ONE HUNDRED

So. We just got home. We drove to Washington over the weekend to celebrate my grandma's ONE HUNDREDTH birthday. It wasn't a huge party...just her kids, grandkids and great grandkids who could make it. Gram wasn't so sure at first whether she wanted to even be there, lol, but she perked up when the great grandkids started arriving. :) Here's the birthday girl blowing out her candles...

She's in amazingly good shape for 100...still has all her own teeth (was enjoying corn on the cob with us the day before), uses a walker but mostly pulled herself up when getting into our van or my mom's Sequoia, has a hearty appetite, had a hip replacement last year, and blew out her candles on the first try with no spitting, lol. 

And now, here are a heap of pictures I took at the party...

It was at the new YMCA in Yakima. Some of the kids took advantage of the awesome pool for a bit, and the party room had ping pong, foosball and air hockey. All of the little ones are my brother and sister-in-law's. They're adorable! (There are six of them ages 6 months to 7 years.)

And here are some random pictures of people with Gram...

...and of people just posing together...

I'm not going to try to actually name everyone. Sorry. I know who they are and they know who they are. :) And, no, this isn't all the pictures I took. And, yes, I sadly missed a number of shots that I thought of the next day.

(Also, me and mine wore masks but took them off for pictures and to eat. Yes, we're fully vaccinated but Micah is still on immunosuppressants and we have a lot of stuff coming up in the next few weeks...and my siblings, their families and my mom all remain unvaccinated. My aunt, uncle, cousins and their kids also wore masks part of the time and are also fully vaccinated.)

And we tried to get some group photos...The top is Gram with her kids. (She's survived two of her sons.)

In the middle is Gram with grandkids. Four weren't able to make it. And the bottom is Gram with her great grandkids. I believe six weren't able to make it. (There should be 23.)

And this was the group photo we managed with the help of some guy by the front desk. ;) It's not the greatest quality and one of my cousins and his son are missing (he left to go pick him up and come back and I didn't notice until after all the group pictures were done), but it's most of us.  

Seriously. One hundred years is pretty amazing to think about. She's seen so many changes in the world and tells me that starting to drink coffee when you're three is obviously a secret to longevity, lol. 

So. Happiest of birthdays to my Gram! (Technically, she turned 100 on July 26.)

(I'll be back soon with other pictures from our trip.)