We had a fabulous birthday party for my mom at a lovely restaurant in Bedminster, New Jersey. We had a private room for 30 of us. I ordered some cute candy bars with mom's picture on them as a little surprise for everyone. She loved them.
Here my twin nieces look at grandma's candles. (Yes, that lady in the pink jacket is my 90 year old mom! )
Laurie (my brother's girlfriend) was kind enough to be the photographer for our group picture. It includes family and special guests. 
This is my mom, my siblings and their spouses. My sister Marlane is in the red jacket, her husband Brian is behind her. My "baby" brother Jeffrey is directly behind my mom with his wife Ann. Next to Jeffrey is Wally and next to Wally is Debbie, my brother Cordell's wife. Next to Debbie is my oldest brother, John. (I assume you can figure out who my mom is and who I am. )
This picture is called "sisters" - there are 4 groups of sisters in this picture. The girls in front at Jeffrey's twin daughters. The girls next to me are Marlane's daughters. 
This is the "head" table - my mom with her close friends, Lee & Sara, along with Lee's son Bobby and my sister Marlane and her husband Brian. 
These are the children who willingly helped read trivia facts about life in 1917 for their grandma /great grandma. Front row, left to right, Courtney (great grand-daughter), Stephanie, Jackie, Alison (grand-daughters). Back row, left to right, Kyle & Justin (great-grand-sons) and Ben (grand-son.) Too bad we couldn't have added Timothy, Luke, Hannah, Josiah, Brooklyn and Preston and Michael Yingling to the list of great-grandchildren in this picture! (and the rest of her grandchildren as well - Jill, Robyn, Stacey, John, Adam & Daniel)
Left to right: Ben, Debbie, Ann-Margret, Laurie and John.
Sara, John, Jackie, Alison, Stephanie & Jeffrey
Justin, Robyn, Courtney, Jill, Brian and Kyle (in front)
We had a wonderful party, lovely food and a fun program. I composed a pretty funny song about my mom sung to the tune of Jingle Bells. Everyone sang the chorus with gusto... think "90 years, 90 years, 90 years ago" instead of Jingle Bells and you get the gist of it. We also had a trivia contest about mom/grandma/great-grandma/sister and only one person got them all correct - Marlane, the person who remembers every detail. Way to go, sis.
4 comments:
Candis:
I am assigning you to plan my 90th birthday party. So, book it in your planner!
What a great party!
Denise
Your mom looks AMAZING! You would never tell that she was celebrating her 90th Birthday! It's been so fun to see what you did on your trip out east! I still need to get out there and see the sights! I'll be calling you when I need some "to see" ideas!
What a beautiful party Candis! You are so thoughtful in the way that you organize things--the chocolate bars, the game, the song.
Happy, happy birthday to your mom!
Neat! I agree with Brooke, your mom looks fabulous! It was so neat that so many family members could be there for the big celebration! I bet that meant a lot to all of you!
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