Several weeks ago I contacted my sister in law Kelly to find out what they were going to do for my brother Todd's up coming 50th birthday, this is a milestone in a person's life and I felt it should be celebrated. Kelly felt the same way, she wanted to surprise him however she wasn't sure how to pull it off without him finding out, how could she clean house, cook food and decorate all without him knowing. Finally I said, "Let's have it at our house", and so we did.
My niece Jen and her best friend Emily came over to our house early to decorate. And they did a great job.
On Saturday November 13, 2010 we totally surprised my brother who thought they were coming to our house for dinner and cake for his birthday. Well, Kelly didn't lie they were coming to my house for dinner and cake. However little did he know that 30 plus of Todd's co-workers, friends and of course family were all there waiting to surprise him! Our Mom flew down from Oregon and our brother Tim came up from El Paso, Texas. He really was surprised!
My niece Jen caught him as he walked in the door to put on the celebratory 50th birthday hat and necklace!
When the party was all planned I sent out an email thinking we should all get together and get Todd a gift worth giving. We decided on a laptop, needless to say I think Todd was very surprised! It took a minute to really register that their truly was a laptop in that box!
Contributors to the Laptop....Tim (brother), Troy (brother), Trent (brother), Tami (sister), Georgie (Mom), Tiffany (niece), Courtney (niece), Jen (daughter), Walt & Karen (in-laws).
Todd is the oldest of us 6 kids. We all felt he deserved the most special birthday and gift!
He and his wife Kelly have really been there for all of us.
He is truly the father figure we never had growing up.
What better way to thank him!