Surprise Grandma!!

Not only did we celebrate Christmas with Cary's family over the weekend but we also threw Cary's Mom a surprise Birthday Party. On Friday in between Christmas #1 and #2, Landrea, Chiara and I all went shopping and decorating for the party that was happening on Saturday afternoon. I think that Teresia was a little put out with us girls for being gone "shopping" all day but she forgave us in the end;-) I think from the look on her face and the fact that she was speechless we pulled it off.

I will never know how we got all of the grandkids to not let the "cat out of the bag" but somehow we did. I did not capture one picture of the decorations so you will just have to take my word for it that they were cute.

Thank goodness Teresia's sisters could help us with some of the preparations we had to wait for Saturday to complete or else we would have had a lot of explaining to do again. This picture shows all of Teresia's siblings minus her brother Kevin who lives in Tacoma, Washington and was unable to make it. They are always there for each other which I think is amazing considering there are so many of them.

In this picture are:

Back row: Matt, Tiffany, Landrea, Travis, Chiara, me and Cary

Second row: Catch, Teresia holding Devon, Great Grandma and Kaylee

Front row:Colt, Campbell and Chenna

After many photos and catching up with dear friends it was time for the Crenshaw family tradition of breakfast for dinner. When all those sisters get in the kitchen I just stay out of the way for fear of throwing off their rhythm. Dinner was delicious! Next on the agenda was a Chinese gift exchange. It is always interesting to see what people bring and then end up taking home. All the gifts were great I thought. We ended up with a small ice chest and the new Rachel Ray cookbook. At the end of the night it was so wonderful to see all the hard work pay off and to be able to see Teresia smile and enjoy herself after the tough year she had in 2009. Praying for a better 2010!

(The above picture shows all of the Crenshaw side of the family that was able to make it )

Once everything was cleaned up we loaded up the car and headed back home so that the girls could have a day at home to play with their toys and puppy before school started on Monday.