Office Halloween Party Belated Post

Here are a few of pictures from our BFBA Office Halloween party that Jen took...

Tina, our Geisha...Our resident Vampire, Jen - check out her teeth....

What's for lunch? -- YOU!

3rd Place Winner for best costume - Noli as an LDS (Mormon Missionary)

2nd Place Winner - Kathy Gentry & 1st Place Winner - Karen Mayfield

(Two little old ladies) - great costumes!

And Finally the costume you've all been waiting for...

The Clown....Dave, one of the partners, said I shouldn't

let my grandchildren see me dressed up this way 'cause I would

probably scare them! And here I thought clowns were

happy and fun... -- well not any more sad to say

I think my favorite part of the costume was the shoes!

The hair was a little scary, but I couldn't find

the curly wig - just this wild one...When Tyler saw my wig and I put it on

he said that I looked like the Joker in the Batman movie...

Great, I look like Jack Nicholson -- well, that's a happy - not - thought!

More costumes - a bunch of witches
What scary costume will I come up with next year?

Only time will tell!

Separated, But Nothing Changes

My best friend, Judy, is always making me something. The last thing she made me and brought with her to my Big Bash Birthday were two ceramic pumpkin figurines that she had painted with love...I wanted to do something special for Judy and so when a friend from Church showed me some plates that she had done, I immediately asked her to do one for me to give to my friend. I took this picture on the ground at my office. On the outside edge it says:"True friendship isn't being inseparable,

It's being separated and nothing changes!"

How true that statement is, Judy, Judy, Judy!

I asked Jen to take a pic of me with the plate before I mailed it off to Judy 'cause I wanted to remember the pic of Betty (Judy) and Wilma (Chris). Thanks so much for being my forever friend, Judy!

A Resting Place for Birds

Rob paid for a man to come and top our tree in the front yard. The man climbed to the top of the tree and then cut the top off. While I was looking out my upstairs window, I noticed a bird perched on the top of the tree. It reminded me of the seagulls at the ocean perching on the wooden posts. Can you see the bird?...a close up of the little bird...

THE END

Bella's Blanket

I finally got around to making a blanket for Bella! I have had the material since Bella was a baby and just couldn't motivate myself to head to the sewing machine! Something finally clicked....maybe it was looking at Bella's worn out blanket or something else, but I finally began the attempt to create something special for little Bella. Here is Bella and Summer with the finished product. I also made a little blanket that Bella could carry around with her when she can't take her big blanket. ~~With Love to Bella from Grandma Fink ~~

Food for Fun

Grandma Fink had this great idea -- she was going to make fun food for her grandchildren....

What she realized was that she ended up not making it home in time to feed the grandchildren!

Here are a few treats I did make and they were alot of fun :)

A butterfly......an octupus and
two little piggies!

Surprise! I'm Still Back at 60th

I know this is so delinquent, and I apologize for blogging something that should have been blogged in August! It was such a special surprise birthday party and so many thanks have to be given to my family and friends for surprising me. Here I am walking into my back yard after Rob said he had been working on the back yard with some friends and wanted to show me what he had been doing....My friends and family yelled SURPRISE and then sang happy birthday to me...you can see the joy and tearsIt wasn't a garden or plants, but a beautiful, delightful birthday party with beautiful decorations and yummy food -- Loved the cake! Very vintage -- me :) The punch was yummy and I had friends asking me for the recipe...That's Jen's department not mine...
Kate took these beautiful pictures and I just loved this one of my hat cake and it tasted yummy, too!

A favorite of the grandkids and me -- a chocolate fountain with cake and fruit -- soooooo good!

Here's a pic of Bella having fun with her daddy and looking precious as always!

Some of my friends that came to celebrate my birthday with me. I'm so thankful for good friends and my family for making my 60th sooooo SPECIAL!!!!!

A picture of Denisa, my sweet sister-in-law that came down from Redding with her daughter, Marie.

A special presentation was when the grandkids gave me a beautiful framed picture of them spelling out the word "Grandma". I shall always cherish this gift --

and here's little Chase giving his Grandma a hug!Liked this picture 'cause I got to hug a grandchild plus you can see the pretty background of pillars and lovely flowers that my family worked so hard on to

create a lovely atmosphere for my party. I loved the decorations and since we only have one tree in our yard, they decorated the neighbor's redwood trees with little twinkly lights...Steve and Bella (who looks like she would like to get into something) and the twinkly lights...

A grateful mom, grandmother, wife and friend. Thanks to all of you for your part in making my 60th birthday so special. I feel blessed to know you and to be a part of your lives....