August 20, 2008
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Grandpa Louie turns 87!
My Grandpa Costa turned 87 on August 4th. On the spur of the moment my mom came by on her way over so I grabbed the 2 ragamuffins at my house and we headed over to wish him a happy birthday. We put an 8 & 7 on two fig newtons and sang to him. He was feeling extra tired that day, but I think maybe MOWING HIS LAWN may have had something to do with that!!
He may be tired, but he’s still got his quick wit and humor!I know a lot of you on xanga know my grandparents (“Lou & Len”)
since they lived in Ada, OK for several years and enjoyed having the young adults (OK – KIDS) stay at their house during meetings. Not to mention my family that is also on here: so I thought I would share some pictures.
Well, I figured that I might as well use this opportunity to also share the pics from their 65th wedding anniversary in July. My mom threw a party at her house with just immediate family, per Grandma’s request. Aunt Cynthia was able to come out and surprise us all!! And because of that, all of their kids were at the party! YEAH!! No Photoshoping this time!
All their kids!
Mary Alice, Ivan, Cynthia, Myron, Bill, Barbara (my mom) & Louise
Grandpa’s brother and sister
Grandma’s sisters Margie and Annie
The Big Egg Toss!
Andilee making a toss w/her unique style! : )
Wade making a catch while Tiffany and Aunt Cynthia watch
Mikey (Sasha’s son), Ainsley, Aaron, Sydney and Ethan lined up in competition!
Lane making a splattering catch?!!?
And WHO wins this round?!? The girls that let the RAW egg drop and roll many a time! ha! As you can see, they were SOO excited!!
The BOYS they beat were NOT happy!!!
It was soo hot that day . . . but we played volleyball anyway!
Comments (24)
I love his expression when the girls are kissing him–classic. ha! I love the way your family interacts during gatherings. Will you adopt me?
yay!!! What fun! You’ll have to give grandpa a big ole kiss from me!!! Haha, why does it not surprise me that he was mowing his lawn???
I enjoyed your pictures! I really like the one with the girls kissing him and the look on his face. Too cute!!
Looks like a lot of fun…..family is so precious.
Hi Rebecca, WOW your site is impressive, I am still a novice working on catching up with you pros!!! LOL…. Thanks for checking out my site and I look forward to getting your posts on my site from now on, since I now subscribed to you! Great to hear from you.!!!
Yeah, my “immediate” takes up all the space & food & our family gatherings TOO. So they have 7 children? That’s GREAT!
Really enjoy all of your posts…the “family times” are great! Happy birthday and anniversary to your grandparents! Love you, Tonya
Great pictures! It is so funny I have known so many members of your family SO well forever, but never knew that there were more siblings I didn’t know…..weird! I never knew about 3 of the other siblings of your mom’s!
Hey There, Great to see pic’s of your G’parents. I shared then w/Dad & Mom. I remember going to the old farm on New Years Eve and having ice cream & singing in the New Year, but that was before everyone went back to OKNY. It’s great when everyone can be there.
Hey There, Great to see pic’s of your G’parents. I shared then w/Dad & Mom. I remember going to the old farm on New Years Eve and having ice cream & singing in the New Year, but that was before everyone went back to OKNY. It’s great when everyone can be there.
OHHHHHHH thanks so much for posting all of those!! Tooooo precious!!! Your mom had sent me the one picture on daddy’s birthday with him and mama, but those with the girls are real keepsakes!! The anniversary was fun, and I am so THANKFUL I got to go out there. Love you!! Aunt Cynthia
Great pictures babe! Looks like fun fun times. It was so good to see and visit with ya. Love you.
Hey I just saw that old picture. Too funny. So what was the occassion?
Thanks for sharing the pictures. 65years is a long time. I love looking at family pictures.
@GregCass - Speaking of anniversary’s = last time I saw you was at an ann party! :heartbeat:
Thanks for you comment – I forgot you’re on here! I did I KNOW, you were on here?! :wave:
@Hey_its_me_Shanny - Oh yah, the pic was of course at my parents house and we had all went rafting that day . . . WHERE were YOU!?!? I KNOW you went with us at LEAST once? How many times did you go with us?
@HarrisKCC - Hmmm . . . I must have bee too young to do that . . . but I’ll have to ask them about those times – it will make for good conversation :sunny:
@debwash - Yes, most people don’t put ALL of the kids and parents together . . . a lot of people DO know some and don’t even realize that they are siblings! One person went to church with my mom and ivan for years and still DID NOT KNOW they were siblings!!! LOL!!!
@SheLuvsSnowDogs - thanks for your comments :love:
@mobecca - Silly girl, I am in that picture. Between Darcey and Jennifer. Have I changed that much…boo hoo. I am getting old:cry:
@Hey_its_me_Shanny - OK – you’re RIGHT, that WAS LAME on my part . . . I obviously see you in it but I just haven’t looked at it in a while since it has been a few posts ago so when you asked about what the occasion was – for some reason I was just assuming you WEREN’T there!!
Didn’t you knock off Monte’s glasses into the river or something like that and they were like expensive ones? Did he find them? I’ll have to get those old rafting pics out and post those!!! Love ya! :love:
Yes me and brother go to the Irving Church of Christ. My parents go to the Green Oaks congregation in Arlington. They live in Fort Worth which is about a 35 minute drive from here. We live in Irving, a few blocks from the church. My brother actually lives in Arlington, but drives to Irving for church.
We have a timeshare in Tyler so we don’t go to visit anyone really, we did stay over on a Sunday once and visited the Tyler congregation and everyone was so friendly there. We love to get away out of the metroplex to chill out.
Jean’s suburban exploded after she had just gotten home.The suburban had a recall for something that causes them to explode, but they didn’t know about it. So thank goodness she was out of the car and they were not hurt. Most of the damage was to the garage and the other 4 cars that were in it or just outside of it and then smoke and water damage to the rest of the house. The damage was so bad though that the house will have to be torn down. It was awful.
HELLO!! It has been a while..GREAT to see all your most recent pics!! I never have met your grandparents…I Love that picture of the girls kissing him on his birthday..that was just too precious…he was probably thinking he was getting kissed by 2 precious angels… I can’t get over how big Rachel and Gregs kids are getting!!! My, those boys are little men!! Your family always has a good time together….what a blessing that truly is.!!
I couldn’t believe when I heard about our governor…crazy…that one sure blind sighted us….I’ve never really paid much attention to politics, but I have to say it has been pretty interesting lately…..I know she has done ALOT in the short time she has been governor….and she is very likable.
Well, great to hear from you and hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!! Love to you and yours!! Twila
Yeah, I don’t get it either! I’ll probably keep checking it for a while and will then get busy and not think about it for several months again…perhaps I’ll send the xanga folks a message asking what gives…I suppose they’ll tell me to check my spam; but I have and it isn’t…whatever…