Happy Birthday Grandma Ardes!

Matt's Grandma turned 98 this December. every year we have a big mcqueen party to celebrate--we've usually had these at her home, but the past few years (because she is finally getting too old!) we've gone up to rog and jill's. mary and her family always come after christmas as well, so we get plenty of playing with the mcqueen's.
Here's our kids with grandma and their 2..count them 2!... mcqueen cousins. (quite a difference between matt's family parties and mine with 24 crazy cousins running around.) grandma, at 98, is still all there. she know all of her 15 or so grandchildren and her 25 or so great-grandchildren and loves to have them around. she dotes on them all and is genuinely interested and concerned with each one. she truly amazes me at the number of lives she's touched in 98 years. another wonderful plus about being home is getting to be around ardes in the twilight of her life. watching my children love her and interact with her is a priceless memory for both them and me. of all of ardes' great-grandkids, these 5 stick together. they only see each other 2x a year so when they do get together they are inseparable. they can spend weeks at a time together without getting sick of each other and needing a break. it's really fun to watch them enjoy the time they have together so much.

just thought i'd throw in the new darker me. a little darker than planned...but, we're going to go with it for a while.