Papa's 90th Birthday

this past weekend I went home to celebrate my grandfather's (Papa Lippe) 90th birthday. all of my aunts and uncles, as well as my parents, planned a big gathering for the family and friends in Lockhart where my dad grew up and my grandfather still lives. It was so great to spend some quality time with the family (especially since most are aggies and the aggies were playing - and beating - texas tech during the party! we had so much fun whooping and cheering the aggies during the party!). Above is my sister L and I.
Here is K and I....when we were little we always had joint birthday parties with our Papa....it was always fun to get to flank him on either side -- and he could just envelope us with his arms and we could all blow out the birthday candles together. My grandfather is a BIG man...I'm not sure how tall he is, but I am 5'10'' and I come up to his chest...does that tell you something? I think my dad is around 6'3'' and he is taller than him too!!!
Here are the three of us toghether. It is so great to have L back in Texas so she gets to be at all of these family events!!!
Here is the whole family....with Mom and Dad Lippe...
Here we are with my cousin E. She just started law school and we got to spend some time talking to her about that and life changes...you don't realize how much your life will change when you leave college and move onto the next stage in your life...and she is definitely feeling that! but she likes it and is doing well!
Here we are with Papa Lippe....I wish he had been standing so you could see how tall he really is! I still remember meeting one of my clients when I was at KPMG and they knew my family since the President and VP grew up in Seguin - and they remember meeting my grandfather because they liked my aunts.....they called him Big "E" and said that all the guys their age were totally scared of him because of how big and solid he was! how awesome is that!
Oh, and the picture of the favorite grandchildren. These two have a running contest to see who can have the most pictures up at our grandparents house and it is a constant facebook war about who is the favorite. I totally got caught up in it -- although I could never win...I'll just stick with being my parents favorite (ha, ha...just kidding sisters!) - cause it is so much fun. They were lucky as they spent most of their childhood right around from my grandparents and got to see them a lot more than we did.

all in all, it was a great time to get to catch up with the family and celebrate Papa's 90th birthday! I only wish I could make it that long and still be doing as well as he is!!! He is absolutely amazing!