Lorene's 50th Birthday BBQ Party.

A view from across the bridge in downtown Tacoma, our stomping grounds!
My fav little fairy shop at freight house square! Being silly my favorite thing to do! 
Just thought that these were so so cute!  
Choo choo!  you never know what you will find at freight house square! these were just chillin there!  
Me and my not so little Elmo, or Emily Ann, yes we have the same middle name, and so does our auntie Kelley!!!!  Both these girls are taller than me... already!
We went to this little art shop and they had an art vending machine with a little packet of "3-D art", very different!  These are the 3-D glasses that came with it
Emily checking out the the 3-D art kit while enjoying her frappecinno
Look how much taller then me they already are!  These cute girls! Showing them around where we live!
Me and Ollie face, Olivia Mary!  The oldest of the two girls!  She will be sweet 16 this year!  How crazy is that... I used to change both their diapers.... so weird.


Caleb joining in on the fun with us girls!  He is used to being one of the only guys while hanging out with the girls!  
I was so glad that he was able to get to know my family a bit better and that they were able to get to know him as well.  This is the first time in 4 years that the girls have been out here... since our wedding actually! Way too long!  I hope they come back every year!
MOOOOM Emily's bugging me!!!!!!  We like to tease a lot in our family!
Lorene is 50!  yeah!  We all helped celebrate her birthday on her visit!
My grandparents.  My papa was able to eat a bit.  He is still slowly healing up from his cancer treatment, but they joined in on the party fun.
My momma loves our family and her neices and nephews, she was so excited to see her girlie whirlies, what she calls them!

Lorene is my mom's first cousin.  Her daughter Dandy and I grew up together pretty close, like sisters.  We are both the "only child" of the family, so we grew up calling each other sissy.   Dandy moved away to North Carolina several years ago, got married and had two cute kids.  She has tried to come out and visit every summer. Her mother Lorene turned 50 this year and wanted a little party, so our Ahearn clan went to party with her and Dandy and her two kids.  We had a burger dinner and then just hung out and chatted, they broke out the kareoke later on!  Then Caleb and I and the girls went to the drive inn, they dont have drive in movies in maryland!