We finally celebrated the long-awaited birthday of our dear mother, grandmother, wife, and mother-in-law!! We had a wonderful, three day celebration full of honoring, laughter and just plain old fun! We started off with an overnite to Gettysburg - mom's favorite place to visit. We played miniature golf, ate dinner at Mom's favorite restaurant (the Dobbin House) and went to see a movie. The next day we toured Gettysburg a little and came home. Monday we had a special tea where we presented her with tickets to tour the White House and then a dinner in her honor, where I read a note or letter from every single member of our family honoring her (that took a while - there was 27 notes to read!!) Mom was very touched, and she deserved every word. She is the world's greatest mother and grandmother and wife!!
This is a picture of "Grandma Potter" (as in Beatrix) trying to do some writing but getting interrupted by sweet little bunny lips trying to steal the paper! Luckily, mom loves bunnies and loved every moment of the distraction...
This is a picture of "Grandma Potter" (as in Beatrix) trying to do some writing but getting interrupted by sweet little bunny lips trying to steal the paper! Luckily, mom loves bunnies and loved every moment of the distraction...
The bunny gave up and decided to just give her a kiss instead!!
As we were packing to go to Gettysburg, Mom literally crawled into the closet to get her suitcase, fell in, and then couldn't get out without laughing and needing a helping hand from Dad!!
The first thing we did when we arrived in Gettysburg was check into the hotel, and then head out for a game of miniature golf! It was a beautiful spring day with lots of blossoms and the smell of spring in the air. Mom had a blast - as did we all! Something about golfing makes you feel like you are on vacation...
This is a shot of an old alley in old-town Gettysburg. Very neat perspective.
We met up with Abe Lincoln while we were there!!
For those of us who know mom, this will come as no surprise. Mom loves to meet people wherever she goes, and can strike up a conversation with literally anyone! We have met many interesting people through the years, gotten tours of ships, had travelling woodcarvers over for dinner, I could go on and on, all due to Mom's outgoing nature. She met these soldiers who appeared to have travelled in time, and after disposing of their modern day pizza, they posed for a picture with her.
We got home on Sunday night and had a quiet evening. Monday was her actual birthday, and Dad took her out to breakfast. That afternoon, we had a "high tea" set out for her on our table. The teapot and warmer were actually part of her birthday presents. She was very surprised and blessed as Hannah led her out blindfolded to see the table set with candles burning and soft music playing. We also gave her tickets to tour the White House which she was sooooo excited about that she didn't believe it at first! The tickets usually take months in advance to get, but somehow my sister knew someone who knew someone who knew someone type of thing, and due to an unusual cancellation, we have tickets to see the White House!
Then we had lined up a special dinner to cap off the day. Of course, at the last minute, Danny realized we had no gas for our grill, and I couldn't get a hold of friends to allow us to run over and use theirs. (We were serving filet mignon, so you HAVE to have a grill, right?!?) So, Danny ran out to the backyard and made a makeshift grill out of leftover brick and used charcoal. It was some of the best steak we ever served!! After dinner we did our time of honoring, and there was so much to say, we ended the evening with no time to even eat birthday cake. (We had that the next day)
Mom, thank you for being such a wonderful Mom. It was an honor to celebrate your birthday with you here.
We met up with Abe Lincoln while we were there!!
For those of us who know mom, this will come as no surprise. Mom loves to meet people wherever she goes, and can strike up a conversation with literally anyone! We have met many interesting people through the years, gotten tours of ships, had travelling woodcarvers over for dinner, I could go on and on, all due to Mom's outgoing nature. She met these soldiers who appeared to have travelled in time, and after disposing of their modern day pizza, they posed for a picture with her.
We got home on Sunday night and had a quiet evening. Monday was her actual birthday, and Dad took her out to breakfast. That afternoon, we had a "high tea" set out for her on our table. The teapot and warmer were actually part of her birthday presents. She was very surprised and blessed as Hannah led her out blindfolded to see the table set with candles burning and soft music playing. We also gave her tickets to tour the White House which she was sooooo excited about that she didn't believe it at first! The tickets usually take months in advance to get, but somehow my sister knew someone who knew someone who knew someone type of thing, and due to an unusual cancellation, we have tickets to see the White House!
Then we had lined up a special dinner to cap off the day. Of course, at the last minute, Danny realized we had no gas for our grill, and I couldn't get a hold of friends to allow us to run over and use theirs. (We were serving filet mignon, so you HAVE to have a grill, right?!?) So, Danny ran out to the backyard and made a makeshift grill out of leftover brick and used charcoal. It was some of the best steak we ever served!! After dinner we did our time of honoring, and there was so much to say, we ended the evening with no time to even eat birthday cake. (We had that the next day)
Mom, thank you for being such a wonderful Mom. It was an honor to celebrate your birthday with you here.
Oh, and I wanted to mention how "young" of a 70 my mom is. She just embraces life with a zeal that I envy. She makes everything fun, and just does NOT act like a 70 year old woman. As a matter of fact, as I am typing this, my parents had friends over (another older couple) and as I sat here, I heard a very strange sound coming from the basement - the four of them are down there playing pool and want me to bring down some refreshments! haha I hope and pray that I will be just like her when I am that age.
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