Sunday, July 19, 2009

99 Reasons to Celebrate!

Yesterday was my Grandpa's 99th birthday party!

Got the kids ready in the morning after doing some yard work. This was my first long journey with me and the kids. Let me preface this with I am glad the car radio speakers work well! The journey to Troy was not so bad. However, the ride back was much more, shall we say...Trying! Jen told me to take the video player, but like a fool, opted not to take it. Should of listened to the wife! Got into Troy a little after 12:30. After we arrived the kids went inside and said hi to there Great-Grandpa. It was certainly a special moment. Around 2pm in the afternoon everyone went to the Gazebo to have the birthday celebration for Grandpa and Barrett (my cousin son - Ken). Had a great time at the party.



By the way I think my Grandpa looks wonderful and maneuvers quite well for being 99 years old! What do you think?

While the adults were socializing, the kids decided to go fishing. Andrew started off with the junior 'Batman' fishing rod without a hook and graduated to the adult fishing rod with a real hook. Thank you Ken for taking one for the 'team'!

Here is a video of the kids fishing yesterday.



The kids had an absolute blast!

Thanks Ken for working with Andrew and the kids. All Andrew talked about today was going fishing. The smile on his face after catching the fish was priceless!

Have a Blessed Day!

1 comment:

Mrs. Palaia said...

He looks better than awesome for 99! My g'ma just celebrated her 90th and your g'pa could totally out run her. :)