"MA" McLENNAN AND THE GANG

January 11, 2015 was the 85th birthday of Tutta McLennan.
Mother of Tor, Marit and Kenneth;
Bestemor (Grandmother) to Adriane, Devin, Dustin, Kirk, Alex, and Nathan;
Great-grandmother to Skyler and Emme.
Born in Trysil, Norway moved to Kenya, East Africa, where she married Alan McLennan and had three fantastic children.
In 1964 she moved with the family from Kenya and eventually settled in Ontario, Canada and then on to Quesnel, BC.

Tutta McLennan - Before the Total Makeover

This year was the first in many years that the three 'kids' were able to join Mum in Quesnel to celebrate her birthday.
Marit flew from Medicine Hat, Alberta to Kelowna, BC where Tor picked her up on his way north from Penticton.  They arrived in Quesnel in the evening of Friday, January 9th.
Ken drove up from Vancouver on Saturday the 10th and arrived in time for Chinese dinner at Mum's favourite restaurant.

After dinner all returned to Mum's house and spent the evening playing a card game called 'Golf' where, after a long struggle, Mum won...again.  She is a card shark even though she can only see out of one eye.

Mum has a great sense of humour and finds all kinds of things to laugh about - especially about herself.  Here are a series of photos we took while playing around with some masks Mum had bought up in Barkerville.  She planned to do a little review for the 'old' folks at one of the residences where she would show up and tell them about a plastic surgeon in Barkerville who does major makeovers for a very low price.  Those who know Tutta understand how this would appeal to her - the low price not the plastic surgery.
After talking to the group about her concerns and hopes she then leaves the room with an accomplice, ostensibly on their way to Barkerville.  Shortly afterwards she reappears dressed in a silk tunic, scarf and new makeover.  Wonderful imagination and energy to put this together - laughing all the while.

Tutta - After the Total Makeover

When Mum gave us a dress rehearsal we all had to get into the spirit as well - so here is a gallery of what we now call "Ma" McLennan and her Gang.

"Smiley" McLennan - Lethal

"Ms" McLennan - Ass Kicker

"Grumpy" McLennan - Bag Man

During all of this Tor pulled out the crokinole board and challenged us to a few games.
"Smiley" had "Ma" as his partner while "Kick Ass" and "Grumpy" prepared the defence.
First game went to the "Kick Ass" and "Grumpy" team - the second to "Ma" and "Smiley".
A tie-breaker was called for and the winning point was, of course, made by the birthday girl!

More photos from Mum's birthday evening.

Tor with "KickAss"

Marit being mugged by "Grumpy"

Marit, Tor, Mum

Marit, Ken, Mum

The weekend with Mum in honour of her 85th birthday was one filled with belly laughs, good food, and memories.  We felt much closer as a family and glad we could all make it.

Without a doubt the birthday present in 2015 was our time together - and we all shared in the gift.

HAPPY 85th MUM - much love, The Kids