Rick and JoEllen: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Mom is home from the hospital at last! Jo Ellen and her daughter Angie, the welcome home committee!

Debbie brought her daughter Shannon and grandson Bryson. Mom really enjoyed watching Bryson play. Shannon not only helped with mom, she played with Bryson and kept him busy!

Sisters

Debbie and I worked together to make our mother comfortable. Our sister Carol, Brothers Bobby and Darren were also present to lend helping hands.

It is wonderful to have family pull together when you need them. We all worked together in getting mom home while arranging help to keep her comfortable and support Ted at the same time. Hospice is a wonderful organization working toward quality of life. They are providing nursing care, bath aides, emotional and spiritual support, and a volunteer to provide relief for Ted 4 hours a week. We also found additional respite for Ted through a private home care agency. Mom is loving all the attention! My daughter Angie came and gave mom a pedicure!

Mom (Grandma Campbell) Home from Hospital

My Mother was hospitalized for pnumonia and hypoglycemia mid February. After 7 difficult days we were able to bring her home with the help of Hospice. Mom is so glad to be home!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Caribbean Cruise 2011

We had a wonderful 14 days in the Caribbean. This was our second cruise with Celebrity and we loved both of them. The ships are beautiful, service great and entertainment fun. The above sign is actually in Curacao.

The food is amazing! I had to let the belt out before we got home!

Delsol is a fun shop that sells items that change color in the sun. This young lady helped us with our purchases.

Rick taking video's and pictures from the upper deck of our ship.

My sister and a couple of her friends enjoyed the cruise with us. My sister is the blond in the middle.

We often went different ways during the day but got together every evening for dinner. My sister Carol and her husband Bob are meeting us for dinner.

Our previous Caribbean Cruise was full of shopping and bus tours. This time we went for more adventerous activities. Here Rick is enjoying a Hot Mineral Bath at the end of a swim in an cold swift water fall!

This is the name of the Natural Hot Springs Mineral Bath!!!!! We both enjoyed it.

We had a thrilling ride on tubes in the river!

Rick talked me into a Zip Line Run! Yes, I actually did it. It was fun. Here is Rick gearing up for the ride of his life. I made him go first to make sure it was safe. It was his idea!