Gran's 90th Birthday!

My wonderful Grandmother on my Mom's side, Gran turned 90 this week! We had a big party for her this afternoon with a whole bunch of my extended family. Gran has always been quite the cook and used to give us "tea parties" at her home while we were growing up. I have such wonderful memories of helping her prepare for the tea and the eating all the yummy creations. So, for her birthday we had a tea party. Each of the families brought a dish and we had three varieties of tea. Gran also collects tea pots, so my Mom and her sisters (who organized the party - and did a great job I must say!) decorated the tables with the teapots and pansies (one of Gran's favorite flowers).


Even though there were 8 kids under the age of 7 at the party none of the china saucers, plates or tea cups we used were broken (we were all pretty impressed!). It was so nice to see everyone and spend time together as a family to celebrate Gran's birthday. She means so much to all of us and we are very blessed to have her in our lives. It was interesting to me to think that none of us would be in this family...and most of us would have never been born without her.


One of Gran's oldest friends Mary also came to the party. They lived together while they attended the University of Texas (Gran graduated from there with an degree in Education in 1942). It was neat to see them together and I hope that when(if) I'm 90 I will still be in touch with the wonderful girl friends I made while I was at Texas Tech. I am blessed with 5 wonderful friends from Tech that I am still close with!!


I have such a wonderful family and such an amazing woman at the head of it. Gran is a truly amazing woman who has seen so many things in her life and been through many joys, and trials. I have learned a lot from her and hope to continue to learn from her. She is a wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She has shown me what true love from a mother looks like and I know she would do anything for her family. I love you Gran! I'm so glad and proud to call you my Gran!