"Surprise"

Recently, we decided to pull a little surprise on Brian. Brian turns 40 on April 13th. When Melinda turned 40, we all decided to surprise her and drove to AZ where her sister and brothers (in disguise) followed her in a store while acting strange. It was videotaped by Steve. It was obvious she noticed these strange people but didn't recognize them and in fact thought they were stalking her. Was she surprised to find out who they were! So . . . in turn . . . Melinda and Dave disguised themselves as senior citizens and were seated in the dining room of the retirement center where Mom and Dad are now living and Paul and Brian just "happened" to stop by with a plant for the folks when they were on their way to Mom and Dad's house to move some furniture. Ruth was also there and when all were in place, she moved to the piano and began playing "Happy Birthday", the entire dining room joined in and Brian was looking around to see whose Birthday it was. Imagine his surprise when these children came down the stairs with signs and balloons and then a "little old lady" came and kissed him on the cheek and put a cap on his head. We got him!! Happy Birthday Brian.

Joshua, Alex, Max and Zachary

Austin and Cassidy

Isaac, Cassidy, Austin and Drew

"Old Man Brian", Emily and Timmy

"Old Man Brian" and his young bride

Brian and Melinda

Guess Who?

A glimpse into the future?

A surprise visit from Sue

Lots of "catching up" to do

"Ode to Joy"

A Day to Celebrate

The day of celebrations for Mom and Dad was such fun. My Aunt Sue came from Oklahoma City and surprised them and their great grandson Drew played "Ode to Joy" for them on his guitar . . . way to go Drew! God has been so good to them to give them 70 years to share.

Happily Married for 70 Years!

My Very First Blog!

The day has come . . . my very first blog. I am a little nervous about putting it out for others to read, but my picture file is getting so big and I didn't want to keep all these good pictures just for myself and this is a good way to share them with others . . . so . . . here goes . . .

I am the very blessed grandmother of 17 wonderful grandchildren (which explains all the picture-taking :-) and have taken it upon myself to be the "Family Keeper of the Memories" for the Greene and the Anderson families.

We recently celebrated the 70th Wedding Anniversary of my parents, Paul and Mildred. They were married March 27, 1937. It was a wonderful day.