Mother's Day

We arrived in Portland, OR. on the evening of the 7th and took 15 minutes to change and make ourselves presentable before seeing my Grandparents. My Grandmother was diagnosed with cancer some time ago and she was in Portland for surgery. My Mom knew what an awful Mother's Day it would be for Grandma spent in a hotel with none of her children around, waiting for surgery. So my parents decided we would surprise them by simply showing up. They had no idea we were coming! When we knocked on their hotel room door, we could hear them inside saying "Who could it be? Why would anyone knock on our door?" Then Grandma opening the door and was so shocked she just stood there staring at us. Then she screamed! :) She says it's the only time she's ever screamed by being surprised, which I don't doubt. Grandma is a very calm, quiet sort of person...despite the fact that for most of their lives my grandparents have been avid disco dancers. *LOL*

It was a wonderful Mother's day for her. My Great Uncle Ken, Grandma's brother, met us at the nice restaurant in the hotel. It was wonderful just being together with them all and after a lovely buffet breakfast, my Mother noticed a beautiful baby grand in the corner of the restaurant. Fortunately for us the young waiter, Matt, knew my grandparents and was kind enough to give me permission to play. So I played several selections especially for my Grandma and I even coaxed Mom into singing a rendition of "Edelweiss" with me. (I didn't feel up to carrying the song alone with the cold I had.) She was embarrassed but all the people in the restaurant applauded afterward. We celebrated my Grandpa's birthday later on that day. All in all we had a wonderful time.

My Hello isn't working on this trip so I'm going to have to put the pictures on later.