after finishing all the cakes i had for the weekend by early afternoon on saturday...
we threw my dad a surprise 50th birthday party that evening! he had NO CLUE & was totally surprised (awesome job mom!)! then, he couldn't figure out why we surprising him! ~lol~ he just stood in the doorway, looking at everyone, trying to figure out why we were all there....i finally yelled "happy birthday old man!" and he started laughing....his actual bday isn't until tomorrow, so i guess he just wasn't thinking about it! ~lol~ we had a GREAT turnout (we counted around 50 or 60) and it was fun.....curtis & a friend of the family spent all morning BBQ'ing 90 chicken halves & we had everyone bring a side dish.....of course i made a special cake for him....my sister made a kick-ass slide show to music with pics of dad and the family throughout the years....my brother joe, came home from VCU just for the party.....it was great! the best part was that the whole party was also a surprise to the grandkids....we knew they'd spill the beans, so none of them knew about it until that day! they were super excited to yell "SURPRISE"!
curtis, the kids (including my sis' kids), and my brother joe
mom got dad a banjo & lessons!jaden will LOVE enjoying this with grandpa - jaden recently has become very interested in banjos, fiddles & blue grass music! :0) and coincidentally, my brother cj just ordered himself a banjo too - without even knowing about mom's gift for dad....i guess there will be some picking and grinning going on before too long! ;0)
and of course we had to go over to nana & grandpa's house after the party for some swinging & go-kart riding before dark! ;0)
btw - i'm soooo jealous of their garden! it's just getting started, but isn't it beautiful?!
then on sunday, we attended my sister's church because my niece, deandra, was performing....her & some of the local WRE (weekday religious education) students provided the special music & did a GREAT job! it literally makes my heart flutter & fill with joy hearing kids sing praise to our Lord!
they had a meal afterwards & started some games outside.....the kids played on the playground & curtis was recruited for a game of kickball...
i thought he might ping this kid to tag him out - he refrained and just chased him down ;0)
i had to fix the girls' hair at the church & we drove straight to the recital from there.....of course, this means no nap time...
corinn about to fall asleep on the way to the recital
but the girls still did wonderfully! actually, perfect! no mess-ups, and lots of smiles!!! i'm so excited about getting the dvd that we ordered - corinn ended up in the front when they were circling mary poppins this time, so we could see her whole routine! my sis did take some pics (they said we could this year if we didn't use the flash) - i'll post the good ones once she sends them to me
right before show time - handing them off to go back stage....they stayed back stage the entire 3 hours of the recital (yes, it lasted 3 hours! not 2, like they told us it would ~lol~)....the older girls took care of helping the younger ones with costume changes
cute pic of daddy & his girls heading to the car....they were asleep before we were 5 miles down the road
4 comments:
Your kids are absolutely adorable!! It sounds like you had a very fun weekend! I know this might sound weird, but your dad's hair is beautiful. I love the almost-snow-white color!
haha, that doesn't sound weird at all - cause i love it too! actually, if it weren't for my awesome hairstylist, i might b well on my way to that color....my dad started graying at 19 (as did i) and was completely white by age 30 (i'll b 30 next year!) ~lol~ but i think i'll wait until i'm a good bit older to start embracing my "roots"! ~lol~
Wow, that was quite a weekend! You little girls look so adorable in their dance outfits. I cannot wait until my little 2 year old girl can take ballet!
The look so cute and excited. They really look comfortable in their outfits and on stage..from the videos. The Jadens cake turned out AWESOME!
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