Whats Up With The Worleys: August 2013

Monday, August 12, 2013

Sheryl Worley Young's 60th Birthday!

Today my sister Sheryl turned 60 years old. We had a huge surprise party for her. It was a weekend of celebration starting on Friday. I travelled to Killeen and met Sheryl, Bob, Robin and Kevin and we headed to Red Lobster for her Birthday lunch, Friday afternoon. I had told her that we were busy this weekend and that I could take her to lunch on Friday instead. We had a great lunch and I headed back to get Greerson at Band Camp by 5pm. Saturday we waited to hear from Angie and Rox to see what time they would be arriving. Steve was due in at 4:00pm. Sheryl had no idea that we were planning anything. About noon Robin texted and said she needed help keeping the secret. Sheryl wanted to go shopping in Round Rock. So I called and said I had some time open up and Christa could register Greerson with the Band. I got there about 2:30 and we sat around for a bit and discovered that the others would not arrive until about 5:00pm. So we went shopping. Meanwhile the text messages were flying, but Sheryl didn't suspect a thing. After shopping we drove around town a little and when we got back to her house Steve, Carol and Rachel along with Rox, Angie, Todd, Regan, Caleb, Titan, Adia and Salem were seated on the retaining wall by the driveway. Sheryl commented,"whose cars are here?" Then she saw them sitting there. She was so excited to see them. We all settled in to visiting and ate dinner and then set the cake out for dessert. Meanwhile the kids wanted to go swimming so we all ended up out by the pool. BJ called while we were out there and she had a good visit and wished he was here. I decided to take a picture of the group and while we were posing for he picture the big surprise happened. Ryder, BJ's youngest son came running in and Sheryl looked down and said, "What are you doing here?" She was totally surprised for BJ and Alicia to walk in. Everyone else knew what was going to happen, but this really made her weekend. BJ has such a hard time getting off work and she doesn't get to see him much. After they greeted everyone we went in and lit all 60 candles. Sheryl blew them out with the help of her grandkids and nieces and nephews.

Sheryl couldn't believe we actually put 60 candles on the cake

Robin, Kevin and BJ

Angie serves the cake

Ryder, Salem, RL and Adia check out Salem's new toy

Ryder and Salem

Christa relaxes by the pool

Steve and BJ

Rox and Angie

BJ and Aidia

Caleb, Rox, Angie, Salem, Regan, Titan and Todd

Steve and Carol

RL, Sheryl, Salem and Adia

Adia, Titan, Ryder and RL

Christa, Daryl and Greerson

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Alaska 2013

We headed to Alaska July 18. Woody, Glynda and Tyler met us about 9am and we headed to the DFW Airport. We got checked in ate lunch and boarded a plane to Seattle. We had a five hour layover at SeaTac Airport. We finally arrive in Anchorage about 10:30pm. The strange thing was that it was daylight. In fact even though the sun set, it still remained light all night long. The next morning we got up early and got our passes for the train to Seward. The train ride was great we were in an observation car seated four to a table. They served us lunch and beverages while we were onboard. We saw a couple of moose and some eagles. We also saw several glaciers and some great scenery. The train deposited us right at our cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean Radiance of the Seas. We got settled into our stateroom then headed to dinner before the muster drill. Our staterooms were very nice with a living room that was separated from the bedroom with a drapery. They were about the size of a regular hotel room. We also had a balcony. Both of our staterooms were connected with a door between them. Greerson and Tyler stayed with Mimi and Grandpa Woody. The first full day on the ship was at sea. We had a good time checking out the ship and getting settled in. The second day was supposed to be Hubbard Glacier, but the fog was so thick we couldn't get close to it. The next day we were in Juneau. We toured the town and Greerson found a Dr Pepper. He was so excited, he hadn't had one since we left Texas. We cruised to Skagway the following day. We found a family owned shop called North to Alaska where we purchased Ulu knives and they shipped them home for us since we couldn't have them on the ship. The next day we went to Icy Point Strait and the small town of Hoonah. It was an old salmon cannery that they had turned into a museum. We had a bear watching excursion here. It was so cool to actually be out in the Alaska wilderness and see all of the foliage up close. We didn't see a bear, but the scenery was worth the trip. The next day we were in Ketchikan, the salmon capital of the World. I believe it, we went fishing and caught 80lbs of salmon. 29 fish all together. We had a great time! After fishing we ate at a local restaurant and had crab, chicken and steak. The next day we spent cruising and arrived then arrived at the port of Vancouver. after we disembarked we got in a limo and headed to Seattle. The border took a long time, but was really pretty with a nice park. We got tot the airport and checked in then began the wait. Our plane didn't depart until 11:50pm. We arrived in Dallas about 5:30am. It was a great trip, but we are glad to be home.