Dee's 80th Birthday

Dee Daddy turned 80 years old on Saturday!

Dee is my grandfather. How did he get his name? I'm not really sure. Cousin Jenny, I believe, gave him that nickname when she was little. It stuck from there on and all of us grandchildren (plus some others) have called him Dee since we could talk. He loves being a grandfather.

So to celebrate such a huge milestone in his life, my aunt and mother decided to throw him a huge family birthday party! It was at my aunt Sonya's - a perfect place to host the 48 people!

There you go! Most of one side of my family. We all squished together in the Crider's living room and smiled. Please note that in one family there are 9 children 5 years old and under. By August, there will be 11 kids 5 and under. Amazing.

It was a great day. Lots of hanging out and catching up. There were a few babies to hold and lots of kids to play with.

My favorite was "girl time" upstairs. Little Rebecca (the ring leader of the clan of children) was telling me the story of when they had to rescue 16 month old David from the dog cage. It was a great story and it got even better when Megan told me the "story" had just happened downstairs. Somehow David was put in the dog cage and locked up for a while... at least until all the children went to rescue him! How funny! Poor David. It must be hard to be one of the smallest of the group.