The Days of Runnells
Today the Runnells family gathered to celebrate Grandpa's 87th birthday, which was on Saturday Surrounded by his siblings, his children and his grandchildren, Grandpa seemed to enjoy his day. I am thinking he will also enjoy his newly replenished supply of cashews, MGD, and licorice. We decided to hold the party in the community room at Grandpa's new home, a place he confirmed he loves living at. We ate lunch and listened to Xavier's piano playing, watched Grandpa open his gifts and enjoyed some birthday cake and ice cream. Grandpa was a real champ -- he gave a birthday speech and blew out his candles, all of them, in one try. It was a perfectly wonderful Sunday with the sun shining, the family together and Grandpa in good spirits. Grandpa Duey sure makes the big 8 - 7 look good, ha?! Though it is safe to say all of us would rather not have come together for the reason we did this past week, having everyone home meant we had time to do a lot o...