90th Birthday Celebration ~ 2nd Party!

A huge thank you to everyone who made Granny's second 90th Birthday Party a great success. She sure loved everyone being here and is still enjoying looking at all her birthday cards and reading the sweet notes from everyone.

Local friends came over, as well as folks who traveled from the Lynchburg area, northern Virginia, Maryland; and some came from South Carolina and Georgia to be here to honor Granny. What a special day it was!

The Birthday Candles flag was flying, and my Luckett's Store Welcome sign was by the deck steps...

A table displayed garden flowers, a celebration welcome sign, and a family heirloom vintage suitcase ready for cards: Granny is friends with all the little children at church...here's one little guy who came over to say hello (Hi Henry!) as she sports her 90th birthday badge:

I appreciated all the help from our dear friends who came from Georgia a day prior to the party to help with preparations.  Thank you, Emma and Abby, for your willingness to do a lot of the kitchen work while you were here: Long-time friends came to visit and celebrate with us for the afternoon: And can you guess who some of our favorite little guests were who arrived?  Hi, Andrew and Matthew!! They were a surprise for their Great-Granny....we tried to keep the secret, but we think she'd figured out they were coming:

We thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship and conversations with folks we'd last seen at Eric and Sarah's wedding: Girls from our church talking with girls from Georgia: Men getting acquainted:  Here are our Lynchburg friends...hello, Samuel and Micah!! So glad you came!

My friend Victoria holding her and our grandson, Matthew:

More conversing and enjoying pizza and veggies with a friend from church, my sister, Bet, and daughter-in-law, Kerri, at the picnic table:

Eric, our son-in-law, and his brother Alex holding Andrew and Matthew:

Just as Tom told about Granny's life and the unusual circumstance of her two birth dates at her first Birthday Party, he did the same for this group: And then everyone joined together to sing Amazing Grace, which you can hear by clicking below-- takes several minutes to load:

  Video

We sang Happy Birthday to Granny and cut the two Costco cakes and served ice cream. They did a wonderful job as you can see below:

And the other cake:

After the meal, several folks took a garden tour with Hannah before leaving for the night:

Our visiting family and the Georgia contingent stayed overnight, and we enjoyed their company and visited with them the next day...enjoying those two grandsons while we could!

Our family picture:

We had an absolutely wonderful time celebrating Granny's birthday!!

Prayer Request:  Unfortunately, Granny is suffering now from another compression fracture in her back. She saw the spine surgeon today, and it was determined that surgery will be on Friday, August 3rd, at 8 a.m. Please pray for her as she's in much pain.

Thanks for stopping by the blog and joining us for the celebration!

~Deb

Comments

[Victoria]

Been praying for Granny and hope she is doing better today.
We thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Granny's 90th with her! It was a really wonderful party.

[ANA]

ESTARE ORANDO COMO SIEMPRE POR SU MADRE, DIOS DARA REFRIGERIO A SUS HUESOS Y SERA LAS MANOS DE LOS CIRUJANOS.QUE BENDICON TAN GRANDE LA FIESTA DE CUMPLEAÑOS, RODEADA DE TANTA GENTE QUERIDA QUE AMAN A LA ABUELITA, Y SUS BISNIETOS, ESTAN TAN HERMOSOS, COMO CRECEN, PASA RAPIDO EL TIEMPO DEB. DIOS LOS SIGA BENDICIENDO.

[Barbara J.]

Deb, what a wonderful second party Granny had but so sorry to hear she is having further problems with her back. That is not fun. I really enjoyed seeing all the pictures.

[Kim C]

Thanks for sharing all the fun photos of Granny’s celebrations. You all know how to make great memories! Granny is so special- it’s nice to see her get a glimpse of how much she is truly loved.

[Steve Gordon]

Belated Birthday Wishes for Granny. Looks like everyone had a great time with "two" birthday parties. (I think I've been doing mine wrong all this time - only one) Smile. Praying for a speedy recovery with the surgery. Thank you for sharing all the fun with us. Be Blessed!!!

[Tammy C]

Just the update on Granny's surgery.Hope al goes well.

Looks like you had a another good party!!