Happy March

A new month has begun. Good. One step closer to spring.

The birthday parties I attended went well.

First I had to go to my sisters house for her party. Just the girls. Five sisters + me, one sister-in-law, one niece, and her twin, 1 year old daughters, and my 2 girls.

Our one sister dropped quite the bomb on us while there. She tells us she's getting married in about 3 weeks. WHAT! I didn't even know she was seeing anyone. We were all shocked, but very happy for her. Let me back up a little.

While at the party, she corners me and asked me what time Perry's birthday party was starting. I told her anytime after 3. She then said that she was going to be bringing someone. SHOCK #1.
I said that was exciting and couldn't wait to meet him.

We're all settled in while my sister with the birthday is starting to open her gifts, when other sister tells us she has some news for us. After her several minute giddiness wears down, she tells us about the guy she met, (he lives in her apartment building) then says they are going to Hawaii in 3 weeks. And it's serious and he asked her to marry him. SHOCK #2. We question her, "when". On the way to Hawaii they are stopping in Nevada to get married. SHOCK #3.

Meanwhile, the poor birthday girl is not having much attention. That's ok with her, we all want to know more.

When did you meet this guy? December. Not too much of a shock, since most of us sisters who are married, met and married our husbands within 6 months.

The reason we are quite shocked is because she is 58 and never been married, and never had a steady guy even. We all assumed she was just going to stay single forever.
She said, she just knew he was the one and he did too.

We are all very excited and happy for her.

He did show up at Perry's party, and he is very nice and handsome for an older man. He's 70, but isn't falling apart. Kind of a shock to hear his age, but it's only 12 years older than her, which doesn't seem so bad.

Perry's party was fun. Tons of people with tons of kids running around. Crazy. I had to stop a few of the kids from being too rambunctious, but the family's with the crazy kids didn't stay too long, so all went pretty well. I think I just counted 44 people who showed up. Yikes! I did hiss at Perry one time that this better not happen again in the winter. Too many kids cooped up in my house is nuts.
We had tons of great food, with some leftover. We only went about $60 over the budget I had planned on. But now I don't have to go shopping all week.

I took 1 picture all night. How dumb is that? At least it's a picture of the birthday boy. He holding a portable urinal that my sister gave him. You know, for the times he can't make it to the toilet, because of his old age.

Anyway, I could kick myself for not taking more pictures.

Later on we brought out the karaoke machine and sang until 11:00 at night, when the last of the mourners left, after paying their respects to Perry's passing of his 40's to 50.

I can't carry a tune at all, but it was fun.

That's about it. New month means new background, and new photo of the girls, which I'm not that happy with. Abigail was not very cooperative, so I settled for this picture, with the intention of trying for a better one.