Grandma Dickson was so excited for her 90th birthday party. We invited so many people and knew so many were planning to come. The night before she couldn't hardly go to sleep. She looked radiant all night as you will see in these pictures!
3 of moms sisters came to support her. (Ron and Alice Brownell, Bessie Zeller, and Cathern Harston) Others are planning to come to the April Conference party.
Aunt Bessie flew in from Lovell Wyoming and spent a week with us. Mom was so happy and we had a lot of fun with her! Aunt Alice and Aunt Cathern came up from Enumclaw and spent the whole day on Saturday so there would be time to visit before the party.
The real surprise was my little brother Roy and his wife Karen. They didn't tell anyone they were coming and just drove in from Orem Utah the day of the party. It was so cool and couldn't have been a nicer birthday gift for mom.
Now I am just going to put in a lot of random pictures from the party of family and friends. This is Ron Reid from our ward.
The tables all had 3 primroses on a mirror and 3 pictures frames with old pictures of grandma. It actually looked a lot cooler than you could tell in the picture.
Uncle Roy made the geneology chart that everyone loved!
We all had family tables. This one is moms.
Roys family
Doris' table
Jack and Delores' family did a fun slide show that re-played over and over all evening. It was really nice.
Meledie and her niece Samantha (who is here from Rexburg helping Meledie recover from her car accident) helped by taking pictures. They and Dave and Aunt Bessie took all the photos.
We had relatives and friends come from all over. This is my cousin Ruth Karlinsey and her daughter-in-law from Tacoma talking to Roy.
Uncle Ron and Aunt Alice with Dave and I.
These next 2 photos show the real heros of the party. Janice and Sherilyn are so amazing! They did the decorating and worrying. I sat down with them one day to help plan and they already had so many wonderful ideas. They worked so hard I owe them and their husbands big time!!! Because of them it all turned out so perfect.
Lynns table
Vivs Table
The food table was so cool. There were all kinds of cakes, nut cups, candy and punch for people to choose from.
Gina and her kids drove from Stansbury Park, Utah to be there. Mom and Pops felt bad that after all that traveling they didn't hardly have time to visit. There were so many people! It was so fun to have
Gina, Andrea, Jenny and Emily all come together.
Pops was so happy to have such a nice party for mom. It is just what he hoped for.
So many cousins! This is Terry Baird and Ann talking to Andrea.
Grandson in-laws
My cousin Lyle and Anna Brownell (are putting in their mission papers!) & Aunt Cathern.
More relatives!
Mitch and Jane Zeller with Aunt Bessie amd Ann Bairds grandaughter Madison.
It was a great party! I'm so blessed to get to spend this time with our parents. They are the best.
Dave and I and Mom and Pops decided to go on a little overnight trip a couple of weeks ago! We went over to the Olympic Peninsula to the Pacific Ocean and to the rain forest. You can see by this picture that it was a bit rainy but that is how it is supposed to be in the rain forest... right? Here on the beach people were clam digging.
We took 2 Ferry's on our trip and really enjoyed them.
On the second one we just sat in the car and had the best view straight out the window!
Out on deck... some guy asked if he could take our picture... it really was fun. The pictures make it look cold all bundled up in our coats but it was actually really pleasant. We spent the night in Forks Washington.
The rain forest was so cool. Moss everywhere... pictures don't do it justice.
This is mom in front of a big blown over tree. We loved the ferns growing everywhere.
This is supposed to be the worlds largest spruce. It is as tall as 2 football fields and you can see how fat it is. We have decided to take a few day trips and see this beautiful country we live in.
