celebrating our 90 yr old troublemaker

the party on sunday for my grandma went REALLY well!

there was a really good turn out ...
AND
our whole family was together
(the man in the top left corner is my grandpa's brother - the one of 4 that is still alive)

there was a chocolate fountain ...
(seriously ... can any party with a chocolate fountain not be incredible?!)

there was a table with a lot of memories that were fun to look at ...
(and take pictures of ... ha ha)



we ate a TON of good food ...

saw people we haven't seen in a long time ...

and had fun with my grandma.

so i would say it was a definite success.
NICE PARTY, MOM!

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as a side note --
have i mentioned how rowdy 90 year olds are?!

trying to get a picture of my grandma smiling always took a few shots.
she would wave at me ...
make funny faces ...
(i can't tell you how many pictures i have where she is sticking her tongue out at me)
and just plain ignore me. ON PURPOSE!

then ... i tried to get my great aunt in on a picture (she's the lady in the purple)
first they looked at each other ... said 'she wants a picture' and laughed.
then my great aunt grabbed the bunny balloon and it just went downhill from there.
i have to mention that i heard these same 2 flashed one of my cousins at the nursing home the other day as well!!

it was at this point that i gave up any hope that i had for a picture with my grandma and 3 great aunts - i couldn't even control 2 of them!
(my grandpa had 3 brothers and and all 4 wives are still alive)
the best i could get was the pic in the bottom left corner and you can't even see them all ;)

i tell ya ... i thought 2 yr olds were tough ;)