MET WITH THE FAMILY!!

well, today was the big get together at the nursing home for GRANDPA'S 100TH birthday!!! there was going to be ALOT of people there, family and friends. james was most excited about seeing his cousins LANCE AND LANE and their families. I was excited to meet them!
so, we went over to the home by 2pm and there was a GREAT big cake with a picture of a train....DID I FORGET TO MENTION THAT THIS FAMILY ALL ARE TRAIN PEOPLE? Uncle jr has been working for the railroad for over 30 years and grandpa worked there for over 30 years too! soooo, of course the whole house is FILLED with pictures, books, videos, dvd's, toys, and models of TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS!! alex was in HEAVEN!!

anyway, we got to see old family and friends and it was REALLY really nice! there was alot of people there!! then about 30 mins inot the party the POWER goes off to the whole building!! yep, it is still raining and lighting etc!! but we all stayed there and just had a cake and ice cream and just had a great time! we toook tons of family pics and pics of grandpa! very nice!

well, after the party, LANCE/LANE and family came back over to uncle jrs house for a BBQ. they live in ST. LOUIS so they were spending the night that night. it was sooooooooo nice to talk to our family and just interact with them! they fell in love with the boys and we fell in love with all their great kids! we had ALOT of quality time there with everyone and they were all over my little matthew!! he made some VERY fast friends! and they spoiled him ROTTEN!!! but i loved seeing him with them!! alex also got to play with LANDON his cousin and they had a BLAST playing and running around the yard and house!!

we had a GREAT dinner (steaks, potatoes, hot dogs, sausage, corn, mac & cheese, potatoe salad, desert) and just had a great time with everyone....they got to see matthews presentation too! we had a GREAT TIME!! :)