I'm Tagged, Again!

My sister-in-law, Melanie, just tagged me to post my fourth picture in my fourth folder on my computer. This picture makes me both happy and sad. It was taken a couple of years ago at my Mom's surprise 60th Birthday Party. It is of my parents, brother, sister, and me. I feel happy because we had a fun time and my mom was completely surprised. She had no idea! It is sad because it shows my dad, Bowen, who passed away a year and a half ago. He was so excited about the surprise party. He was really just one big kid! A few days before the party my dad called me and asked my opinion on what to get for Mom for her big day. He could barely drive and hardly walk, but he had managed to get himself up to his favorite jewelry store--Sam's Club! (What a hoot!) He was trying to pick out something over the phone with me and he said, "Well, her birthstone is an opal. They have an opal set here." What? How did he know her birthstone? I didn't! He got her the jewelry and was very proud of himself! I really miss him. He was such a character, but a Great Dad! Oh, and he has this big black eye in the photo because he had fallen a few days before.

O.K. I tag Erin L., Amy B., Amie C., and Freddie. (If you've already done this, sorry!)