Anastasia is 17!!

October is here and my baby girl is 17! Anastasia shares her birthday with her great grandpa on my mom's side and also with my sister, Jaimee. My sister, Hollee had some great thoughts on Stefanie's birthday. She said that our grandpa would have been 100! He passed away about 8 years ago if I remember right. That got me thinking about all of the wonderful memories I have of him. I remember being a kid and having him be funny and take his teeth out for me. My older kids remember that about him as well. I guess when you can take your teeth out, you will be remembered!! He was a great man, obstinate but nonetheless very caring. He had a great sense of humor and would often say, "Damn it to Hell Anyway!" He liked to play the organ and I remember listening to him sitting in their home that was next to my parents house. He and my grandma were snowbirds, and would stay the summers in Bend, and the winters in Yuma, Arizona. I remember how worried I was about them when he was 92 years old and driving a motorhome towing a car from Bend to Yuma. He was stubborn and was not about to let anyone do it for him! I miss him alot but I also know that because of him I'm determined to live my life out at least as long as him and I'll probably be just as stubborn!! When Marty and I are 92, we'll be flitting around the country visiting all of our familiy!!!
Hollee also said that she was 17, when Anastasia was born. Now Hollee is blessed to be having another baby girl and Anastasia will be 17 when she is born. She remembers my mom calling her at school to tell her that Anastasia had been born. Hollee and her friend then went shopping for pink things!! Time just seems to go by so fast. How can Anastasia be 17 and I not feel any older than about 25??? It's an amazing world that we live in!!
We had a surprise birthday party for Anastasia at the Hong Kong Restaurant. This restaurant is owned by the parents of one of her friends from gym. She had about seven of her gym friends at the restauarant when we got there and boy did she jump when they all popped out!! My parents joined us as well as two friends from school so we had a great time. We ate chinese food, had a wonderful cake and had a good time. Anastasia has been pretty sick since last Friday so she made it through the party pale and all. Of course, I forgot my camera so when we got home I took a few pictures of her.