Thursday, August 30

gramps turns 96

over the weekend we celebrated my gramdpa peterson's 96 birthday!
you read that right, NINETY-SIX!
can you imagine all that he has witnessed in his life 
he is your typical jolly happy 'little' grandpa
of course he has the best stories(still has a great memory), he is lovable, kind, and so giving 
I remember bragging as a child that my grandpa gave me a 100 dollars for every birthday and christmas
he has lived the last 10 years or so alone 
he cared for my grandma until the day she passed and he misses her so much 
the day was special
he talked about the wonderful family we were and how proud he was to have us all 
he talked about how happy my grandma must be watching the family grow and all the little ones 
he did a little jig as we sang happy birthday to him 
he gave us all 10 dollars because he thought we were perfect 10's in his eyes
and of course he was wearing a bright colorful shirt

last year we bought 95 balloons and individually staked them in the front yard 
right after we finished... before a picture could even be taking they are started to pop 
after about 2 minutes we literally only had about 20 balloons left 
this year we went a little more simple and all the great-grandkids helped make a banner
 mack dressed up for the occassion and wore a tie
 some of the kiddos with the banner
 mrs. bakers tasty cake
 such a cutie
 he blew them all out

3 comments:

the glausers said...

love mrs. bakers yummy cakes! and you look adorable and mack is looking little bit chubby! he's changed so much!

Abbie said...

Cute grandpa!! I love your hair in that last pic... did you dye it? So pretty!!

w and w said...

you guys have a neat family! Happy Birthday!