The next day we were up and eating casseroles we made the night before...a french toast one and an egg one. Both were YUMMY! Everyone gathered at Oma's condo...and then some of us left to arrange for the day's festivities. I left with Mark, Tim and Scott to hit the Library and then head to the church to do some set up. The day before people had decorated. I just needed to add pictures to the frames at each table representing a decade of Oma's life. And, we wanted to run through our performances. We hung out there for a little while getting things ready...then headed back to Oma's for some lunch and a walk.
The event started at 4pm. People began to arrive...including Oma (who doesn't know everything planned in spite of her trying to figure it all out). There were light refreshments, cakes (one red velvet and one carrot/pineapple), punch and it all looked so good! About 5pm we started the program...
Mark (grandson) was the Master of Ceremonies with announcements and introductions.
Tom, Linda, Ellen, David, and Judy (children and in-laws) did the Marti Herren Address (patterned after the Gettysburg address)
Addie (great grandchild) did I'm a little teapot
Tom (son) read Baby Goes to Boston to the great grandchildren while Charlie stole the show by stealing Jamie's pacifier
Tori (granddaughter) read a poem she wrote about the names Oma goes by
Tracy (granddaughter in law) read Warning by Jenny Joseph
Tom and Judy (son and daughter in law) read scenes from On Golden Pond
Mark (grandson) read letter from Clark (Oma's brother)
Tim (grandson) performed It's in the book
Mark, Tom, David and Tim with Ellen sang THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME with some words altered
I may have forgotten part of the performances...this was nearly a week ago! All in all there wasn't a dry eye in the house and it was well received. Ended with a champagne toast and comments from her friends and neighbors in Fairfield Bay. It was AWESOME!
After the reception, the family headed to the Indian Hills Country Club for a family dinner/photo and some alone time with Oma. We had an AWESOME wait staff, very patient with us and we took photos and ate some great food! So many of the family members pitched in and made this day a very special one for a VERY special lady!
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