Grandpa's 80th

September 23rd

On Sunday we celebrated what I thought was Grandpa Phipps' 81st birthday. Turns out it was his 80th! Oops.

I'm unabashedly proud of this cake. It is a vanilla cake made from scratch with a lemony cream cheese frosting. I can still taste it.

Here's Edison schmoozing the great-grandparents. 

Papa Kevin has always sang "You are so beautiful" to the girls when they're little. With Edison, he switched to a song that goes "Great big globs of greasy grimy gopher guts, mutilated monkey meat, roasted toasted birdie feet...." So funny.

Love those overalls.

Notice the belt and the necklace? She may not be the dress-up queen that she once was, but she still accessorizes.

Fate was on his side and Grandpa won the crochet tournament!

And he provided some nice music after dinner as well.

Happy 80th Grandpa. Here's to 81!