Dad turns 80!

My Dad turned 80 on Dec 27. I asked him how he felt about that & he said he couldn't believe it & that he doesn't feel a day over 60! Fortunately the 27th was a Friday so we all (which in addition to his kids & their families was also Aunt Ba & Nanny, Lou's Mom) went out to a nice dinner at the Italian restaurant across the street from my sister's- Bella Monica. They had written in chalk "Happy Birthday Papa Bill" so we would be greeted with it upon entering the restaurant but someone got sick & vomited on the "ll" so needless to say I didn't get a picture of that! It was such a nice time!

Party City stops at 60 in store but they had 1980's theme party stuff so I improvised!

Cake with elderly touches!

 

Birthday wishes

 

Dad & his grandsons

Christmas 2013

Some photos from Christmas at my sister's this year:

                                                             This is a cake!

All the kids on their DS, cell phones, Ipads, etc!

 

My boys & my neices

Lane meets Santa

This is Lane's first Christmas & therefore his first time meeting Santa. Everyone thought he would cry, I said no, he will try to grab his beard & eat it.  So who was correct:

Yep, he grabbed the beard!

 

 

 

2013 Iron Bowl

We went to Jon's Mom's for Thanksgiving this year, the first time in years. The Iron bowl was scheduled in Auburn while we were there so we decided to go with Leigh & Josh (Jon's sister & hubby) since it's only about 35 minutes from Jon's Mom's & since they are all Auburn fans. We went tailgating & then went back to Jon's Mom's to watch the game on TV. We did the Tiger walk & watched the band- I wish they had a Tiger walk for our hockey team! So fun! What a fantastic ending- definately made me wish we were still tailgating for it! My Mother in law has MD & can't walk without crutches but I tell you when Auburn won, that woman got out of her chair & walked!

Marbles Kids Museum

Today we went with our church group to Marbles, the kids museum.  Why its called a museum I don't know because you play there, no exhibits. Anyhow- it was fun as always! They have so many fun "stations". Would have loved something like this when I was a kid!

The vet

Stage

Spenser driving the ambulance

Lane picking corn on the farm

Spenser checking out groceries

Pizza parlor

Spenser playing hockey!

Halloween 2013

This year was Lane's first Halloween. We went to Bradley's new neighborhood to try it out & it was great! Lane was a lion, Spenser was a pirate (Captain Jack Sparrow) & Bradley was a ninja turtle.

 

 

                                       I loved the back of Bradley's turtle costume

                                   One of the houses was decorated with these heads dangling from a tree

                                 ... and I caught Bradley's reaction to them!  Priceless!

I told Kristie & Spenser to put their light sticks in the air so I could get this shot.

Aunts visit & State fair

My Dad's 2 little sisters, Annie & Charlotte, came to visit us from Pittsburgh. Aunt Annie tries to come once a year but I haven't seem my Aunt Charlotte in probably 15 or so years so I was so excited to see her this time! Such a wonderful visit & we also went to the NC State Fair.

with Aunt Char

 

 with Aunt Annie

 

                                  Dad with his sisters

                                                 Duck Dynasty tomatoes

                 Spenser & Jon leaning over to see me from the ferris wheel!

                                                        I love the piglet races!