Happy 60th Birthday to Mom and Nana!

Happy Birthday to our fabulous Mom and Nana! For her present we gave her a book of the "60 Things We Love About Mom and Nana!" Here's our list and a few pictures from her family party.

60 Things We Love About our Mom and Nana!

1. Great Friend


2. Fantastic Listener


3. Best Babysitter


4. Shares her ice


5. Pushes the red car around well


6. Always ready to give us a hug


7. Always has candy


8. Sees the positive in every situation


9. Listens to us whine


10. Our Biggest Cheerleader


11. Great Cook


12. Knows the answers to all our cooking questions


13. Always ready for a fun drink


14. Excited for us when things go our way


15. Brings out "Mama Bear" when things don't go our way


16. Her smile


17. Always has her "priorities straight"


18. Isn't afraid of the Little Caesars' management team


19. Will gladly take and hold a screaming baby


20. Saved our toys


21. Her wrinkle-free skin that is the result of not washing her face


22. Loves a good deal


23. Loves to buy in bulk


24. Makes everyone feel welcome


25. Makes everyone feel loved


26. That "pulling through" a parking spot makes her day


27. Lets us "beat a dead horse"


28. Great schoolteacher


29. Talking to her always makes us feel better


30. Sees a tree, not a weed


31. Makes great cheese eggs


32. Fun to be around


33. Can't hide because her cough gives her away


34. Can rock a chair to the point of breaking it


35. Open to toddler suggestions regarding ring tones


36. Volunteers to change diapers


37. Buys cute things for us


38. Fun to eat with


39. Lets us lick the bowl


40. Lets us eat the Spritz dough


41. Drops everything when we need her


42. Always willing to "take one for the team"


43. Lets us go shopping in her pantry


44. Doesn't get upset if we leave a mess


45. Can take apart a chicken and turkey like no one else


46. Can laugh at herself


47. Makes our birthdays a big deal


48. Makes sure we always have collards and black-eyed peas on New Year's Day


49. Started the ornament tradition


50. Home is always decorated beautifully and sentimentally for Christmas


51. Knows the location of every bathroom in every store within a 20 mile radius of Franklin, Elberton, and Quincy


52. Environmental: uses water bottles from the early nineties


53. Always tells the truth


54. Kept "banana clips" around just in case....


55. Has 7 back-up curling irons


56. Happy to sit on the floor "Indian" style


57. Talking to her always brightens our day


58. Makes being a great Nana look easy


59. Makes being a great Mom look easy


60. Makes tubing look difficult