Our first Family picture is of Janet and Rain!  They were able to meet in the Fall of 2004 and enjoy a day of shopping, talking and enjoying each other's company.

This picture was taken at the airport on Feb 5th, 2005.  Denise is standing in the back with me, and Nancy is sitting. We went up to pick up Denise who would be staying with me a week. She comes from Wash. She is a fibro sister also. We are on a fibromyalgia newsgroup together. Nancy is also on that ng. She lives in Sacramento and that is where the airport was. We got to meet her there. The meeting was for my birthday which was the 9th.

We had a great time meeting. Nancy brought us each a bear. So we have three of the same bears so we can think of each other. Denise came down the stairs from the top floor carrying a stuffed squirrel for me. Jim and I were holding a sign that said Squirrely. I wanted him to put I'm Squirrely on it and he wouldn't. LOL ;-)

Nancy came down on Sunday. The boys showed up on Sun to work on puter and
have a party for me. It was great.

We took Denise back to the airport on Thurs. We met Nancy there again.

It was such a lovely visit and relaxing for all of us. We really needed that. Jim and Nancy's hubby got along real well also. We are suppose to be getting together after the middle of April for a BBQ.

Denise kept me drinking my pedialyte. LOL. She would look at me and say Jo you need to get more pedialyte. What a mother hen she was. ;-)

I got lots of gifts from all. But one of the most prized was some rice bags that Denise made for me. I didn't have any before that. Great gift for someone that has FMS, arthritis, and Costo.

We were trying to figure out how to make ricebag vests. But figured they
would be too heavy to wear. But would give the coverage we needed. LOL.

It really was one of the best times I had in years. I needed that so bad.