TRIPLE CELEBRATION DAY
Our daughter-in-law and daughter plus their children worked like Trojans to plan and execute the celebration of our 59th Anniversary (9/03) my birthday (9/11) and Lou's birthday (9/21) from 2-4 at the Cross Plains First United Methodist church. The first person who walked in was Louise Brogotti from Aledo who went to work for GDFW in 1941 and retired in 1991. She and Lou share bad backs. Louise crushed hers in a car wreck but didn't let it stop her. Then other GD engineers came: Joel Brown from FW, Charles and Pat Herndon from Granbury who brought Barbara Majors with them, and Dr. Craig and Rahni Hansen from FW. Lou's coauthor and long time friend Dr. Sylvia Grider came from Bryan/College Station. Our former landlord Dr. Corky Henderson and Connie came from Lake Worth. Joyce Roach brought her mother Ann Gibson from Keller. Mary Carlton, Mary Kathryn's mother, from White Settlement. Rex and Mary Gaggino came in from Throckmorton, and Margaret Waring from Comanche. Sally McGregor (who said she keeps up with us from the blog) came from Baird. Lydia Williams brought her sister from Cottonwood. Sue Neal's son David and family came from Lubbock, her daughter Diana and family from Stephenville. Most of our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren helped serve and watched the slide and movie show our son put together and projected on the wall. Our pastor, Margaret Friend and a lot of church members including Phyllis Harris, Becky Odem, Maxine Keller, Tom and Arlene Stephenson, Mary Barton, Hollis, Jr. and Cherry Shults, Sharon Ames, Judy Porter, Tim, Beth and Andy Byerly. From CP friends Janet Swanson, Charles and Kathy Chesshir, the Castanuelas, and I am sure I am missing someone because I am doing all this from memory. In addition to finger food, two huge cakes (enough for 96) and punch, and roses to decorate the tables, the party planners added quilt pieces for people to write their comments for a quilt for both Lou and me. Truly a day that will be etched in history permanently. We are truly blessed with family and friends.
To top the day off, the Aggies beat UNM and unless the Rangers blow it they are ahead of Boston 15-4 in the eighth inning.
Our daughter-in-law and daughter plus their children worked like Trojans to plan and execute the celebration of our 59th Anniversary (9/03) my birthday (9/11) and Lou's birthday (9/21) from 2-4 at the Cross Plains First United Methodist church. The first person who walked in was Louise Brogotti from Aledo who went to work for GDFW in 1941 and retired in 1991. She and Lou share bad backs. Louise crushed hers in a car wreck but didn't let it stop her. Then other GD engineers came: Joel Brown from FW, Charles and Pat Herndon from Granbury who brought Barbara Majors with them, and Dr. Craig and Rahni Hansen from FW. Lou's coauthor and long time friend Dr. Sylvia Grider came from Bryan/College Station. Our former landlord Dr. Corky Henderson and Connie came from Lake Worth. Joyce Roach brought her mother Ann Gibson from Keller. Mary Carlton, Mary Kathryn's mother, from White Settlement. Rex and Mary Gaggino came in from Throckmorton, and Margaret Waring from Comanche. Sally McGregor (who said she keeps up with us from the blog) came from Baird. Lydia Williams brought her sister from Cottonwood. Sue Neal's son David and family came from Lubbock, her daughter Diana and family from Stephenville. Most of our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren helped serve and watched the slide and movie show our son put together and projected on the wall. Our pastor, Margaret Friend and a lot of church members including Phyllis Harris, Becky Odem, Maxine Keller, Tom and Arlene Stephenson, Mary Barton, Hollis, Jr. and Cherry Shults, Sharon Ames, Judy Porter, Tim, Beth and Andy Byerly. From CP friends Janet Swanson, Charles and Kathy Chesshir, the Castanuelas, and I am sure I am missing someone because I am doing all this from memory. In addition to finger food, two huge cakes (enough for 96) and punch, and roses to decorate the tables, the party planners added quilt pieces for people to write their comments for a quilt for both Lou and me. Truly a day that will be etched in history permanently. We are truly blessed with family and friends.
To top the day off, the Aggies beat UNM and unless the Rangers blow it they are ahead of Boston 15-4 in the eighth inning.
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