Fall Birthdays

September is one of the 'full' months when it comes to family birthdays! Dirk's Grandma Lillian had her special day on September 9th. It was her 90th Birthday -- turning 90 on 09.09.09!! Why didn't someone call the Today Show?!! We didn't make the big party this time, but heard it was a lovely family get together.

Friday afternoon Holli (my niece) was in town for her girls to attend gymnasics class at Just Gymnastics... so we decided to plan a girls-night-out! Alex and Jess (from MOPS) came over to babysit (they live about 5 minutes away in Piedmont! How great is that?!)... and we headed out to Ruby Tuesdays for supper. Salad bar was stupendous as always!! We were all done by 8p.m. and had the sitters booked until 10... so we headed to Borders to chat, look at books, etc. We found the Inspirational section - which actually has a very nice selection -- and was much bigger than I would have imagined, 3 rows long (3 sides, or 1 1/2 isles). With the Body Builder going out of business, it's nice to know there is a place we can find books IRL, rather than having to order everything online.


We found a book we just couldn't turn down... "Living With the Lutherans," by G Kieller (not sure if I'm spelling his last name right?? the Lake Wobeogone guy) We laughed until we cried. Holli decided her mom needed it for comic relief!

The next day we all packed up and headed for Hot Springs. There are 3 birthdays on my side of the family, nephew-in-law Jason (20th); sis-in-law Jan (21st) and brother Ted (27th). We spent a lovely afternoon and evening together on Saturday at Ted's place. Baked chicken, stuffing and the works for supper...along with spice cake and brownies for dessert.