So on her birthday weekend, much of my extended family met at a park near her Logan home in matching blue t-shirts (which my talented sister Elise designed) to surprise Grandma with an 80Y 5K. And was she ever surprised. She laughed and cried and exclaimed and cheered. Then we all ran. It was perfect, I think. See for yourself:
This is a picture of only my family with Grandma. I don't have one of the whole group, but I know someone's camera snapped one. Anyone know where that picture is? I'd like one of the whole crowd, as it was pretty big!
Jonny loved playing with Baby Penny, as she and Lili were in town from Maryland. (We loved see you two. Thanks for surprising us all with your visit!)
Allyson + Julia + Todd = Awesome
Sweet picture of Todd and Gma:
This is older and wiser Sawyer (Gabe's second cousin, I think?) telling Gabe that it is not a good idea to eat Mommy's keys. So fun to get these little cousins together.
My cousin Ben organized a vacuum buying for Grandma. She was so excited to try it out!
Julia, looking cool. Jonny thinks her sunglasses are ridiculous. I think they are fabulous.
8 comments:
YAY, I knew someone of us had the all-Grahams picture! Thanks for posting it, now I can blog about this epic event too.
We were so sad to miss the party and run. I'm glad it was so fun! You guys look great in your matchy-blue shirts!
Oh my goodness, there's not enough words to describe how amazing grandma is. I love her and I have loved her since the day I met her. She is absolutely wonderful. I bet she loved having you all there to run with her. Your kids are amazingly beautiful. How about some park picnics this summer? Oh, and Gabe in the video below is crazy! He is such a little smartie! I am very impressed!
Juju's glasses ARE fabulous!
That looks like a blast! We were there is spirit, and the babies looked so cute in their little blue shirts. Way to go, organizing and executing such a great surprise! And way to go Grandma, for being so inspiring and colorful!
Great report. And what a great job you girls did. Although I had the stressful part! Keeping the surprise!
I only met your grandma a couple of times - but she is amazing! So nice, creative, and I can't believe 139!?! marathons! Woah.
PS - Julia's glasses are fabulous - you can tell by her pose!
Such a fun idea! I love seeing your grandma running around- she really is an inspiration, I would love to be like her one day :) You all look wonderful!
I am not IN that picture! Oh well, the rest of the peeps are.
I think Uncle STEVE has the picture of everyone. Argh.
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