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My Grandma's birthday is December 26th and always gets worked in with Christmas so this year my amazing sister, Tammy, decided that it was time that Grandma got her very own special birthday party! Tammy worked all year on this. Everyone that knows Grandma was invited: Family, co-workers, and friends, old & new. There was dinner, dessert, music, dancing, slide shows, presentations from each of her 9 children, and a really cool gift. It was a wonderful night!! I took pictures all night and the lighting was harsh for candid shots. I should have just set up a tripod and been done with it but I was sure I'd miss the important shots. Instead I caught the important shots and they are all blurry or have a funky flash. Thus the reason you don't see me advertising my photography skills to the masses! LOL. Anyway, so here they are in all they're blurry glory. Good thing it wasn't about the pictures....it was all about my grandma, Patsy Ruth Edinger!!
Happy 76th Birthday, Grandma!!
The Setup
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 |  A crossword puzzle about Gma's life... |
 All about 1932!! |  Pictures from Gma's many adventures: Her trip to Canada last year, riding in a sports car, on a motorcycle, on a horse, on a snow mobile, etc. |
 A time line of her life....click on the pics to |  view a bit bigger!! |
The Garden Cake
Jason testing out the Red Carpet
After this, Jason said, "You're welcome." (My family is awesome)
Some of the Guests
Here she comes!!
 She has no clue!! She thinks she's coming in to see a Christmas presentation!! |  She's catching on!! |
 I think she's figured it out! |  Yep! |
 The B-day sash |  Let the dance begin!! |
 Grandma loves it when Jason dances with her. |  It's becoming a wonderful tradition! |
 Chad cuts in. |  ..then Eddie... |
 |  ...and finally David. |
 Telling her how, why, and how much we love her!! |  Heading out to see all the guests. |
 Mom, being the oldest child present, presents first. |  Letters from Gary & Jimmy are read and Jennifer speaks. |
 |  A video gift from Johnny |
  Jeanne explaining how she's the favorite..... |   Cindy...well, you can see what she's doing....:) |
 David's turn... |  ...then Terry... |
 ...then, last but not least, Eddie. |  |
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 |  Hugging Brandi |
 |  What a Cutie Pie!! |
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This was the COOLEST gift EVER!! Grandma is an avid Scrabble player so she was presented with a framed Scrabble board covered in words that the family used to describe her!!! |  She loved it!! |
The Family!!!
and a copy with Jason in it....I will photo edit out my children's antics for the final copy.
The Cleanup Crew...gotta love 'em!
And, finally, a HUGE thank you to the Waldorf Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for letting us use their facilities! Thanks so much!!!!
5 comments:
Wow! What a beautiful event! That cake is amazing! and Wow! Your mom looks just like her mom! (Only much, much younger).
What a great party! The cake was beautiful and I'm all over that scrabble board! What a neat gift idea!!!! The pics were great by the way!
How awesome! Way to go to Tammy for pulling it all together!! And who's BRILLIANT idea was that to make the scrabble board? I'm filing that idea away for a future birthday for my mom (or dad?). They'd LOVE that. Too bad their whole names wouldn't fit across the board.
So fun to see pictures of all your family too. Jason has grown up! Just crazy how that happens. And lucky you for having Jymn and Tammy in town for the holidays. I don't think I saw any pictures of Adam. Was he there?
What a wonderful tribute to your adorable Grandmother! I love the Scrabble game gift!!
What an amazing gift! All of her family, friends, stories....she must have felt so loved that night. Y'all did good. :)
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