Catching Up with the Willis Clan: Happy 85th Gram!

This weekend was very special. Our grandma turned 85 on January 13th, so the whole family got together to celebrate! Now, I know a lot of people can say their grandmas are special, but ours TRULY is and really is the base for our whole family. We all had the privilege of growing up with our grandma, she was literally next door to most of us, if not, less than a couple miles away. She basically had a hand in raising all of us grand kids since we were babies. Not every grandma has the chance to do that and not every grandchild can say that about their grandmas either. We all have special memories with her whether it was making buttermilk pancakes, the familiar sound of polka music going in her house, her famous spaghetti, Christmas and Thanksgiving gatherings and many more! We are all still so lucky to have her in our lives and we hope she gets a good 20 more years in! Afterall, she'll be a great-grandma in May, so I am hoping my baby will get to know her just as well as we all do!

Anyways, we all gathered at my mom's on Saturday night for the birthday party. My grandma even had her two brothers there to celebrate with her. That's pretty rare if you ask me! My mom made her yummy shrimp alfredo, and we had lots of cake and drinks. I think everyone had a great time, especially grandma, she did so well! Later that night, my cousins, their significant others, and me and Brad all went out to the bar. I was the sober driver, so we were all safe :) We all had a great time at Palmer's and stayed until bar close...that was the latest I have stayed up in 5 months! We set a record!

Sunday Brad and I got up early and met Bruce and Corrine (Brad's parents) for breakfast at Country Kitchen. It was fun to catch up with them since we hadn't seen them since before Christmas! We are looking forward to having them come stay at our house in February...we got them Timberwolves tickets for Christmas so we are all looking forward to cheering on Ricky Rubio! :)

Well I hope everyone has a great week!

Here are some pics from the party: