My Dad's 70th Birthday!!!

My family had fun getting together for my dad's birthday. We enjoyed sharing stories while eating pie and ice cream. For weeks, my mom has been pulling bushels and bushels of organic apples off her trees. A few days earlier, somebody was walking by and asked for some apples so they could make an apple pie. My mom was generous and gave them extra apples, and exactly on my dad's birthday, the person returned graciously with a homemade pie....perfect for my dad's special day!

Obviously, the apple pie didn't have 70 candles, so my dad mentioned a memory he had about his mother, when she turned 84, having 84 candles on her birthday cake. I also remember that incredible memory, as my grandmother tried to blow out so many candles in one...two...three breaths. Therefore, we decided to have a 2nd birthday celebration, with 70 burning candles to celebrate his wonderful life!

My grandma on her 84th birthday

Can my dad blow all the candles out in only one single breath?! I think he did! Those are some strong lungs! What a fun time we had and it was especially nice to have almost all my siblings there for that special day.

Interestingly enough the two above pictures were taken in the same room at the same table (only 30 years later, with some new wallpaper and curtains).