100 Years Old

On May 16, 2006, my Uncle Jim's mother turned 100 years old. Nana, as she is affectionately known, recently moved into a nursing home but actually lived on her own until about a year ago. And she was still driving until about 2 or 3 years ago! She is in some ways the stereotypical older lady, always saying "Isn't that lovely, dear?" and "Oh, it's just marvelous."

My Aunt Marianne and Uncle Jim hosted a birthday party at the nursing home to celebrate Nana's century of life. Joe and I took Ben and Nana very much enjoyed seeing him, as did the other older folks that were there. I never realized that Nana was one of 11 children and amazingly she still has 5 brothers and sisters that are still with us. Here's a picture of them, one wasn't able to make it to the party though. The birthday girl is on the left but unfortunately I didn't get the names of the others:


Happy 100 Years, Nana!!!