In Houston Dec 20-27 - Anyone want to get together??

[Brendalu]

I am so sorry I have a major family emergency and I can't come.  I am emailing MsMaggie in hopes she can find a ride.  Say some prayers for my daughter
Brenda

[leapyrtwins]

Brenda -

hope everything turns out okay.  Prayers to your daughter - and to you.

Kaybo -

wish I was near Houston, I'd love to be able to get together with all you guys.

Hope you, Dave, and the girlies had a great Christmas 

Jan

[Kaybo]

Hey Everyone~
We had a GREAT time at lunch today - it was so great to SEE everyone!!  Brenda was able to come after all so we were glad about that.  Priscilla looks absolutely AMAZING for having had surgery only 2 weeks ago!!  We took pictures, hopefully someone else (Brian??) can post those.  (I can't download mine until I get back home.)  I guess we looked like a bunch of camera geeks (Thanh was the only "cool cat") - HEY, maybe that is why those people kept staring (the cameras, not Thanh)!!     I hope I didn't atlk too much!  I had a wonderful time - thanks for coming out to meet me - we'll have to do it again!

K   

[Pooter]

Okay, here are the pics that I took today.  First, is the group of us:



Next, Kaybo and MsMaggie:



Next, Brendalu:



Finally, Waypoint:



I'm sorry if the last two show up side-ways (for some reason I can't get them flipped right now).

Lunch was GREAT and FUN!  I really enjoyed meeting everyone!  We ate and talked for almost 3 hours!  It was a great time!

Enjoy!

Brian

[msmaggie]

Hi to all,

We had a fabulous lunch that lasted 2 1/2 hrs.  And no, you did not talk too much, Kay!  We were all (maybe not Thanh  ) trying to talk all at the same time. I really felt like I was getting together with a bunch of old friends.  We all looked wonderful, in my esteemed opinion. I had to go home and take a nap after it was all over.  That was a lot of excitement for me, two weeks out from surgery.  I so hope we can do that again when and if Kay and her sweetie come back in town in the spring.  It meant so much to me to see everyone in person.

Priscilla

[sgerrard]

Hey, thanks for celebrating my birthday down there in Texas - that wasn't really necessary! 

I must say, besides looking like good fun and good food and good talk, it looks warm down there. Is that green stuff outside what they call grass? Haven't seen that in a while...

It is always great to see some smiling forumites getting together, thanks for posting the pics. You all look marvelous. 

Steve

[Brendalu]

Hi!

As most of you know, my grand daughter has seizures.  I guess Christmas was too much for her and she had one that knocked her out for well over 2 hours. (My daughter found her on the floor by the Christmas tree at about 4:15 am)  I thought we were going to have to take my daughter to the hospital (she was a basket case)  The EMT's (who get called whenever Paxie is out for more than an hour) got there and it took them about twenty minutes to bring her around.  She is doing fine, but very disgusted that her countdown for her driver's license has to start over.  She was four a half months without a seizure.  She has to go six months.
I so enjoyed MsMaggie's company  on the ride to Logan's Roadhouse and her navigational abilities on the way back! The group was a delight and I can't wait to do it again!!

and my newsletter was waiting for me when I got home, so I am filling out the paperwork to go to the symposium and put more faces with names!

Brenda

[waypoint]

Yep, it was great to meet yall yesterday and finally put faces to names.

[Syl]

Thanks for sharing you guys. I'm really glad you could get together. I want ot meet all of you too. I'm so looking forward to the 2009 Symposium so I could meet some forumites.

Steve: A very happy birthday to you. If I knew any Acoustic Neuroma Birthday songs I'd sing one for you, but I don't know any.

Syl

[texsooner]

Great looking group....sorry I couldn't be there....hopefully we'll do it again sometime.

Priscilla, looks like you are doing great...take it slow.

Happy New Year to the Houston area group and to all AN'ers.

Patrick

[leapyrtwins]

You guys all look great    Thanks, Pooter, for posting these pictures.

Brenda -

glad to hear the emergency turned out okay and you got to attend the get together - and I'm also glad you're coming to the symposium.

A belated Happy Birthday to Steve.  Are you 21 again? or is it 30 this year ? 

Jan

[wendysig]

Hi everyone,

I haven't been spending as much time as usual on the computer during the holidays.  Brian thanks for posting the pics!  You all look great and it sounds like you had a fabulous time.  I wish New York and Texas weren't so far apart -- I would          d to have been there and met all of you!  Right now, I'm looking forward to our NY ANers lunch on January 10. 

Brenda -- I'm glad to hear your daughter is okay!  Happy New Year to all!

Wendy

P.S.  Maggie -- You look wonderful -- Hope you feel good too!

Wendy