Embrace the Camera Day

It's Embrace the Camera Day!
Today is special for me because it's my grandmother's 87 53rd birthday!!!
That's right, she's been counting backwards since she was 70. Hasn't aged a day.This woman is always up to something and hardly takes a break.
So today I'm reposting a picture of the two of us in her honor. 

Memere and I at Wolf Creek Tavern August 2010.

This lady is amazing. She raised three boys single-handedly and all of them are very successful. She is a biologist and a nurse. She used to work three jobs to pay for her sons college. She made sure that all three of them graduated and believe me they all did. 
Memere (grandmother in French) retired the day I was born. Since then she has been traveling all over the world and volunteers all the time at the Courthouse in Grants Pass, OR as a Bailiff.  She never takes no for an answer, there's always a way. 
She's the best cook in the family (my daddy learned from the best).You can find her recipe of Salon Pie here.
These are just a few things that I admire about her. I'm such a lucky girl to have someone to look up to. 

Memere with the two of us on our wedding day May 2009. 

A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.
~Author Unknown