We all gathered at the nursing home on Friday evening to surprise ma. The nurse’s aids had the Chapel available for us and when we all were situated in the Chapel they wheeled ma in. The aid asked ma… “Do you know all these people” ma was in such shock that she immediately said “no”. Upon taking a closer look at the crew which did not take a split second she began to cry tears of joy. She was so thrilled to see everyone and so very surprised.
Friday evening we took ma to the steak house restaurant down the road for a nice family dinner where we could all enjoy our meals and have a nice visit. After dinner ma was tired and wanted to rest so we left her Friday evening with a happy heart.
All of the couples and 3 of our nephews went back to the hotel where we turned Dan, Rita & Lars’ adjoining rooms into the “game rooms”. Bobby packed so many games but Pictionary was the #1 choice for the evening, we brought my large easel, white board, markers and dry eraser which was a big hit. We played Pictionary till the early morning hours with all of us practically collapsing in the party rooms. I hope our neighbors were able to sleep as it’s hard to keep a room of 9 people playing Pictionary to a soft whisper.
It was time to rise n’ shine early Saturday morning; well shall I say 7:00 am to start our day with horseback riding. Everyone was ready to hit the trail early so that is exactly what we did. Please see our horseback riding pics in the blog below. After our nice ride we came back to the hotel where we rented the conference room for the entire day and all night. The ambulance transferred ma to the hotel for us and we kept her there till 6:00 pm.
Chris, Jim & Ma – Notice our family playing with 2 BINGO cards each!
Our nephew calls BINGO to get yet another prize!
More BINGO fun.
After our BINGO session Hubby moved right along with the Karaoke set that we brought. Our nephew Brian started it off with “Johnny Be Good”. Karaoke was such a big hit and everyone enjoyed that immensely.
The ‘Old Fogies’ against the 7 grandchildren in an afternoon game of Pictionary.
Later that evening Hubby and company enjoyed a Texas Holdem – Midnight Poker Tournament. Don’t let them baby blue’s fool you as Our nephew was the winning player, winning all the chips.
Our nephews/brothers enjoy a checker game together.
We had a fun filled day from start to finish and we hope to do this again next year.
That sounds like such a neat time! Glad everybody could make it.