Celebrating Thanksgiving & Mom's 95th Birthday!

The birthday girl - 95 is the new 75!

This year we had quite a Thanksgiving week of celebrating with our family culminating with Mom's 95th Birthday Party at South Port Square!

We welcomed family members from all over the US:

The whole family surrounds Mom with LOVE

  - My sister, Mary and brother-in-law, Alan from Indiana
  - Their daughter, Holly, and her husband, Andrew  with the star of the show, little Francesca (Frankie), from NJ
  - My sister, 
    Claire, from California
  - Claire's son, Ben and wife, Addie, from California
  - My brother, Paul and sister-in-law, Diane, from SC
  - Their daughter, Laura, from Detroit
  - My brother, Kevin, from Los Angeles, California
  - Our daughter, Michele, flew the furthest from Kona, HI
  - Family friend, Bill, from New Mexico
  - Cousin Bill and wife, Carol, from Naples, Florida
  - Cousin Jake from Tampa, Florida

Verceil of Platter's fame sings for Mom and the crowd

What a gift of having them all to celebrate Mom's landmark birthday - not to mention all of Mom's friends from South Port, who joined us.  Mom moved there when she was just 90 years old.  In five years, she's made a whole new set of dear friends and is having a great time!

Francesca gives Mom a rose!  What a cutie!

After the intros were made, my sister, Mary, briefed us on the highlights of 1920, the year Mom was born.  Then, Al's unique picture show of events in Mom's life was shown.  We had lots of grins looking at some of those old pictures, clothing styles and hairdos!  

Francesca had time to meet Santa

After a yummy dinner of prime rib with all the trimmings and birthday cake, Verceil of Platter's fame, entertained us with wonderful songs.   This will be a party and week of fun that will be remembered for a long time.

Check out the picture show below!