I Hope I am as fit and Healthy at 80

Last night was my Grandmas 80th birthday party. It was a great night and my Grandma loved every minute of it. The function room in the pub where it was held was absolutely packed out just showing how popular and what an amazing woman my Grandma is. There was music, DJ'd by my talented cousin. There was food, catered for by my aunt and uncle who own and run a pub/restaurant, I opted for the butter pie with loads of red cabbage and a slice of bread. There was cake, baked by everyone who remembered to bake, I sadly forgot that my sister had asked me to make my gingerbread men (slap my wrist) until I got there. There was alcohol, well it was a pub! There was dancing. My 80 year old Grandma was actually showing all her grandchildren how to dance! 

She has a routine for Pharrell's Happy! Amazing! She was definitely showing us up. Family turned up from all corners of the country, and there was no dramas! Which is brilliant with such a large family.

My Grandma is an amazing lady. She is a catholic girl through and through. She goes to church every Sunday she is involved with the committee. She has 8 children. 18 grandchildren, 8 step grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren. She was originally a ballet teacher and owned her own studio which is actually where she gave birth to my dad. She gave it up to become a mother at home. She took on her sisters children when she couldn't cope. Her husband worked away as a university lecturer so she more or less brought the children up herself. She finally left her husband after quite a bad marriage. 

She is very active and has a better social life than me. She attends a keep fit class every week, she can touch her toes and skip with a skipping rope! She has no medical problems apart from diabetes which she controls with here diet.  I hope I'm as fit and healthy as her when I am 80.

Happy Birthday Grandma

Love from me CJ and the kids. Xx