mom's 70th birthday weekend

birthday surprise for jeff's mom

(from her friends)

the birthday party was at joel (jeff's brother) and kam's house in philly

about a 2 hour drive

the day was spent eating good food, swimming (for some) and

just having a great day together....

mom wanted to get her ear's pierced for her birthday

the whole family went to clair's with her to get it done.
eric giving his grandma some support

she looks brave

let the piercing begin!!!

all done and looks great!!!

happy 70th birthday mom!!!

(with her favorite dairy queen ice cream cake)

the next day we spent shopping at the outlets and park city mall

whoo hoo

5 guys burgers and fries

for lunch

all you can eat peanuts

the fries

the famous 5 guys burger...

it's as good as it looks

very good burger!!!

last year at grandma's 95th birthday we found out that all

the cousins were making appointments to have grandma's famous waffles.

we knew we had to try these on our visit so we asked if we could

have waffles on sunday for dinner...

the batter

grandma, making the first batch of waffles

10 minutes later... wow, they are beautiful

they are ready, let's dig in!!!

waffles with butter and sugar

waffles with ice cream
both are very good

grandma's grater collection

this is our grater collection, inspired by grandma's collection.

this is a must eat for jeff. we try to get stromboli as our first and last meal....

stromboli

yummy....

we flew in and out of Washington DC airport

plane view of the city...

it was a very short trip but we had a great time