Gran’s 80th!

My wonderful Gran turned 80 years old on Sept. 28 and we had her birthday celebration yesterday at our church.  My mom and her sisters organized the event and it came out so nicely.  There was tons of food, drinks, and friends and family.  I think it was just what Gran wanted for her big day!

Gran with her daughters…Laurie, Susan, Phyllis, and Janice

This is Gran with all 4 of her grandkids.  The 4 of us were super close growing up and are more like siblings than cousins.  Leslie is the youngest, Jordan is 3rd in line, Nathan is my elder by 9 whole days, and I’m 2nd in line.

Gran, the Grandkids, and their spouses:  Zach and Leslie (married 5-2008), Jaime and Jordan (married 5-2005), Maranda and Stephen (married 6-2003), and Carrie and Nathan (married 2-2005).  We’re all very blessed to have Godly spouses to add to our family. 

We all enjoyed a great day in honor of my Ran-Gay!

Hogs Football

Even though our Razorbacks haven’t had the best of season so far, we still jumped at the opportunity to go see them at home vs. Rutgers.  We would get to go with my mom, Leslie and Zach, and even Paige! Paige has never been to a Hogs football game and she was super pumped.  Even though we lost the game, the experience was well worth it~

Aunt Les and Paige in Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium

Paige went back and forth between sitting with me and sitting with her Daddy.  Sitting with Stephen was the best for her because it’s really not often that she gets to watch a football game with him-he’s normally the one doing the coaching! She had lots of questions and was very interested in learning the game.

Pom Pom head!

Leslie, me, and Mom…such a good time~

We missed Ryan on this trip, but it’s so important to us to have some one on one time with Paige.  I think she enjoyed our undivided attention!