We spent last week celebrating two new octogenarians!
My mom turned 80 on August 28. We celebrated big in July, with much of the family enjoying Park City, Utah, for a few days. But Mom was quick to remind us during that vacation that she wasn’t 80 yet!
On her actual birthday, we gathered a few of the grandchildren who were unable to make it to Utah as well as all three of her great-grandchildren for dinner and a low-key celebration of the actual day. We thought the bouquet of cookies turned out well! As you can see, she enjoyed the evening.
The next morning, we boarded a plane to Pennsylvania. Jeff’s dad turned 80 that Saturday, but when he arrived at my sister-in-law’s house in Reading on Friday, he got the surprise of us being there! A few hours later, another surprise—our daughter had driven down from Boston for the weekend, too!
We had fun celebrating him on Saturday with lots of food and decorations and yummy cupcakes made by our niece.
Needless to say, it’s been a whirlwind of activity for the past week! And lest you think that now I get to rest (or even write!), I am off to New Orleans tomorrow to attend the ACFW Conference. I never imagined I’d live such an on-the-go life!
Do you have any trips planned for this fall?