One of the highlights of being in Colorado for Thanksgiving was celebrating Taber's Dad's 80th birthday. It was wonderful to see how many people came to celebrate such a great man and inspiring to see how active and vibrant life in your 80's can be!
It was the first time in a LONG time that all of Papa Rigg's children were together. Bob has 6 children from his first marriage (one who has passed away) and 3 from his marriage to Taber's mom. Here's a picture of both families all together.
And here is a picture of Papa Rigg with 18 of his soon to be 26 grandchildren. (There are also 6, soon to be 7 great grandchildren not pictured)
Grandkids from Karen and Bob (minus baby Rockwell)
And a big group shot of all the relatives who came to celebrate
It was nice for the girls to be able to hang out with their Rigg cousins who they don't get to see very often. Teya, Skyla and Brinley Rigg.
More cute cousin pics.
The party was at the Bookcliff Country Club. Mama Rigg worked VERY hard to put together a wonderful celebration. Papa Rigg is know for the Pith hats that he wears everywhere. As part of the decorations everyone got their own little pith helmet to decorate with duct tape electrical tape just like Papa's.
Each table was also decorated with popping eyeballs since Taber's Dad is an eye doctor. The boys had a BLAST with those! (and not just the little boys ; )
There was also a really neat display table with scrapbooks and pictures covering Papa Rigg's life over the last 80 years. It was really neat to look through them and see all the amazing things he's been through and done.
And of course it wouldn't be a party without a cake!
We spent the evening eating, laughing, and talking about our favorite memories of Papa Rigg. Taber's mom put together a powerpoint with pictures and each of the children got to go up and talk about memories with their Dad. It was a very sweet and special night and I just feel so blessed to have such an amazing father in law. Happy 80th birthday Papa Rigg!
2 comments:
Karen did such a great job. That party looked like one to remember. I bet it was nice getting most of the Riggs together too. How fun.
Can't believe he is 80! Also, Teya looks awesome in her pith hat!
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