ed and vicky: May 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A day full of LOVE

On March 26th our family got together at our place, to see mom and celebrate her birthday early, we are so glad we did... she passed away 13 days later on April 8th. My brother Fernando passed away almost 18 years ago, his wife Ximena and their three children live in Chile and Italy, so they weren't able to be with us that day, just the part of the family that lives in the U.S.
My sister Ana Maria and her husband live about 3 hours from here and their girls live pretty close to us, so they were here often to visit mom and dad, but their two boys and their families live in Oregon so it wasn't as easy, but after hearing that Nani (how they have always called Mom) was not getting better, and we didn't know how much longer we would have her with us, they decided to come see her, they weren't sure they would be able to come to the funeral if it was to be soon, but they wanted to see her and hug her while she was still with us. What an incredible day that was... the love was so strong in this house, it will be one of those days I will never forget. Mom and Dad were so happy to have their loved ones around. We visited and hugged and cried together, we played, ate yummy food and laughed, it was fun to just spend the day together. We have a lot of talent in the family and there was songs sang to Mom and Dad, some that were written for her, and for them... it was beautiful. I did not want the day to end... what a great memory!

Mom and Dad's little appt. was full of loved ones!!

There was lots of hugs, kisses, tears, laughter and love!

...and yes many cameras too : ) A lot of the pictures are of the families from Oregon, the girls and families came also but had to wait after work/school, on older posts there's many pictures of when they would come visit.

I love this picture, even though is not the best one with the light... in case you didn't know, I am a great aunt.

The new theater had various effects on people, the little ones just wanted to see the movies there... others like Anthony, uhmm...

hanging out in the kitchen with Emily and Ana Maria ,having some of my "little big sister's" yummy stew for lunch... mmm so good!

...of course we had all kinds of yummy food. A lot of salad, avocados and shrimp, steak, chicken, rolls... and of course "torta de manjar" (chilean cake) ohhh and lots of pebre, or peure or whatever some of the different family members choose to call it, it's the salsa made out of cilantro and green onions we like to put on everything, uh Cassidy? : ) ... I call mine Peure.