I always love getting to visit with my family in Jefferson City. This year though, there was an added bonus. Granny turned 90 while we were there! We drove up the day after Christmas and went to dinner that evening to celebrate. What a fun evening! We all enjoyed catching up with one another and a delicious dinner at The Chophouse. It was great to see Deanna, Matt and baby Haleigh who had flown in from Washington state! We took a few family pictures while we were there, but I haven't had a chance to upload them from Ryan's camera yet. Hopefully I'll get that in soon.
Friday was beautiful. The girls had a blast playing in Granny's huge front yard, exploring and climbing her big tree.
Nancy also took all the kids and me up to her school. She has done such an amazing job there! This looked like the most fun place to be; there were all sorts of cool centers for them to play in. Everyone liked putting wax paper on their shows to ice skate like Lily is in the picture below.
The construction zone was really neat.
McKayla, Molly and Lily spent lots of time up in the reading area.
Mia and Zac put on a puppet show and explored all the other fun areas together.
Everyone was excited to go outside and play! The swings were a big hit, of course, but Mia also loved riding a scooter around the little track.
On Friday night, our family had its Christmas celebration which was really nice. We did a laid back dinner and then opened presents together. The girls gave Granny big hugs for their awesome presents: Minnie Mouse walkie talkies for Mia and an American Girl gymnastics set for Lily.
The flowers we sent to Granny to wish her a happy 90th birthday.
I enjoyed spending time talking with Granny. She told lots of great stories about her time at Oak Ridge during the war; that's where she met my Granddaddy. She is such a wonderful lady, and I am so thankful for her.
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