Last weekend I flew to Charlotte, NC and my sister Alice met me at the airport so that we could drive to Black Mountain, NC on Sunday to attend our sister Carolyn's 60th birthday party on Sun. night.
The party was so much fun. She rented the Rec Dept center on Lake Tomahawk for the occasion. She planned her own party but some others helped supply the food. She baked her own cake, to resemble
Mt. Washington, N.H., where she hiked a couple of years ago.
This is how Carolyn looked when I got married and lived in Germany. We came back to the U.S. when she was only 4-1/2. She asked me if I was her sister or her aunt! I left home to go to college in 1952 when she was only 2 years old, and never lived at home after that.
Our mother died when Carolyn was 12 and in the 5th grade. The other 4 sisters and I helped "raise" her. I think she turned out pretty good!!
She is the most artistic person in our family - in many ways. A great artist, decorator, cook, gardener - you just name it and she can do it.
She asked people to donate canned goods instead of bringing her a present and you should have seen the big basket of food we delivered to the fire house for distribution for the needy for Thanksgiving. What a great idea.
Carolyn and Dave will soon be grandparents again - next March (Beth and Matt). This time a girl. Little Jack was a year old in July and belongs to son Doug.
Pictured here are the six sisters (plus a friend of Carolyn's). I am the oldest and Carolyn is the youngest. This was taken in May at Beth's wedding.
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