Grandma Shirley's 80th Birthday Bash

July 30th marked Grandma Shirley's 80th birthday. We celebrated earlier in the month with a party in her honor. True to form, Josh and I were running late (I finally woke Madi up, she was sleeping in so long!) and then we got stuck in traffic. We had no idea it was the first day of the OC Fair! So by the time we arrived we had missed lunch, gifts, and an apparently amazing & emotional time of sharing memories of our beloved Shirley. But the kids weren't too concerned--they got to blow lots of bubbles with Aunt Alissa! :o)

Alissa made Grandma a really great scrapbook as a special gift. Every family member wrote about a special memory and gave pictures to go along with it. Alissa worked her magic and it came out beautifully! Aunt Susie had Grandma Shirley's name translated into Hebrew and had the meaning and the Hebrew spelling written out and framed. For any of you that know Shirley, the meaning will strike you in the gut..."She who sings songs of the Word..." Amazing!

July is always a great time for our family since members who've moved away usually come back for the 4th of July celebration, so we were blessed to have everyone here to celebrate Grandma as well. We had a photographer join us after the party to take family portraits in the park by Grandma's house. Josh and I actually have a picture that includes the 4 of us--incredible!! And we all got together for one HUGE family shot of Grandma and her descendants and their families.

It was great spending time with everyone, but we had to head out pretty much as soon as the photos were done. Our munchkins were exhausted and cranky, lol. On the way home we ordered pizza so we didn't have to worry about cooking or going out. It was a long day for us, but well worth the effort!!

Our handsome boy!








Cute shoes...couldn't leave these out!








Our sweet Moo...











Aunt Alissa blowing bubbles...