The month of 'Mom'

It's been an interesting month for my mom. First, she was selected to be "the one" at Children's Medical Center where she works. (see earlier post).

Mom accepting her award from Mr. Durovitch during the Vital signs meeting.

She got an award that was presented to her at the all hands meeting, they interviewed her and people that she worked with and showed those videos to the group.
Mom & her award.


Then, she was elected employee of the year at Children's Medical Center. This automatically nominated her to be Employee of the Year for the hospitals in the region. A luncheon was hosted and her whole team went in support.
Standing around my mom is Joyce, Pat, Jennifer, Lupe and Roy.
They had a slide show presentation of all the nominees. This was the slide for my mom. She didn't win for all the hospitals but she was honored to have been nominated at all. She saw one of her ex-chief residents that had been nominated for physician of the year.

April is her birthday month. This year we were actually able to take her out around her actual birthday. That's unusual due to our schedules. This year we went to Morton's of Chicago. It's located in downtown Dallas in this highrise building but it's in the basement. I think the floors above are apartments.
The lobby of the building where the restaurant is. You have to go down the stairs to get to Morton's. The food was pretty good. We got a very nice corner table where we had some privacy. The restaurant has all this dark wood - it's a very relaxing atmosphere.
Then, Dr. & Mrs. Steinberg invited the three of us to dinner. We went to Hibiscus. That was wonderful. You really can't go wrong at Hibiscus. We've (John & I) been there a few times and anything we've had has been delicious.

My mom has worked with Dr. Steinberg for longer than she was married to my dad! He and Mrs. Steinberg are very lovely people. We really enjoyed ourselves. They asked us back to their house because Mrs. Steinberg had made a cake. Who can turn down cake? Seriously?
And look at this cake! It was absolutely delicious.

We were all sitting in the library visiting and who walks in? Dr. Mihalic & her husband, Steven. What a great surprise! They came over to have cake with us. We were all chatting and then my mom jumps up because who should arrive? Joanie Loeb. She was a very good friend of my mom back when they all worked together at Children's. I haven't seen Joanie in years and wouldn't you know it? She looks exactly the same as she did when I last saw her.
I thought my mom would cry when she saw Joanie.

So, Dr. & Mrs. Steinberg planned this whole evening and they were sweet enough to include John & I. I wish I'd thought to bring my camera. As it is, I had to take these pictures with my phone.

It's been a wild ride for my mom this past month. There have been many celebrations. I hope she knows she is loved.

Below is a small video of us singing happy birthday to my mom while we're over at the Steinberg's. Dr. Steinberg is taking pictures, Dr. Mihalic is the young girl with the glasses, Joanie and then Milton (Joanie's husband) and then John. When I panned back, you see Mrs. Steinberg.

Mother's Day 2010

It's Mother's Day once again and we all got together for our annual brunch at the Worthington Hotel. Dad treats us all. One of the best parts, for me anyway, is that we get to spend Mother's Day with BOTH our moms.
Me & my mom.
John & his mom.

I think this is a day we all look forward to. The Worthington Hotel in Ft. Worth puts on a nice spread. This year was no different. They had breakfast items, including a breakfast casserole that had egg, bacon, cheese and I don't know what else. It was very tasty. They also had a hash brown casserole that was pretty good. On the lunch buffet, they had beef tenderloins in some sort of sauce. This was the best item on the buffet. There was also pork tenderloin, some sort of potatoes, roast beef and ham.

So the general plan is that we come in starving. We indulge in a little breakfast. They have an omelet station that will make you any kind of omelet that you want. If you want to try anything else, skip this station. It's also wise to skip all bread products. It takes up too much room.

After scarfing down a quick breakfast, we move on to lunch. This year, I followed John's lead and went to the salad bar. I should know better. I have limited room and have to plan for the good stuff. I left most of the salad and went for lunch. I skipped the veggies and the potatoes and went for the pork tenderloin that I wanted to try and the beef tenderloins. The pork was good but the beef was delicious. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't wasted space on any of the other stuff.

The last station to hit is dessert. They had key lime bites (my favorite), chocolate cupcakes (mini-size), a berry tart, sugar-free cheese cake, petite fours and chocolate mousse. I had a little bit of the first three items and skipped the last few. As always, the dessert was the best. I was stuffed and ready for a nap when we left.

Mom (Chaney) always wants a picture of all of us but it's always at the end of the meal when we're stuffed. It's kind of funny really. So here we are - the Chaney family after a full two hour meal at the Worthington Hotel.
In front, James (7), Brendan & John (10), Paul (14). In the back, me, dad, Mom, John, my mom, Michele and Mark.

Below are random pictures taken throughout the day.
My mom.
Brendan showing Grandpa what's on his ipod.
James in his own world playing with his nintendo. Paul & Brendan checking something out.
John listening to tunes.
The moms: Juju and Del.