...in rich measure...: June 2013

Friday, June 28, 2013

Meeting "Baby!"

We enjoyed our visit to the NICU today and a chance to spend some time with our newest grandson!

The family of seven!

It has been heartbreaking that I have visited three of our grandchildren in a NICU.

But then I think of the alternative...and it is truly amazing all they can do for these babies.

Even for Caleb there was a medicine that kept him alive for a while so we could all spend time with him. And as Darryl said: The doctors and especially the nurses are so kind, gentle and loving. The nurse today said: I am anxious to find out his name so I can use it when I talk to him!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Chasing 65 CONTINUED!

5:30 p.m. report

Jeff Harrison family in Kansas=9 miles

Josh Harrison family in Utah=14 miles

"We had to alter our plans a little due to high winds and rain. We managed to do 40 laps at Powerline Park. (I'm not sure if that's a good place to be in the rain or not.) That along with some bike riding this morning adds up to 14 miles for the Clinton Harrisons."

And the final report of the day came in from Heidi with their family adding 4 more miles!

(Courtney actually swam for 50 minutes as part of her swim team practice!)

Grand total on June 24, 2013=74 miles!!!!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Chasing 65!

For Dan's 60th birthday he trained to ride his bike 60 miles that day.

He accomplished his goal and loved doing it!

So for his 65th birthday he wanted to train to ride 65 miles.

Unfortunately the timing of the surgery did not allow him to do that on this birthday.

What a fun surprise when we were given this poster and told that our family, kids and grandkids, would be running, walking, strolling, swimming, scooting and biking the 65 miles for him on his birthday!

They would report in with their mileage throughout the day and we could move the marker along the board.

Here is the 8:30 a.m. report:

Sara, Aubrey and Bethany=3 miles/walking

John-8.69 miles/bicycling

Heidi, Elizabeth, and Sara=8 miles/walking and running

At 10:30 a.m. the Perrys reported that Hannah and Joshua had ridden 2 miles, David had ridden his trike 1 mile and Brian walked along with him for another mile and MaryAnn had strolled the twins 1 mile:

By 3:00 p.m. Heidi reported that her family had added 6 more miles; John rode his bike home from work another 8.6 miles and the Melanchuk family contributed 6 miles of walking:

Will we make it to 65 before the day is over??

TO BE CONTINUED

Birthday Buddy!

Everyone needs a Birthday Buddy and Dan is lucky to have his oldest grandson share his birthday with him!

Matthew is becoming quite the athlete and he has always been a good student.

I hope he will enjoy being a "ten"ager!!

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Puzzle Therapy!

We have a lot of therapy going on around here!

When Dan first got home from the hospital he was having a hard time with lack of energy, lack of brain power and maneuvering around drains.

He received a jigsaw puzzle as a retirement gift so one day I set it up on the dining room table. It wasn't long before he was stopping to work on it throughout the day.