100 Years

At the end of January we got to celebrate my Great Grandma Dorothy Griffiths’ 100^th Birthday. I have been blessed to grow up with her in my life, in fact, we have lived next door to her since I was 5 and we lived in her basement for a short time even before that! We had a big party and most of the family was there. We did family pictures and then even a giant family picture. Can you imagine trying to get 100ish people in a photo??? My dad is creative and got it to happen! Turns out we have a very cooperative and patient family!

We had a wonderful meal catered by Iron Gate Grill, games were put together for the kids to play, guessing games for everyone and even a raffle for some great prizes! Then we had a program. My uncle Darin and his family sang, my Dad shared a peom, my cousins Shara & Darroll Young sang and my Grandma Andersen wrote a poem and sang it. Then we watched a show that my uncle put together with photos and memories of my grandma. We only watched up until 1958 for times sake. She has lived a very full life with every trial, happiness and emotion that you can think of. 

She is such a beautiful woman, who is so strong and a great influence on those around her, especially her family. It was a really nice party and it was great to not only be there with her, but to see so many other members of our family gathered there!