Happy 80th Birthday!

Last weekend we celebrated Mike's Grandma's 80th Birthday! Mike & I drove up to Port St Lucie to meet up with his Mom, Aunt Linda, Uncle Joey, Aunt Lauri, Uncle Anthony, Cousin Cameron & Reese, Grandpa Gene, and the birthday gal, Grandma Gloria! Below is a picture of Grandma with her kids:

(From the left: Uncle Joey, his wife Aunt Lauri, Aunt Linda, Uncle
Anthony, Grandma Gloria in front, and Barbara next to her)

We took Grandma Gloria out to Longhorn for a late lunch, and then went back to her house for cake and coffee. We also watched a video that Uncle Joey & Aunt Lauri had made for Grandma Gloria. They had been gathering pictures of Grandma Gloria & the family to make her a slide show of her life. Uncle Joey had sent out a mass email to everyone asking them to send him pictures asap, and on the bottom of the email he wrote this:

Disclaimer: upon delivery of this timeless video, Joe Morrongiello will obtain more points than Anthony Morrongiello and therefore will be entitled to a disproportionate amount of the inheritance.

Brothers, Joey & Anthony, have a little bit of a competition going when it comes to who is their mother's favorite- Uncle Joey was hoping this would put him in the lead, but Uncle Anthony had something up his sleeve. He bought Grandma Gloria a slide show picture frame which was loaded full of pictures of his kids, wife, and himself. Both gifts were great, and I think Grandma Gloria loves both her sons equally.

Disclaimer: Uncle Joey has more points, but Grandma Gloria will never admit that! She wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings!! (HAHA)Just Kidding!!!
Please note- Mike is her favorite Grandson...

On a side note- When we arrived to Grandma Gloria's we saw her cat sitting on the couch- it is a fury stuffed cat that purrs, moves its head, and blinks- very life like. Grandma Gloria explained that she always liked cats, but never liked to clean the litter box, so this was the perfect solution:


All in all it was a great time, it always is with Mike's family!! Love you guys, and Happy 80th Birthday Grandma Gloria!!!