Glimpses of my Birthday Party!

 This year the Chicken Lady turned 70! The kids all came home to help me celebrate! Here is Anna (from Oregon), Wes (from here in Plano), Marie, Walter, and Wayne (from Austin), This was the best and most memorable birthday party I ever had! It was so much fun and games, and just the family all being together blessed my soul!

 Here is the youngest granddaughter, Romy, having a good time.

 This is Romy painting a strawberry picture with paint made from a little water mixed with strawberry Kool-Aid powder. When the paint dries, you have a scratch-and-sniff picture!

 Here is my beautiful and delicious birthday cake with little chicks added to make it even more perfect!

 Here Mallory is about to send me on a treasure hunt. I will discover a chicken from Costa Rica which Leah just brought back from her spring break trip down to visit Rachel who is there to study for a year. Rachel, by the way, "attended" the party via Skype! What fun to have her watching and listening to us all! The only other family member who could not be present was Anna's husband, Sean.We sure missed him!

 Here is Romy watching me open presents. Notice the gorgeous, soft and fluffy white robe with the chicken applique and my name on it!

This is a print from an old photo taken in Oregon in about 1900. It has chickens in the foreground. 

It is framed over my couch right now! Thanks again, Anna! 

 Of course, the Chicken Lady's party is not complete without the Chicken Dance, and Anna made sure I had a proper costume for that! Don't you love it? Aren't those feet the best!

 On Sunday we all attended Wes's church in Rowlett. Here we are in the parking lot walking with Romy.

When we girls get together, we always do some crafty things. Here is a simple activity--Take chenille wire, shape into a letter or word or your name and wrap with different colors of yarn.

 Cousin Chloe taught Romy how to model--she's wearing one of my chicken aprons!

Here Romy is holding one of the four little baby chicks I had purchased at the feed store for this special occasion. Everyone enjoyed watching them and holding them.