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growing and learning

March 17, 1898

09:34 AM, Tuesday, March 20, 2007 .. 4 comments .. Link
St Patricks Day is ALWAYS celebrated in our family.  we have shamrock decorations and green things everywhere.  and cupcake "cakes" - have you seen these?  they are 24 cupcakes arranged in designs like letters, numbers or simple shapes like butterflies, etc and then frosted to look like a cake.  we had 4 of these, making 96 cupcakes.  we love these for St. Patricks Day since this way everyone can have cake without plates, forks or stale pieces, since our celebration generally lasts for 2 days and we have 200+ people coming and going and visiting.  there are ice cream bars, sandwiches and cones in the freezer and this year we had a deli meat tray and rolls and a veggie tray too.  Oh, the design of the cupcake cake?  109 and a butterfly.
did I mention that St Patrick's Day is also my great-grandmother's birthday?  yup, and she is now 109 and the oldest person in the state.
she had 11 children (3 living)
33 grandchildren
87 great-grandchildren
145 great greats
and 15 great-great greats
(this count was done 4 years ago.  I am sure that the number of the last two has grown)
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09:51 AM, Tuesday, March 20, 2007 .. Posted by Jonash2004
Wow, that is so neat! It's so hard to imagine the changes she's seen in the world in a 109 years of life! What a special lady . . . .

I've read a few places that having children is a way to shorten your life as a woman, so why are so many of the oldest people in the world WOMEN with lots of children? lol

Thanks for the post!
Ashley

Grandmothers

02:19 PM, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 .. Posted by lizbet
A rich blessing to have your great-grandmother with you all still.
My grandmother had 11 children (8 survived infancy), 18 grandchildren and so far 13 great grandchildren. unfortunately my grandmother died a few years ago. She loved having all those children around on the farm though.

Liz

Incredible

06:40 AM, Saturday, March 24, 2007 .. Posted by Chas
That is incredible! Gods blessings on your grandmothers birthday!!

Blessings,
Chas

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08:18 AM, Monday, March 26, 2007 .. Posted by Andrea
Oh, I *DEFINITELY* deserve my man!! *heh* In fact, he couldn't do too much for me. He owes me BIG time!! :-D

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Peace~ Andrea

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