Happy 98th Birthday Mom!

On the 22nd we all gathered at the St Jo Manor to celebrate Mom's birthday as well as Christmas for her. Her birthday is really the 23rd but the coordination to get us all there made the day before fit.

 

Rich and Kerry, Brooks and Leigh and Ev, as well as the blogger and the photographer were there to wish her a great birthday and holiday. We gave her a cd player and some CDs for her room as the music from the Manor was infrequent at best. The selection was from favorites during the WWII years from all the big bands as well as the popular singers of the time; and also a couple of Christmas CDs that we played right then.

 

She's doing great and of course has her up and down days, but when we mention some of the historical people and places she is right on top of it. She also sees and hears superbly ... probably better than some of the rest of us in the room and still has a quick wit and sense of humor.

We drove down from the Dallas area rather than take the RV and the kids drove down as well; all staying in the Home2Suites in College Station. After the birthday celebration we went to Cenare's restaurant as has become a tradition, only now Mom can't make the restaurant scene any more ... that part's kind of sad as she and Dad really loved the place.