Happy Birthday Grandpa Schwertner!!

In memory of Rudy (Grandpa) Schwertner: We miss you! April 18, 1924-December 3, 2006

Today April 18th would have been my father in law's 85th birthday. Rudy died on Dec. 3, 2006 at the age of 82. In his memory I'm posting about one of our favorite birthdays we spent with him. I"m glad we were here to help celebrate and it's something we will always treasure. I found out one day while I was talking with him that one of his favorite pies was Lemon meringue so I remembered that and bought him one for one of his birthdays. You should have seen the look on his face when I took it out of the bag. He could not wait to dig into it. He was like a child again. We also had a bottle of LLano wine sitting around that needed to be drank, so you can say we had ourselves a happy little celebration. Grandpa was being so silly, he was just so happy, he made silly faces and pretended to be wasted with the wine bottle. So today along with grandma we will celebrate his 85th birthday with another Lemon meringue pie.

We all miss Grandpa so much, wish we could have one more moment with him to hear all his stories and most important his laughter. What a guy!! We love you and miss you!!!

I leave you with some pictures that were taken on his birthdays with his pie and wine in 2004 and in 2006 his last birthday.

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!! He could not wait to dig in it.

Danielle, Grandpa and Grandma 2004.
Grandpa, Bryan and Mary Ann 2004.
Grandp being silly with his bottle of wine. He was so funny and cute.

Happy couple of many years. 2006

Take the picture and let's eat!! 2006Happy 82nd Birthday, Make a wish! 2006.Grandma cutting a piece of pie for Grandpa. Lilacs were given to him probably by Danielle. 2006 his last B-day.