My neighbor's 97 th birthday party!

[KarenCharin0]

My neighbor for the last 30 years had her 97 th birthday party last Saturday. She has been a wonderful neighbor all these years. We've had many great discussions about flowers, trees, pets, vacations that she has taken. Lots of talks about just about anything and everything. She is a very intelligent, interesting, lovely lady.We have a lovely time with her family and friends at a local restaurant.

 Here she is blowing out the candles on her Birthday cake.

[KarenCharin0]

Katherine asked that no one bring her presents but then at the party she had her daughter give everyone these cute little festive bags full of candy. We shared some lovely memories at her party. One of Katherine's fond memories was when she a little girl and they would go to the store and they always gave out little bags of candy so she shared that memory with us and gave us all a little bag of candy to bring home from the party!



Here's another memory. When Katherine and Atlee ( her husband ) went on vacation one time they seen a lovely rose trellis with a swing under it so when they came home Atlee built one for her just like the one they seen on vacation. This is a picture of it out in her back yard.