Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Birthdays - April 1997

When you have 8 kids, and they have kids, and your husband also has 8 kids, many of whom have kids.... Well, you end up going to a lot of birthday parties!  What's funny to me here is the mention of 'froth' that Grampa would be drinking.  I remember Grammie was trying to get him and herself to lose some weight, so they would drink Ensure or other protein-type drink.  Grampa didn't really like it - he loved to eat!  So they called it 'froth' because it seemed so insubstantial.  I don't know if it ever really did the trick in terms of losing weight though.

April 21, 1997

This morning we went to a 90th birthday brunch - so much food; and then in the afternoon we went to Grampa's granddaughter's (10 yrs) and grandson's (11 yrs) birthday party - more food!  Grampa was in hog heaven.  Now it's back to drinking froth and losing a bit of weight before his big day. [He was having surgery.]


April 27, 1997

We are just back from the 30th birthday party - our 5th birthday party in a week.  We are all 'caked out!  Hurrah!  We are finally sleeping out on the porch.  It really is nice... In the morning, Grampa goes to give a unit of blood and then in 2 weeks he gives another unit before his big day.  You will be home in about 3 wks.  Do you have your new room yet?

We went to Uncle Harry's 60th birthday dinner - just kids, Grampa & I.  But it was good to see all the kids - grown up and I don't see them too often, so it is good to catch up...

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