Happy 90th Birthday Grandma!

Our Grandma Ella turned 90 years old back on August 13th. She is such a sweet and caring grandma. I have so many wonderful stories of my grandma, from baking yummy melt-in-your-mouth chocolate chip cookies with her to playing at her house with the aqua phone. That phone was so cool! One of the funniest stories I can still recall has to do with "Mouse".

Well here is the story. My mom was teaching one night and my dad was taking me over to grandpa and grandma's house for dinner. I remember my dad telling me in the morning that we were having mouse for dinner. I was so puzzled! I remember getting really nervous and telling some of my friends at school that I had to eat mouse tonight. I remember that the day was awful and I just didn't want to go home.

My dad being the funny guy that he is kept telling me on the way to their house, "It'll be okay. Mouse actually tastes good." We got to their house and I walked in the kitchen and we sat down for dinner. My grandma set out everything on the table. I was just waiting for her to plop the mouse right on my plate. She put some lettuce on my plate and it had some stuff in it. I asked her, "Where is the mouse?" She then told me that we weren't actually eating mouse, it is just some salad thing. I think she actually called it Kelp. So I actually didn't have mouse that night.

Anyway, I could go on and on with more stories of my grandma. What I really want to say is that my grandma means so much to our family. She is such a strong, caring, spiritual woman who I admire so much. Our family is so blessed to have her in our lives.

We love you grandma!!!

We had a celebration for grandma at her assisted living home. She had her favorite cake with lemon filling to share with family and her friends. It was a lot of fun spending time with her!