Happy 96 th birthday to my father-in-law

Happy birthday today, October 21st to Paul N. Scherbel, who is a bionic grandpa and he is amazing!
Last year for his birthday, we had a huge 3 day birthday celebration in Big Piney, Wyoming,, to celebrate his 95th birthday.  He wanted all of his family to be there.  So everyone of his family made it except Matthew Scherbel who was on his mission.  But all the rest of his kids, grand kids and great grand kids made it, and that amounted to something like 123 of us.  We had a family 5 k walk/run along the walking trail from Marbleton to Big Piney that Pampa got the town to build.. We  had an incredible flag raising one morning with all of his great grandsons, wearing their Cub Scout uniforms and his grandsons wearing their scout uniforms.  They had flags to represent all the states and countries that his family lives in.  We all sang America the Beautiful.  It will be forever one of my favorite earthly experiences.  Everyone had matching t shirts.  The little kids played on the giant swings in his back yard.  Judd and Debbie Rackham took pictures of each family.  We had a service project to pick up trash all over town,  Pampa has been doing that for 60 years.  The kids played basketball with cousins and we ate such good meals.
This year for his birthday,  many of us are gone and couldn't attend his party.  We are in Italy, and his daughter Annette and husband are serving a mission in Japan.  More than half of his family did make it.  They had a dinner all together in Orem.  He had had a hernia operation on Monday, and went down to Provo for that and went back to Big Piney Tuesday, and then back down to Orem on Saturday.  He had broken two ribs about two weeks ago with a fall, but that didn't stop him from going down to Provo for Dallin's wedding dinner a day later.  I don't know anyone half his age who would be so tough.  That's why I call him the bionic grandpa.
We were able to face time him during his birthday party.  And i was so glad that we could do that. But today I wanted to pay a special tribute to him because I am so thankful to be a Scherbel and to have married his son.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAMPA.  I THINK YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!!!!

Love,
Geri