Grandpa Blunck

After church yesterday, we went as a family to visit my Grandpa Blunck who is in the hospital. He is 93 years old. He was asleep when we got there, but the nurse who was sitting with him said he would want us to wake him. He has someone sitting with him 24/7. Once he got over the surprise of being woken up by our crazy family, we had a really good visit. He and I talked about how he met Grandma, where they've lived, his college days, his work, but he was most excited to talk about my Mom and Dad coming home from their mission in a few weeks. He can't wait to see them, but he said, "Oh, they probably won't even remember me!" I assured him that you would, Mom and Dad, and I told him that I would bring you guys to visit when you were in Salt Lake. He acted as much like his old self as he could by saying "Boo" to the boys and tickling them, and they shared their race cars with him. He even said, "I'm Rulon, and I aint foolin!" I held his hand most of the time while we were there. He was pretty excited that we were going to have a baby around his birthday. The guy sitting with him said that he had had a pretty bad morning, but after someone had come to visit him, he had totally brightened right up. I think it was Aunt Karen, but I know "those three girls and a boy from Salt Lake" had visited him yesterday as well. I'm guessing those were Jerry's kids. He mentioned to me that his neck and back were hurting, so a nurse brought him some pain meds. His arms looked pretty bruised up and he had a bit of trouble with his temporary hearing aid, but we really did have a good visit. I'm glad we live close enough that we were able to go be with him!