Peg's Graduation Party

Every party needs food and Peg outdone herself with this spread!

Nurse Peg gets ready for action...serving food?

Great grandma Bisbee helps the kids fill their plates.

Great grandma Bisbee helping Hunter and Taylor get their food.

Grandma tries to help Hunter make a choice. There are so many to chose from!

Grandma making sure that son Jim eats his vegetables.

Tom's sister Marlene samples the good stuff.

Tom's brother Jim, Peggy and her brother Steve, checking out the wine.

Peggy serves Jim the good wine.

Tom's son Scott and Peggy.

Peg's brother Steve tells Peg that three more platefulls will allow a more accurate quality
judgement.

Tom watches as Jim tries to convince Peggy that he could jump "this high". She says she
knows it was actually only "this high"

Peg shows her appreciation for the Nurse's cup sent to her by Tom's sister Mary.

Peg is happy with the tree ornament of a nurse with Peg's name on it, sent by Jim's wife
Jude.

Son Scott with wife Lindsay.

Jim, Tom and Denny enjoy the many food items.

Scott, Jim and Tom

Graduation week visitors

A big Thank You to our family for making Peg's Graduation a memorable time. My brother Jim came from Albuquerque, NM, Peg's brother Steve came from Tularosa, NM, my sister Marlene and her husband Denny came from Peru, IN and my Mom (92 yrs old) also came from Peru, IN. My son Scott and his wife Lindsay came from Las Vegas, NV with their kids Taylor, Hunter and Jake. We were all able to see and talk to our daughter Leah in Denmark via computer on Thursday.

We decided that it would be best to let the kids open their Christmas gifts so they would have something to play with during Peg's party. Grandpa and Grandma's house no longer has a toy box, so it was little bit of self preservation strategy!

My Grandson (Hunter) and Grandaughter (Taylor) opened their Christmas gifts during the party. Hunter was thrilled with his race car track.

WOW! CARS! My favorite thing. But there are a million pieces.
I know, get Grandma to put it together.

Sure, Hunter, no problem. I'll just scan the directions and be done in a minute...

OK, this is confusing.

Let's have Mom Lindsay give us a hand. (Hunter is wondering if he'll ever get to play
with it)

Lindsay read the instructions and Peg assembles. Hunter gave up and is pursuing other
activities.

Here is four generations of Bisbees. Grandpa Tom looks down at son Scott and Grandson Jake and Grandaughter Taylor while Great Grandma Bisbee looks on.

Can't live in Arizona without a cowboy hat. Here is Tom and Denny.

Tom's sister Marlene with Mom Bisbee

Marlene tests the sharpness of Prickly Pear cactus.

Grandma Bisbee makes like a cactus.

Graduation Pictures

Peggy waits with other Grads for the ceremony to begin.
Getting closer! Peggy waits in line.

Peggy waves on her way out of the convention hall.

Still waiting in line, but getting closer.

The big screen shows her picture as her name is called.
Peggy takes the Florence Nightingale Oath of Nursing.

I DID IT!

Peggy Graduates!

On December 17th, Peggy graduated from a grueling 24 month accelerated Nursing course. There were no breaks or vacations, just days and weeks of non-stop study and tests.

To celebrate, her brother Steve and my sister Marlene, her husband Denny, my brother Jim and my Mother came to be with us. My son Scott, his wife Lindsay came with their kids to watch the event as well.

Scott, his wife Lindsay and my sister Marlene elbowed their way through the crowd to get most of the good pictures. Lindsay took the video, beating the professional competition to the good position.

Peggy is close to her goal

Peggy is almost finished with her preceptorship, having only a couple more days to work in the hospital. She says it has been a great experience and she loves the teaching style and personality of her Preceptor Nurse.

December 17th is the day she receives her pin and we have family coming from all over the country to help her celebrate. Her brothers Steve and Rob are coming with their wives, my brother Jim is coming, as is my son Scott and his family. A big treat for me will be the visit from my Mother and my sister Marlene and her husband Denny. Mom is now 92 years old, but will still put up with all the travel challenges to see Peg graduate!

After getting a severe upper respiratory infection, I've had to stay away from working in my shop since the first week of November. I'm chomping at the bit to get back in there and working again. I've almost got it kicked, so maybe in the next week or so, I can. Curbing my 50 year smoking habit has probably had much to do with the recovery as anything. Hopefully I can stay on the program and eventually kick that as well.