SUMMER VACATION 2012

WOOOOHOOOOO!! GONZALEZ VACATION IS OFFICIALLY STARTED! :) dad has a week off work and we are going to make the mOST of our time as a family!!! we are starting our vacation at the WONDERFUL GREAT WOLF LODGE IN GRAPEVINE TEXAS! i have heard sooo much about this place from other friends that have come out here so i thought since our RV is out of commission for a bit, we would do some traveling in our car....so i BOOKED us a 2 night stay at the LODGE july 22-24....the boys and us are sooo excited and we can't WAIT for it to start. I NEEDED this time with my family because on the 31st, with my surgery to remove the cancer tumor out of my arm, i knew that for a while afterwards, i would not be able to do much...this week is going to be our get away, and my time to just relax...we are starting to pack our MILLION and one things of STUFF and get everything ready. there is always sooooo much to pack because with 3 boys, stuff gets CRAZY! the only thing is that there are NO TOYS this time...just stuff. i figured that they would not have down time with there being a INDOOR WATER PARK there, i figured we would be TIRED by the end of each night....soooo, HERE GOES OUR VACATION!!

Dad's Rosary...

today, we had my dad's rosary...it was very nice and to hear nice things from those of his co-workers at the church...it seemed that he still worked at his church lighting the candles at the TABERNACLE...that is sooo AWESOME to hear...

My dad passed away today...

well, we got the call at 9am....we were in church and when i got out and looked at my phone i had a message fromt he hospice place...when i called over there, they said my dad had passed away unexpectedly at 8:55am...i say unexpectendly because hospice can usually tell the family and give them a couple of HOURS before they think the pt will pass away...there are certain signs...well, my dad had a GREAT Blood pressure at 7:30 in the morning....the dr was making his rounds and before he could make it there, a nurses aid walked in to his room to check on my dad and he had just suddenly passed away....i am sad that there was no one there to be with him BUT i was also happy that the ONE thing that i had wanted (for him to see me again, to meet his grandkids, to hear himself called GRANDPA and to hear me tell him that i loved him and he told me he loved me) happened...i am AT PEACE as i know that he was too...he saw all his brothers (except one and one sister that was too ill to travel) and he saw NUMEROUS neices/nephews, cousins that came to see him...that was important to ME and i know it was to him too...he had lived a very solitary life after he and my mom divorced...he had not only distanced himself from ME but from ALL his familyl....

sooo, REST IN PEACE, DAD....no matter what, I LOVE YOU and will MISS you as always...i am glad we got to RECONNECT before you passed away and i will have no regrets....GOD BLESS....

ANOINTMENT OF THE SICK for my dad...

well, today, a priest from his parish came over and gave my dad his last rites....it was a BEAUTIFUL prayer service for him...he had a brother, sister, a niece, son, daughter (me), and several kids there to be with him at his bedside....it was really nice and we prayed over him and we were each able to give him a blessing...it was really really nice....

we were there for about 3 hours and then my brother and my family went to go eat dinner...very nice...i had realized that that was the 3rd 'last rites' i had been to....my MOM, my son MATTHEW and now my dad....wowowowow....

My brother came home today...

i picked him up from the airport and we went straight to see dad at the hospice center....we had 2 of the 3 kids with us so it was nice....they did GREAT and dad opened his eyes and say my brother and he met his 2 grandkids....he smiled when he saw them....that was nice and the boys said hi to him and touched his hand...

my brother was able to say hello to him and he acknowledged him and everything...he was able to see my bro and my brother could talked to him...it was really hard to understand him and he was really restless....his oxygen was not in his nose and apparently he didn't like it there at all...well no wonder, they had it at 10lts with NO HUMIDIFICATION!!!!!! i told them they needed to get some on him! that is PAINFUL!! i cant' even imagine how uncomfy that must have been...

anyway, all is well...we went to his house and my brother went in to see how things were....and he had good neighbors that came out as soon as my brother showed up to talk to him....that was reasurring...so much to DOOOOO!!!!!!!

My dad was moved...

today to the hospice facility....i am sooooooo happy he agreed to go there...i know they will take good care of him....i passed along the word...

Went to see my dad...

well, THANK YOU GOD i was able to go see him....if we had been there even 15 mins later, we would not have been able to TALK to him...but instead, i was able to talk to him and show him his grandkids pics (he has never met them)...he saw me and talked to me and didn't reject me, TAHAN KYOU GOD....after about 15 mins, they had to medicate him because he was breathing soooo fast and hard...it was hard to watch...after that, he dosed off and was finally breathing comfortably...stayed with him for about an hour then went to mass with my aunt and then came back for little bit more...as i was leaving...i kissed him and told him that i loved him...he opened his eyes and told me 'i love you too'....

i am at peace...i pray that his family comes to see him....i know that it would bring him PEACE...and also peace to those of his family....everyone has been estranged so i PRAY that everyone can just go and see him....he will be the first of the brothers & sisters to pass away when it happens....

my thoughts and prayers go with him....

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!

THANK YOU to all the MILITARY NEAR AND FAR for your services especially to all my family and friends that have served in the miliatry!! my beautiful HUBBY that we are soooooo proud to support and LOVE!!! THANK YOU, BABE!!!

onto my dad...well, i got a phone call from HOSPICE that told me that my dad had cancer in his stomach and liver....he does not have many days to live!! wowow...very hard to hear....but he was threatening to leave and go HOME but there is no one to take care of him!!! i can only PRAY TO GOD that he realizes that and he can go to a facility that will care for him....wowow...i am so sad and am in shock....

got a call from the hospital...

and my dad had been moved to the MICU after being transfered down to the 2nd floor from SICU then back up to the 3rd floor MICU because he was having issues with respiratory and also HR issue...i made the calls to the family and i just keep praying for him....

Found out my dad...

was in the hospital and had abdominal surgery....

my Tia, his siter, called me today and asked me if i could please help her find my dad...i had not spoken to him in over 10 years....but of course, i told her i would call the hospitals to see if i can find him....and i did...at metropolitan methodist...in SICU because he had had abdominal surgery....well, we shall see what happens....i just pray he is ok....when i called to see how he was, i had to tell the nurse that i was estranged from my father and she said, hold on....then she came back and said she had to ask him if it was ok to talk to me and he said yes....and she just told me what had happened....i called my aunt and let her know...