Well, iPhoto is back on my good side, so before Christmas actually passes us by I thought I'd briefly interrupt my series of treats and recap the second day of our crazy weekend. Saturday was a
Christmas/Birthday/Wedding celebration with my dad's side of the family, and Sunday was more of the same with my mom's side of the family. The only thing missing was the wedding! Both of my mom's parents have birthdays close to Christmas so we always celebrate the events simultaneously. And this year was an extra special year because my grandma was turning ninety (and my grandpa was turning ninety-two, which is equally impressive).
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| The birthday pair with my family |
In honor of my grandma's milestone birthday we put on a little performance for the other residents of the nursing home, which included some caroling and a live re-enactment of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". I (intentionally) don't have any pictures of the performance, but we'll just say Darrell and I representing the Lords-a-Leaping and Ladies Dancing with flying colors. Some of the other cousins sang and played the piano and performed other various talents. Since Darrell and I aren't very musical or otherwise talented we put our strengths together and did a little examination of inflation (did you know that postage for a first-class stamp only cost two cents in 1921?). Amazingly, we found that despite all the price increases, my grandma's bloodline has increased at a greater rate. Pretty cool!
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| Didn't my husband put together an awesome poster? |
We have two more extended family Christmases, plus two immediate family Christmases, left to celebrate, so we're looking forward to lots more fun and frivolity to be had with family!
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