Surprise!

It has been a little hairy here lately...



as reflected by Eli's hair one morning last week.




You see, everything was in the works for my Papaw's big surprise birthday party. Family from near and far were coming to gather to celebrate his 85th birthday...

But the surprise was on us. Just days before the celebration weekend, Papaw had a heart attack. After being rescued by Sassy, the Wonder Dog, the ambulance was called and Papaw was taken to the VA hospital. He was then transferred to BSA; there he stayed through two stent operations and finally a by-pass surgery 5 days later.

HA! He must have been mistaken thinking that he would deter our party plans! We just moved our venue to his hospital room!

We did venture out to eat as a family at Nanny's favorite, Furr's. Here are the Kansas crew...isn't baby Max adorable?!?!


Kaci is reading the Twilight series...

Cort and Stef...

Aren't they sweet? Stef is squatting down to make me look taller. They got all of the good genes...(sigh).

Cort, Big Max and my dad...

Mom and Sue...

Lynda and Emma...

Nanny and the girls. (I think that she thought they were making faces at her.)

Eli loved meeting the Kansas crew!

And his uncle Nicky from Houston!

There is one more picture that I would love to put up here. All of my cousins were in Papaw's hospital room at one point. We all gathered around his bed for a group photo. I just love my big, huge family!
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