Nisly, Marvin & Rosa Nisly, Matthew Nisly, Jacob Nisly, Michael Jon Nisly, Jordan Nisly, Emily Nisly, Perry Lee & Judith Stutzman, Oliver & Emma Troyer, Rachel Yutzy & David Yutzy. Thank you all for coming. What a special surprise. Also Fannie Helmuth & Harvey Nisly were there.

Also special visitors: John & Ingrid Gray from Monroe Louisiana. Ingrid’s parents were Franz & Frances Peterson. My parents chose to go visit them on their honeymoon.

Thank you to sister Elizabeth who really got it all together & Darcee & Heidi who added their special touches.

We had a great day finished off with our immediate family dining out with Aunt Vivian who provided the meal & Carl & Darcee. We ate at Coyote Canyon, a local favorite.

It’s been a great week having Paul & Elizabeth here from Rush CO with their 4 children, Greg, Jenna, Rebecca & Eric. Paul’s mother, Pat Frank, & sister, Penny Frank, also came along.

Mama & Grandma pieced all 48 existing state flowers & all 48 existing state birds back in the early 50’s. We cleaned out our attic summer 2007 & Elizabeth made off with all 96 pieces. Pat made 2 quilts with these pieces this past year & had a mad dash to get them all done by today. Had to use duct tape on her bleeding thumbs in order to finish on time. Thank you Pat!!

Praise God for a great day!

mikey

Monday 12-1-08

Happy Birthday Jim!  Age 40 tomorrow. Got him a new dew rag from Harley Davidson. Think he will like it. The one he wears now is getting faded. Plan to take that up tonight when I take him home from work.

Tomorrow at 9:30AM I will be having an esophageal dilatation, hopefully to prevent my getting food stuck in my throat and all the unpleasantness of that. Will be privileged to enjoy demerol & versed again. Am expecting to be spitting up blood after the procedure for awhile.

Last Sunday we had our Redden & Stenfors Thanksgiving Dinner. Arrived right after Church & still got in on the food. Enjoyed playing Mexican Trail Dominoes with my cousins. They are all quite a bit younger than me, and they are quite patient with this slow learner, but I finally was catching on by the end of 2 games without being prompted. First time to see the newest member of the family, Ama, who is the dau of Arlen & Hayley.

Happy Birthday to Luke who turned age 24 on Tues. My parents went to be with Elizabeth & family and all the other extended family here had other plans, so for the first time in my life I went to Center Thankgsgiving services at 10AM. Several young families sang and shared personal tidbits of their bedtime activities with their young children and sang songs that they sing at bedtime. Very enjoyable.

I was privileged to be a Nisly for the day and had Thanksgiving Dinner at Harold’s place along with the local Menno N family & descendents. Edna was able to make it. Says she has had better days, but was bright and cheerful. Am sure I would not be such so soon after major surgery. Pleasantly surprised to see Luke & Virgil again. Nathan is getting to be quite a tall young man, good to see you again too along with the other cousins & siblings of Harold I don’t get to see as much. Sorry that Mark couldn’t make it. On call today at his job as I understood it. Had a very good meal & time there before I had to move myself along to my afternoon shift that day. A slow day & not much going on.

Saturday provided me some exciting ER’s starting at 9PM. A very sick young man came in & was admitted & needing lots done. Enjoy having young pts every once in a while who are alert and can totally cooperate as opposed to those with natural or hospital induced dementia. Never could understand how that works. On the minus side I had a very short night of sleep.

Yesterday Paul Beachy had the sermon & most of the Melvin M Yoder family here for a reunion. I think the rest arrived later in the day or today. This is an immediate family only reunion including spouses. That will be a special time for them.

Today I am 17758 days old & Josh is 8879 days old so he is exactly half my age today, just for a bit of trivia and assuming I correctly applied math and calendar skills.

As old as I am I still have not attained half the age of Grandma Laurina who turned age 98 this past Oct 17.

mikey