Dad's 100th Day Party

Paul's at the bar tonight, two boys are in bed not sleeping, and Peter's playing a video game.  So I get to blog!  Here are unpublished pics I found on my camera from our last trip to California - January 28 to February 5th.  These all show our day at Sue and Paul's where we celebrated my Dad's 100th day since his stem cell transplant.  Lots of extended family.  It was fabulous.

The Sisters (my dad has four of them) gave my dad a bag of presents

that his new DNA would really enjoy.

His sister Jo was his perfectly matched donor, so now he has her DNA,

or something like that.

So naturally he would like to read about Will and Kate.

 And he would want a framed picture of Jo's dog.

 And he needs a little purse to carry the dog around.

 Sister Carly with my next niece, Charlotte.

Brother Craig

And then my dad gave a touching speech about being thankful to be here.

We are all abundantly thankful too.

My three sibling are in here along with our cousins who all live in So Cal.

 This is Max, my cousin's son and platelet donor extraordinaire.

He entertained Charlie a long time.

It was a nice break for me.

Paul wasn't on this trip, remember.

And then it was time for the 49ers to win the Super Bowl.

Except they didn't.

We all hung out here, watching a TV you can't see in this picture.

Aunt Cheryl and Charlie

 Granny making the most of the thirty-minute power outage during the game.

Chase and Charlie in their private lounge.

 Peter helped Aunt Jo keep track of the score.

 The Niners must have scored at this point

since Dave is kissing his moneymaker.

Brody and Charlie saying good-bye.