Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Grandma Charleen's 100th birthday

We headed up to Kansas again this past weekend to celebrate Nick's grandma's 100th birthday.  She was doing really well, and here's some of our adventures that we packed into two days of travel and just two days of visiting.

Being silly in the car.

Playing in the outdoor area at the McDonald's in Burkburnett, TX after a quick lunch.

Check out that crazy hair!

Daddy and Gabi say "cheese".

Nick and Gabi exchanging sun glasses before we take off to visit a few friends in Cheney (and drop off some Mary Kay purchases too).  Pizza at D'Marios was delicious!!!  Then we had a quick stop at the hospital to visit the Anderson's and their new baby, Carter (congrats again, guys!).  Can you believe we even made time to stop at Guitar Center (for Nick) and Pier 1 (for Debbie and I)?

Spending some time with my family in Salina at the mall after we met up with the Knopf family for church on Sunday morning.  Nick got some cargo pants at Old Navy for just $3.50 each, I found a shirt at JCPenny for $4, and my mom found some black pants for $5 that she needed for an up-coming work trip.  
Wow--bargain shopping galore!

Nick's aunts and uncles on his dad's side of the family and some other people (we didn't know who they were!).

His grandma and her boys (from left to right are Nick's uncles Merle, Bruce, and Dean, and Nicks' dad, Chuck).  Can you believe that she has only been living in an assisted-living place for a few years?  And, I really can't fathom what she's been able to see our country go through in 100 years either--whether that be the wars, the economy, or even technology!!!

Being silly on the trip back to TX--if you look closely you can see that the cap is on the Dr. Pepper bottle.  I think that she really wants to be like her mommy--guess I'd better watch what I do and say even closer now, huh?  :)

1 comments:

kranberry216 said...

You were HERE and we didn't get together?! I'm SOOOOO hurt!