Happy Birthday Dad!

 My Dad is going to turn 90 this week Thursday!  We had a party for him on Saturday.  Most of the family was there.  Our Andy and Nikki are in KY so couldn't come, there were 3 other grandkids that couldn't get off work or were out of state, but the rest of the family was there.

Here's my Dad. I don't think he looks 90.  He still lives at home, bowls 3 times a week and is doing well except for his vision because he has macular degeneration.  He is rarely seen without a smile, and I'm often told by people what a great guy my Dad is.  I agree and have been so blessed to have him all these years.  I grew up thinking everyone had a happy home like I did, and when I got older, I realized more and more how very blessed I was to have the family I did.

Here's a picture of him as a kid.  I love this picture.  Can you see the mischief in his eyes?  He is the middle kid of a family of 10 kids.  The 4 older than him have passed away.  The younger ones love to share stories of the naughty things he did as a kid, and he still loves to tease and joke around.

I had prints made of some old pictures and framed them.  We had a table set up with all these pictures, and some balloons too.

We had some yummy food catered in; Chicken Parmesan, Pasta with meatballs and homemade marinara, bread sticks and Ceaser Salad.

Everyone enjoyed the meal!

Here's Cassie getting some love from Laura, Alaina and Ruby.

After we ate we played some fun games.  One was naming prices of things in 1931, which was the year Dad was born.  Then next was guessing if things were younger or older than him, and the last was choices he made - like would you rather have cake or cookies, live in the artic or the tropics, be lucky or wise.  

After that we took some pictures.

Dad and Ann.  They are cute together, and still holding hands after 12 years of marriage.  Ann will be 92 in June.

Here they are with the great grandkids; Alaina, Cassie and Ruby.

My brother Duane, sister Terri with her husband Dave in front of her, Ann, Dad, sister Cheri with her husband Mark, and me with Bob in front of me.

After taking these pictures we showed some slides.  My Dad still has slides from years ago.  Cheri snuck into his house to go through some and show pictures from years ago.

I took pics of them as they were projected, so they aren't the best pictures, but I thought these were sweet.

This is my mom with me as a baby.

Here's Dad with me at the same time.  The dog's name was Poncho and I remember having him as a kid.

After the slide, each of the grandkids shared memories of Grandpa.  This was so sweet and had us all tearing up, including Dad.

Alaina and Ruby had made this big banner.  Alaina remember swinging on the porch swing with him, Ruby remembers sharing fries and sneaking his chair!

My sister Cheri was reading all his cards to him.

We ended with birthday cake.  Such a fun celebration for a very special man.