We went to visit Pat Sunday at the rehab place.  He seems to be doing pretty good.  They are letting him come home today. While we were there, Chris and Spencer came by to visit too.  It turned into a stroll down memory lane as these guys told stories about their childhood adventures.  Once again...I don't know how Kelley's mom survived. 

We were admiring Pats scar from his operation and got to talking about all the times when Chris and Kelley had to get stitches as they were growing up.  Stories about razor blades in the bath tub and jumping off the roof of the house with a blanket for a parachute and then there was the time when Kelley slugged Chris in the leg and it developed into a huge hematoma that had to be drained with a huge needle.  ( I could see KC was getting a little queasy, just from the smell of the hospital, but all the talk of needles and blood and such was pushing him close to the edge.) 

It was funny ( and probably a little comforting to KC ) to hear about how Chris used to pass out every time he had to get a shot too.

 It's so nice to listen to these guys laugh.  Kelley and Chris have a bond and a history that have kept them very close over the years.  Their relationship was strengthened through the years when Kelley was pretty much his brothers keeper.  His mom was going through a pretty rough time when those boys were little and was not really there for them. I'm not judging...heaven knows after raising 6 boys pretty much single handled ( Kelley's dad worked out most of their growing up years) I would have been in the loony bin. 

Anyway, the other boys were older and not around much to help so Kelley took over as Chris's protector, guardian and care giver.

They still talk on the phone about every day and I can tell when he's talking to Chris.  He usually gets going on some story from their past...(seems like they have endless adventures...funny stories about people they grew up with or about them playing hockey in the bathtub with a bar of soap), then they will laugh and laugh till Kelley has tears. 

While we were talking the other day, Chris was telling some funny story and Spencer was rolling his eyes like 'oh not this one again!"  but it was so neat to watch Chris and Kelley's face's as they recalled these memories.  You can just tell there is a lot of love there.  

Made me wish Chris and his family lived closer.

After, we went over to see Kelley's dad.  Maxine's roses are in their glory right now....and these peonies are amazing! 

 

Kelley's dad seemed happy.  He has been kind of down since Pat has been in the hospital.  Chris, Spencer, Andrew and Mark came over and went to church with him that morning though and I think that really cheered him up.