Thursday, November 5, 2009

Happy 70th PawPaw Jere!!!


This past weekend we headed to the big city of New Castle to celebrate FIL's(Jere) 70th birthday!!! WE HAD A BALL!!!! Saturday night we had a birthday party with just immediate family. Before supper, we took the kids trick or treating. Caleb had a great time but Emily spent most of the time sitting in the van because she refused to say "Thank You". Then we headed back to the house. My mother in law fixed the best baked spaghetti I have ever eaten. It was SOOO good. She had a dessert "Lemon Lush" that was the bomb!! You can't be on a diet at their house, its just impossible. My FIL's brother(U.Tommy) and 2 sisters(A.Betty and A.Julia) and their husbands also came to eat with us and celebrate. In all honesty, they brought the party with them. Tommy and Julia had wrapped 10 or so seperate gifts for the birthday boy, all which came from the $1 store. You can imagine what kind of gifts they were. LOL After each gift U.Tommy made a short comment about how Jere could use this now that he was SO OLD. This went on for what seemed like a VERY long time. We laughed so much we were completely worn out. :) On to Sunday, we went to my FIL's church and then to their new church(still under construction) for a churchwide birthday lunch. The ladies of the church had decorated and it looked so good. There was alot of food and 3 full tables of desserts. Notice that I keep mentioning food, I love it. My SIL's sister, Valarie made 3 sheet cakes for the celebration and let me tell you they were beyond YUMMY!!! The celebration continued with entertainment from my BIL's bluegrass group. They played old gospel hymns and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. U.Tommy is very well known for writing wonderful poems, mostly funny but sometimes serious. U.Tommy wrote a poem about his brother and read it for everyone, a little funny a little serious. After the party, we went back to my In Laws house and just hung out with family. We had such a wonderful weekend. I am thankful for a godly father in law and pray the Lord blesses him with many more years.

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  1. Glad you guys had such a good time! Sound like it was a blast. We love your FIL and are thankful for the chance to get to know him.

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