Family

Hi everyone who's blogged in today (made that up myself, does it make any sense to anyone but me? usually never does!). We have made our way north to Warrington which is by Manchester which is by Liverpool (anyone got a map yet?). I think my dad has dreams of being a truck driver. He covers distances that most people wouldn't. We drove through snow and rain on Sunday night but made it safely after 6 hours of driving, Cash was really good, I think we wore him out at the party so he slept most of the way, I'm sure glad I brought my huge reclining car seat. People freak out here about the snow, it's crazy. Personally I saw more snow at Pine Valley reservoir when I was there tubing a few months ago! We won't make it to Ireland this trip (poor me!) Our time is running short and I didn't want to make Cash suffer a 24 hour rush there, rush back part of the trip. We had an awesome time at the surprise party last saturday. I took lots of video footage and pictures. I'm sure they won't invite me back again. Lot's of shy people not wanting to be on camera. Granny I'm sure was overwhelmed. I can't count the number of cards and presents she got, we even forgot to give her some and found them unwrapped the next day. What exactly can you get an 84 year old that has 14 children? Well my dad suggested a Frankie Howard DVD that she could listen to because she doesn't see well anymore. My granny is amazing, her doctors, dentist, church, grocery store, etc. is all about one block away.  She walks somewhere almost every day, she still goes to keep fit (excercising for seniors). We also got her a simple cordless phone so she doesn't have to get up and rush to the phone. Each of her daughters has a specific day to call and talk to her, she's got her monday girl, tuesday girl, etc. It's great, she's almost got too many people worrying about her. I will post some footage later but she actually played mini golf with Cash in her hallway, she hit the golf ball better than me! We played pass the parcel (present) at the party, my dad rigged it for some reason and gave out some very nice presents. I have never seen so many funny people in one room, I can just imagine how their life was growing up. I'm sure you loose your sanity at some point in time. The biggest surprise of the party was my Aunt Carole who walked in the door about 1/2 hr after us, she had called my dad, said that she had gone back home and wouldn't be able to make it to the party since the airports had closed and cancelled flights. She somehow managed to show up at the airport sat at 4am and demand to go to her mum's party. I'm pretty sure they figured out not to get in her way. She had to leave her husband and three grown children there but at least she got to come. My cousin Tommy talked my ear off and said Cash was the best kid he's known (maybe I should have him over to babysit or nanny for me!). I want to wish Evin a Happy Valentine's Day because I won't see him until the 15th, I also want to remind him of my Valentines present, to have our master bedroom toilet fixed and the lid back on since it started acting up months ago. The things you think of when you've been married for almost 12 years! Anyway, Uncle Edward (Eddie) was the hit of the party with the kids, he's the eldest at 65 in June. He had a few too many drinks (or is just normally like this, I'm not sure) and was crawling around on his hands and knees. I sent my dad after him when he went outside like that. His son had to gather up all the stuff falling out of his pockets. He was also dancing but I don't remember there being much dance music. Granny didn't want to go home until the party was done (I'm the same way unless Cash gets tired). We are planning to take Cash swimming today, I sure hope the pool is warm. I went there as a kid but for some reason I don't remember caring about the temp of the water. Cash is so excited about everything. We didn't get back to stonehenge because of the weather and I didn't even take a picture last week! Lesson learned, take pictures everywhere. I didn't get any pictures of the driveways I was explaining about. You'll just have to go visit my granny's town to see them. We also missed out on Monkey World (Cash is still asking to go there even though he doesn't really know what it is, if it sounds good it must be good). We were afraid to get snowed in there and not make to my other Granny's house. We are heading to London Friday morning and hope to go to the Natural History Museum and some other things but we'll probably have to ride the tube (subway) to get to most places. Well I had better go for now, hope this blog didn't bore you and wasn't too long. I have to tell Cash that his best friend Marli got a dog, he's been asking for a Red horse and a blue dog for his birthday (or is it the other way around). He also amazed everyone with his throwing abilities at the party.  He didn't break anything but he did jump on Dave's leg one time (who just had surgery last week!). I was so embarrassed but he handled it pretty well. Bye for now!D