80 Years of Oneryness

So I was suppose to have this posted yesterday, but I had a few issues with uploading all the photos on here...lets just say that I am not very excited about the new uploader. I also was having some problems with my cell phone...I detest that phone, but that's a whole nother story.

Well over the weekend one of my aunts was going to host a Thanksgiving dinner up in KC...

...I always love it when she has dinners at her house, cause I get to see all my family and only have to drive half the distance, it's just great.

Well a week or two before Thanksgiving, my aunt came up with the idea of doing a surprise 80th birthday party for my grandpa, since his birthday was coming up on the 1st of December.

Here he comes...

He has no clue what he's walkin' into.

I think was surprised him!

It's not a party without some good party hats!

Hey Caleb, wheres your hat??

He didn't want to mess his hair up...party pooper!!

So a funny thing about the kazoos...when I got there my sister and a cousin were tryin' to get them to work...I should tell you they are both college grads and my cousin is actually getting her masters...well they couldn't figure them out at all. They kept blowin' through them and there was no noise. I will say that I tried too and had no luck...then my little 5 year old nephew comes walkin' by humming in his kazoo and putting all of us to shame.

Caleb ate his dinner with my cousin Brent (you've met him before) and my uncle Wes...can you tell that Wes has been active in politics...he's got the hand in the air ready to make a point...haha...it makes me laugh!!!

Present time....the theme is 80.

80 hickory nuts...

80 playing cards...that could make for a fun game...

80 black jellybeans...actually 78 black ones and 2 white one, but who's counting...

80 Southeast Kansas black walnuts...

80 pieces of black lickerish...

80 ounces of Buttermilk...

He also got....80 ounces of hominy, 80 sugar cookies, 80 kernels of popcorn....I think I'm forgettin' a couple of things but these were the most of them.

I think my cousin's wife got her Christmas present early. I'm not sure what they decided to call her, but she was pretty! I ready for another trip back to Minnesota to try her out.

Hey that's not your baby.

This is an common happening at my aunts house...

The stairs double as a slide.

I actually have a picture of my cousin who is studin' to be a Doctor doin' this very same thing and few years back...

If I knew where  it was I would have posted it.

There's your baby...

Boy is he gittin' big...

What a cutie...

He gets it from his Aunt Jan...

And before we left I requested that my sister take hold of my camera and get one good shot of Caleb and I for our Christmas card...

It took about 5-6 to get a good one good one....

Not to mention all the ones Caleb sister took on Thanksgiving day.

Well there ya have it...

Happy Birthday Yesterday Papa!!

Now it's time to get to work  doin' some cleaning, cause I don't think there is a clean pan in my kitchen...

How sad is that!

JP