Saturday, July 4

The big 5-0!

(better late then never, been awhile since I have posted!)

My mom turned the big 5-0 last month, which we all know is a pretty big deal! On he real birthday we celebrated just with the family with a low-key dinner outing. Well, Mom thought this was it...little did she know!

About two weeks later we threw her a surprise party. My dad had gotten a lodge about an hour from our house for the party. We told her we were just going up to spend the weekend with her family (who all live on the other side of WA). Now this was true, however that first night we had invited some of her closest friends up to surprise her.

I thought for sure she would catch on to the surprise with all the cars at this lodge, but she was clueless. She had a great night and was really surprised. I am glad we got to show her how much everyone loves her and how graeful we are for her 50 years here on this earth! I am very proud of my mom and all she does... I mean she has to be the BEST looking 50 year old out there!

We had a great rest of the weekend with extended family. Chris and I's favorite part was that the owners of the lodge had a HUGE Bernese Mountain Dog, our favorite breed of dog. He was beautiful and a perfectly-behaved dog... I had to be held back from stealing him when we left!

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Does she looked surprised! Here is my mom after just walking into the party
Chris and I at the party
Max- the dog I wanted to steal!
The beautiful backdrop to the lodge
The front of the invitations I designed for the party