Mom’s 85th Birthday Party / Easter Celebration

March 27^th, 2005

We had a festive celebration at our house on Easter Sunday – toasting GrannyMia's 85^th birthday on the day before, March 26^th. It was a fine day for an early get together. Mom arrived around noon, brunch was on the menu. Lucky for us, all the local family was able to gather for the special occasion. (We missed you, Linda & Co.!) Despite Mom’s being the guest of honor, Barry & Claudia’s grandson Connor stole the show.

Connor got a new book, and had no problem getting people to sit & read.

Maria’s grandsons, Karl, Alan & Chris enjoy a pre-meal game of foosball

It was such a lovely day, we ventured outside for our dessert. There was a slight breeze, so I offered my shawl to Mom. We sang Happy Birthday, but the wind kept blowing out the candles. Oh well!

Karl’s girlfriend Lisa assists in the futile lighting of the candles.

I insisted on a family picture.

From left: Christopher, Erin Moore, Karl, Connor& Alan & Erin Nygard, Barry, Claudia, Paul, Lisa. Mom is in front; I (Sandra) am taking the picture.

Well, maybe I took a few family pictures.

We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon, sitting in the sunshine & playing bocce.

Barry lazes in the sun with Gus the cat.

Connor, Chris & Gus share our recycled concrete garden bench.

The garden gnome under the bench is in memory of Mary Boyd, Linda’s ex-mother-in-law who died last month. It used to live in her garden, but now enjoys the view in ours.

Happy Birthday, Mom! Thanks for bringing us all together – let’s do it again next year!