Andy's great-grandmother, Joyce Taylor (pictured above), turned 100 the week of Christmas so the family threw her a party after church the Sunday before Christmas. It was held at her church, First Baptist Church, in Mineral Wells. There was a slideshow put together by Cari Hudkins that showed Joyce throughout her life. Andy & I made a 3.5 hour playlist of music from every decade of Joyce's life. We even had some live music performed by some of her friends. James Upshaw, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, joined in the group music and even sang a solo for her while playing his guitar. Joyce was thrilled with all of the wonderful music and great fellowship. And even though she good-naturedly grumbled about all of the trouble of a party, she basked in all of the attention
Cici & MaryBeth put together this really cute guest book. It was a photo album that could fit a 6 or 7 sq. inch photo. They put it together so that when you open it up on the left side you would see a photo of Joyce and on the right side there were the birthday greetings from the guests.
Someone put together wonderful centerpieces for all of the tables. There were also some accent tables that were beautifully decorated as well!
I would of course love to put many of the wonderful photos that Andy & I took at the party, but we only have 5 or 6 pictures from the party on our camera. We ended up using others' cameras because they are more advanced than ours. Here is a picture of the whole family that I stole from Cari's website. If you'd like to see the slideshow from the party, go to her website, The Hudkins Herald.
Kudo's all of those who helped put the party together and the long list of those who helped put the party room together in those last minutes before guests arrived!! I had so many people stop to tell me how beautiful everything looked and how much they enjoyed the party!!
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