My niece Michelle turned 30 this year and a celebration was in order so family and friends headed to Orange, California to Debbee’s townhome for a party. There was lots of great food including everyone’s favorite Piroshky. We had meat filled piroshky, potato filled piroshky and a cabbage filled pirog.
Here are some of the usual suspects.
The Parentals/Grandparents ~ Nadia and Moisi
Some of Michelle’s aunts and her mommy
Michelle and her auntie ellen b.
Michelle and her son Jackson
Nana and Jackson
Jackson making a serious point!
This photo turned out so tiny in the collage I wanted to add it here since it’s the only shot of Ryan I managed to get and I wanted M. Lou to see her son. So here’s Michelle and Ryan (Jackson’s Dad) with cousins David and Kristin. I also realized that this is the only photo I took that has Michelle’s sister Melissa in it. There she is way back there behind Michelle.
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I posted on my blog from 2007-2015 hostage and replaced them with big black and grey boxes with threats. So discouraging…as I’m slowly trying to clean up thousands of posts!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
THANK you Ellen….you always touch my heart! (& usually a lump in my throat) luv you w/out even having met you! You know what it’s like to miss your “boy(s)”!!
You and your sisters all have the same smile.
Michelle looks really happy!
Jack looks like he had a “serious” day.
Glad to see that Ryan is growing hair again
With my luv, mLou
What a gathering! I like your dress, Ellen!
Oh so much Fun – wish I was there!!
The flowers look fabulous and I love the lighting on the table! Coolio!
What a great family. I can almost hear all the laughter.Fun post.
So bummed I missed most of it! But I am so glad that you all had a great time!!! I think that we found a weekend to do Juilenne and I can come too! It will be after practice, but I will be there, sweaty and smelly:).
What a great celebration and what a great family that always helps.
It looks like you had a great day at the party! Happy Birthday to your niece.
What a fun day…trust Lana to notice the lights. So when is Julienne’s???
What a fun post, Auntie Ellen!! Thanks for helping with all your special little touches…I love being part of a group that throws such fabulous parties, and it was such a treat to be the recipient of one! 🙂 Can I have a CD of all your party pics??
Love to you!!
P.S. We’re thinking Oct. 4 for Julienne…
I love the new collage style! What program do you use for that??