Our Family Birthday Celebration! 4~5~'09

Today most of us were able to get together and help Charles (Gabbo) celebrate his birthday -which was April 1st!

Yep, he was an April Fool baby all those 74 years ago and says he always was teased about this fact! :) I suppose that is only as to be expected of this birth date ! :) LOL- He has said some of his siblings would tell him,"Mother thought she would have a pretty baby but she had you!" ;)

HA!...But that's a dumb joke if you take a look at what a pretty little boy he actually was!! :)
This pic always reminds me of the Baby/little boy Elvis Presley pictures I have seen.

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I was up late preparing food for today's party...(We cancelled going to the chili cook-off yesterday because I just had too much to do here-especially after making the trip the day before to see our friends in Zephyrhills.)

I didn't get to bed-to sleep- until about 3:00 AM! I was coloring eggs at about 2:30! (-LOL-Yep-I'm a bit cracked -I know that!) See-this party had to be Easter themed, as we won't be here on Easter! Colored eggs are just always something I want to do! I can't let go the traditions!


Anyway, I pulled it all together- one more time! We all had a lot of fun! Charles got some great gifts...and the best gift I'm sure he would agree, is the love of the family.

Everyone was here except son-in-law, Marc who is a trucker and only gets home every few weeks! :(
(Missed you Marc!)

The hat you see in some of the pics is from me. It's a David Morgan, fine felt Australian hat! Charles has always liked these hats and wanted one...lol- now he wants lots more of them! Oh, my ! What have I started here?

I also bought that painting of the cowboy. Our grandson Brian painted this and both Charles and I always liked it a lot. I was so happy to buy it from Bri for a very special gift for his granddad!




































He got a lot of other cool gifts too...political books- cd's a very nice shirt and a COOL DUDE coffee mug! And my sis and Bro-in-law gave him 2 giant size jars of the gourmet olives he soo loves! :)

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As I was getting things together on the serving table I realized this new serving stand I had would work well with My Mom's little party plates that I have. I thought they were just right for holding the marshmallow peeps and eggs that I always MUST have for this season! And I thought of Mom and that she would be happy to see this if she were here! Then I thought..."She is happy to see this!" It made me feel closer to Mom, using her little plates!

LOL- When the girls came a little later, Charles, being true to form with his off the wall humor, said... "Later, Mom's gonna have a 'Peep Show' posted on the blog!"
...Ha! I had to point out the bunny and chick PEEPS he was talking about! :)

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Here we are - my sis Joy and me- trying out the tea and Tea Pot I got from my blog friend Pea earlier this week!
We loved the tea and everyone liked the little tea pot a lot! :)














The rest of the pics are in no particular order. Hope you can figure us all out!


We Are:

June & Charles~ Old folks of the Farm
( AKA~ Ginga & Gabbo )
Tina~ Daughter
Alli~ Granddaughter
Dan ~Grandson #1
Brian~Grandson#2
Zach~Grandson #3
Tammy~ Daughter
Terry~ Son-in-Law
Christopher~ Son
Joy~Sister
Mike~Brother-in- Law


























































The ones at the end are at the end of the day, after everyone had left for their homes. Charles and I rode down to the pasture to check on the cows! Tiger has decided he likes golf cart rides, too, so he went with us! :)












It was such a good day for us!

Hope you've all had a wonderful week- end!


Love,
Junie
( Ginga )