Grandma's 81st Birthday on 10/10/10

My Grandma Cleta turned 81 on 10/10/10! My Uncle Jerrold came to visit from CA and we all had a great time celebrating her birthday.

The birthday girl

Yummy cake from (where else?) Rick's Bakery. (It says 10.10.10 on top)
My Mom Lisa, Grandma, and Uncle Jerrold
Wayne holding our sweet little baby Madelyn, Me, and my sister Angela
Grandma with the beautiful arrangement my Aunt sent
Uncle...after we had lunch at The Crumpet. His birthday was just 7 days later...
And then we celebrated my mom's birthday on the 21st! Lots of Oct. birthdays! This picture was taken on my mom's birthday--Madelyn was just wishing her a Happy Birthday! (in her own special way)

Our Trip to the Botanical Garden

My Uncle Jerrold visited us over Memorial Day and one day while he was here, we visited the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. We hadn't been since last Summer, and although it got a little hot about half way through, we all enjoyed it & got some great pictures.

Our Family Photos

A few weeks ago when my Uncle and Aunt (my mom's brother & sister) were visiting from California for my Grandma's 80th birthday, we had family photos taken. We have never had photos of ALL of us together before and we are so pleased with them!

Since many of us are planning to use the very best photos for our Christmas cards this year, I am only sharing a select few poses with you (out of hundreds!) so that they are still somewhat of a surprise when the time comes...

Husband, Uncle, Sister's Boyfriend, Dad, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Me, Grandma, Niece, Nephew, Son!



There were some silly outtakes~I love this picture!

Football & Family

Mason and his Grandpa (I love this pic!)

Last weekend, my family celebrated my Grandmother's 80th birthday! My Uncle Jerrold(my Mom's brother) and Aunt Marla (my Mom's sister) both flew in from California for the occasion. While they were here, we ate way too much good food, laughed our heads off and had fun celebrating. (more to come in the next post)

We all went to see (my nephew) Cameron's football game. Unfortunately, he wasn't feeling very good that day, but still managed to make a huge tackle! His team won big that day!

On our way to the stands
Mason cheering
The game (Cameron is #20)
Good job, Cameron!
And since we were at the new Rogers Mountie stadium, I had to get Mason's picture with this Mountie...

The week is over...

My Uncle has flown back to Cali, and I have had 3 days at my new job. I really like it so far. I'm soooo excited that I have my own office! I can't wait to make it homey. I'm working in Billing and I think once I learn the new system & get a grasp on the "big picture," I will find it very doable with MUCH less stress!

Uncle Jerrold & grandma at Colton's

Angela (sister) & Mom having some margies

I've been to the new Pottery Barn! I'm in love with 99% of everything in there, especially this Halloween-staged table! (the pic does it no justice--go there check it out!)

Rainy Naturals Game

My uncle is visiting from CA and we've been having a good time. Lots of eating has occurred! Unfortunately, I haven't gotten many pictures during his visit.

Yesterday we went to the AR Naturals baseball game. It was Mason's nap time, but I took him anyway because Wayne was in Fayetteville tailgating for the 1st Razorback football game and I thought he'd have fun anyway. We hadn't been there long, when the sky turned black & it started raining! We grabbed all of our stuff and headed to shelter, along with the rest of the crowd. We then waited for the rain to let up for what seemed like an eternity, huddled with thousands of others. It was POURING and the wind was blowing. Mason had no patience left and I was at the end of my rope! It finally let up enough for us to run out to our cars--needless to say I had a curly afro by this point. Mason was asleep before we even got on the bypass and then slept 2 more hours once we got home! I took a little nap myself (an earned one for sure!) Maybe we'll try to go to a game another time...

My Uncle Jerrold, Cameron, & Mason

Arvest Ballpark (when it was sunny)

Mason taking it all in

Catching a glimpse of "Strike" the mascot



It's raining! Check out those omnious black clouds!

Margaritaville

I zoned out and forgot to post about my Uncle Jerrold's visit from CA this last week. We always have such a good time when he's here! This picture was taken while we waited for a table at On the Border.
L to R: my Grandma, Mom, Uncle, Dad, Sister, nephew.