Letters To Great Grandma Gray

Mason and Sam wrote hilarious letters to Grandma Gray thanking her for the candy and now I can't find it? Rats! If I find them I will update!

Long Lost Family

I finally met my 2nd cousin once removed from Germany. He came to town to see his Grandma and my Great Grandma Gray. It was fun catching up and I hope we can make a trip to Germany to meet the rest of his family sometime in the near future!!Rob thought he was funny when I sent him out to to the store for salad and he came back with two blends. The European blend of course for our company!

We also had a small reception at Grandma Gray's. We have a funny love for cake in this family and corner pieces are a hot commodity. We always have jokes on who gets them and this time I put every one's initials on it so they actually could claim what is rightfully theirs!

Fun with Nana

Nana came up for a visit over the holiday weekend. We had a great visit with Grandma Gray.
She had a great time playing with the kids. I am not sure who wore who out more?
She got plenty of holding and snuggle time with Bryson.

The big highlight of the weekend for the kids is she brought a hamburger and french fries cake. They of course loved dipping it all in the ketchup provided aka red frosting. When she first disclosed the cake she told them if they ate their dinner good she would give them some hamburger, they both looked at her funny until they realized it was a cake and then mass excitement broke lose along with clean happy dinner plates.

Generations

We took Nana and Great Grandma Gray out for dinner for her birthday. I am not sure who enjoyed themselves more. Nana got ear balloons and ice cream from the restaurant along with two little helpers to eat it. She was a good sport and wore them for the happy birthday serenade and then passed them quickly off to the kids. The restaurant was a bit loud so it was hard to chat with everyone, but it was good company.

We didn't get our heigh from our Great Grandma

We defiantly didn't get our height from Great Grandma Gray, but we could have gotten it from her Papa he was 6' 2". Todd said it perfectly when he said she was like a soldier the way she gets around. She is a strong 97.
My brother came to visit us in Omaha because we have tickets to the Nebraska K-State game tomorrow. We should have moved here sooner, if all it takes for a visit is Husker tickets. Also, for a man who doesn't like shopping, he is a kid in a candy store right now with all of the Nebraska paraphernalia.

Happy 97th Birthday Grandma Gray

My Great Grandma Gray turned 97 and we threw her a party. We didn't expect to wake up to 5 inches of snow on the ground in mid October, but thank goodness is didn't put a damper on the party. Everyone had a great time and she is still doing great for 97. I'd say she is more graceful in her movements and others might say she is slow, but needless to say her mind in intact and I think she is doing wonderful for 97. We had 5 generations represented at the party with Ellery being the youngest female and Grandma Gray being the oldest female. I think that is impressive, maybe I should have wrote into the paper. I'll add it to my list of to dos, I might be onto something. All the kids were excited for the cake and especially Mason. I think I have the same picture of him sitting at the table right next to Grandma when the cake came out and this year he is perched close beside her while she is sitting on the couch. I think I see a pattern. I think I passed on some cake genes to this child, he seems to enjoy cake as much as I do. At the end of the night Mason came running into the kitchen and took a hold of Grandmas hand and started leading her towards the door. Everyone was loading into the cars and he didn't want her to get left. He told her she had to go now and was very concerned for her. It has been a blessing moving to Omaha and getting to know Grandma Gray.



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Happy 96th Birthday Great Grandma Gray

My great grandma turned 96 this weekend and we threw her a birthday party. It was a lot of fun gathering up family we hadn't seen in a few years and celebrating her birthday. I wish everyone with her genes. Her mind and body are still sharp. We didn't place 96 candles on her cake, but I was tempted to do that. How many people can say they have thrown a 96 year old birthday party? I bought the cake at Sam's and they give you number candles so when the lady asked me what numbers did I need I said a 9 and a 6 and she said as in "96" and I said that is correct. She said they don't get a lot of requests for that combo and to wish my great grandma a Happy Birthday from them. I think Mason is anxious to attend her next birthday party. Once the cake came out he sat in the chair next to his great great grandma on his best behavior and wasn't going to move until he ate some of her cake. It made me feel bad for skipping his 2 year old birthday and not getting him a cake. In my defense we were moving on that day.