Grandpa Grady Has a Birthday!

Grandpa was at work so the grandkids decided to make him some birthday cards.  They are quite the crafty bunch.

Then they decided we needed to make him a birthday cake.

Grandpa was working late so we then decided that we would do him a big favor. We would help him eat his cake......yum! yum!  (don't worry, we saved him a piece)

We are hoping that Gabe knows more than we do about the economy....

Happy Birthday Gramps!

Mark Grady's Birthday Angel

Pat opened the door to go to work this morning and remarked that an angel had been there.

Happy Birthday Karen!

What does every girl want for her birthday???  A new closet of course, so you can store more clothes, shoes, purses, etc.!!




Here's the beginning of the project.  Aaron got it all framed in and wired and then we headed to Seattle on Saturday with the drywall delivery.

The two man crew got to work.

The perfect combination of brains and braun....hmmm...which one is the brains and which one is the braun?

It's almost done!  A little mud, taping, paint, flooring and it's ready for "stuff"!

Happy Birthday Karen!  I hope you liked your surprise!

Happy Birthday Annie!

We had a fun day helping the birthday girl celebrate!  A few rounds of bowling and out to dinner.

I sometimes post a picture of the birthday person as they looked many years ago but in this case I thought I'd just say look at Lily..... you get the idea.

Happpy Birthday Sam!

(picture on 18th birthday.....no photo this year??)

How can you be 19 years old???? Same sweet smile and sparkly eyes!

3 Summer Birthdays

This is one of my favorite pictures of these cute grandkids! And now they've all changed just a little! The summer of 2009 they all celebrated birthdays, Eli-14, Victoria-12 and Gabe-10.....

Whenever I say, "smile" I get some new distorted face pose! He really is a very handsome fellow but is trying to keep it a secret.

Gabe was born the day Safeco field opened, hence the birthday gift of a ticket from opening day which is ten years old, just like Mr. Gabe!

Victoria is like Eli when it comes to the request, "smile"! I get some variation of the grimacing, strained face......Love these guys! Happy Birthday to all of you!

The Keeg is 25 Today!

Keegan has hit the quarter century mark!

This is how he's celebrating today, by housesitting for the Currans, while they are on a camping trip with the Thomas family! He's hanging out with Fred today! What a good bro!

I remember quite clearly Friday, July 6th in 1984 when I was in labor and wanted to stay home until I watched Michael Jackson's opening night of his tour.....(I think it was his Victory Tour). It ended about midnight and then we headed to the hospital! Now 25 years later the King of Pop is dominating the airwaves again with his funeral hoopla! There must be some conclusions to draw between Keegan's birthday and MJ but I haven't figured it out yet!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEEG!!

HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY TOM!!!!!!!!!

As soon as I can scan a few old pictures I'll get this post done.................meanwhile.........Happy Birthday to a terrific son, brother, husband, uncle, friend, etc........

Weekend at the Ocean

We had a fun weekend at the ocean! Joe bought me a kite for my birthday, and we had a great time flying it (only after a lot of crashing.) We also spent some time in a crazy store, and at the kite museum. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelicia/sets/72157619412302248/

The Birthday Boy

Aaron celebrated big #33!!! You are one terrific son, brother, husband, father, uncle, brother-in-law, cousin, friend.....you get the idea! Glad you had a great day!

Birthday Flowers

I had a great day!
I walked around my yard and found these signs of spring!

Ireland's Birthday Video

You can now view Ireland's birthday video on Thomas Family TV. **Warning** Graphic throw-up scene...too much cupcake for our little cupcake!!!

St. Ireland's Day!

Let the party begin!! (to enlarge pictures, just click on any one of them)

The princess eats her first cake! (then she threw up....sorry, no picture)

The favorite gift?? Boxes!!

The helpful brother!

Did You Remember Mark's Birthday?

The birthday fairy struck again on March 16th!!

Happy Birthday Karen!!!

Happy Birthday Karen! You are a great addition to the family.....

Let's see some pics of the celebrating???...........

Happy Birthday Annie!

Celebrating birthday #3!
Celebrating birthday #5 at McDonalds!

Celebrating birthday #7, with Jenny Cline and assistance with blowing out the candles from your helpful sister Megan!

That's enough of the walk down memory lane, let's see what birthdays look like in 2009.......
The birthday girl being given advice on what to "wish" for??
Aaron and Joe supervising Eli's finishing touches on the cake. Good job Eli!
Aiden loves this big family with so many birthdays...... which means lots of birthday cake....yum.yum!
Grandpa Grady being the gracious host, serving the cake and ice cream. Maybe he could take up a new occupation. "Hello, I'm Pat and I'll be your server tonight"


Hope you had a great day Annie!

The Birthday Boy and Girl

Aren't they cute? I took these pictures just a few years ago, so it's hard to believe that we just celebrated Joe's 27th and Megan's 29th birthdays! They're catching up with me! The whole Grady Bunch made it for the celebration! (it's getting harder to pull that off with so many people and such busy lives).......Sorry for the fuzzy picture, but I like the way they are wearing their mom and dad's shoes!