Celebrations

Last weekend, Gary and I went to Meeteetse to help my Grandma celebrate her 101 birthday. How amazing is that. She didn't want a party this year, but in a way she got little ones.

She got two cakes for her birthday, one is a rum cake that a friend of hers had made for her and has continued this tradition about 16 years now and the other one was a chocolate cake. We got to bring some home with us.

Saturday morning Grandma had champagne and chocolates at the cafe for her coffee break. Everyone in the cafe got some champagne. It was too early for us to get there in time for that.

Gary and I got into Meeteetse about 1:00 in the afternoon, the two Grandma's had just finished their lunch at the Elkhorn and were at the house waiting for us. Gary stayed at the house while the three of us went to the museum so that I could see the Doll Display.

It was very neat to see all those old dolls and even the newer ones. They sure don't make dolls like they used to back in the old days. Very intricate painting and features. It was very interesting to read about the history of the dolls. I took photos of the dolls belonging to the family. Just imagine that these dolls belonged to my grandmother and mother and are at least 60-90 years old. The museum also had a scavenger hunt with the dolls. It was fun and I got a prize. I got all the dolls right. What a neat way for people to see the whole museum. They had doll displays throughout. I even had to laugh at the Barbie display, because I can remember the old Barbie Mansion way back when.

We got back to the house and ate some birthday cake and drank some fancy teas that the Grandma's got for Christmas. Very tasty.

We went down to the Cowboy for our rib dinner. Grandma had chicken while the rest of us had ribs. Gary had the Jack Daniels ribs, Mom and I had the Captain Morgan ribs. As usual it was all very delicious.

Grandma was getting tired so we took her back home, later while Grandma went to bed the rest of us went back to the Cowboy for a nightcap. Big Jim was there this time so we got a good visit with him. He showed us his latest book that he wrote and he also showed us the latest revised edition to "Jimmy Wooten". This time he has a small tribute to Grandpa in the book, so naturally Mom and I bought a copy and had Big Jim autograph it. We didn't get back to the house until 11:00.

On Sunday morning we all wished everyone a Happy Mother's Day and then Grandma took us out to breakfast at Lucille's. After breakfast we went back to the house to get ready for church. While we were at church, Gary had some honey-do's to get done. He put the license plates on Grandma's van for her and he also went out and shot some picket pens.

Gary and I headed for home after church. We stopped in Rockvale for lunch at the Quick Stop Drive Inn. That place has very good burgers. They were giving all mother's a free sundae, so we got our chocolate sundae. It was huge and yes I did share with Gary. We got our drink and sundae first, so again had dessert first then our meal.