Well, we did it - after months of planning and keeping secrets (good thing that Grandma doesn't have a computer and do email) we managed to all come back to Champaign, IL to surprise Grandma for a wonderful celebration of her life. All of us includes Grandma's kids, grandkids & great-grandkids (65 of us in all were there). It was the best weekend! Seeing family all together like this for the first time since I was little, just an awesome time. We have seen each other, but not all together at the same time like this.
First, most of us headed to the little Water Park in town on Saturday. We had to stay "hidden" until the big party later that night. It was a perfect day, great weather, and lots of fun in the sun!
Saturday Night was the big party where we surprised Grandma for the 90th Birthday Celebration! The party was held at Grandma's church, it was huge and unbelievable. There was a "playground" area for the kids and lots of space for us. She was so excited and could not believe that we were all there together. It was so awesome and such an amazing time. We are so blessed to have such an awesome Grandmother and family that she has raised up!
Click on the arrow below to watch the video of Grandma being surprised:
On Sunday, we went to church all wearing our shirts. It was so cool to see the sea of blue & orange in the congregation. We are all so proud to be part of the Georgia Hill family! After church, we went to Grandma's for a bbq and just time to hang out and enjoy each other!
Monday night is the weekly dinner at Culver's. Whoever is in town and available goes to Culver's every Monday night. Well, this week, they had a HUGE turnout. We took over half of the place. It was so much fun though. Different people took over the cameras, and ended up with a lot of really fun shots. This slide show is a little long, but so fun to see all the funny faces!
Well, that's our awesome trip to IL. Thanks everyone for an amazing weekend - we love you all!! And, sorry for so many pictures, I did start out with over 1000 and narrowed it down to this for the blog. Hope you enjoy seeing them all :)
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