Since my mom was celebrating her 65th birthday this year (shh!!), my dad decided that we should have a big party for her and plan something fun and surprising. Sometimes my mom's birthday is kind of a bummer for her.. It's only 4 days after Christmas and over the years, it has often been shadowed by the lack of money and time following Christmas. Not this year... My dad had a plan!!
My sister decided to drive from San Diego to join in on the fun - I love, love having her come to visit!! She was able to bring three of her kids with her - Aubrey, Julia and Michael. My dad planned for us to take my mom somewhere for lunch while he was decorating the house. Well, due to my running late as always, I missed going to lunch with my mom and sister but did join them at Gardner Village for a little while.
We then headed to my parent's house for the festivities. My dad went all out on the decorating - the house looked amazing!! He had also bought a big yummy cake and coordinated her gift from all of us. We ate pizza, my mom opened her gifts (an iPad!!), and then we headed to the kitchen for singing, cake and ice cream. We surprised my mom by putting 65 candles on the cake AND lighting them! Although we did set off the smoke detectors, no one was burned and she was surprised!! It also made for great pictures!
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| My beautiful mom |
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| Ashley and Aubrey |
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| Hadley, me, Steve, mom |
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| My dad and mom |
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| Hadley, my dad, Corey |
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| She loves the iPad! |
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| Getting the candles on the cake |
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| An amazing cake! |
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| Trying not to blow out the candles |
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| Hoping the house doesn't catch on fire... |
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| Make a wish! |
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