Happy Birthday Madge Mislar

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So I crossed the Catawba again and headed home for mom's birthday. We had quite a festive weekend. More about that later.

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We had late nights of laughter and carrying on.

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And moments of surprising tenderness.

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Mom chose a Japanese Hibachi grill for her birthday dinner. She wanted to see the little ones enjoy watching the chef.

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We didn't bring a birthday cake, so the chef made one out of the rice and tried to teach us the Happy Birthday song in Japanese.

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Happy Birthday, Mommy, we love you. (don't we just look fab?)

Click here for mom's biography.

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Guess who got in on the action...
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... Cousin David.

And he came begging food off Gram's plate.

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