REALLY SURPRISED!!!!

HELLO EVERYONE,  WELL, TODAY WAS THE BIG DAY.  I'M GLAD TO SAY HE WAS SURPRISED!  WE HAD TO MAKE UP A STORY TO GET HIM TO THINK HE WAS GOING TO THE LEGION TO HELP OUR LANDLORD WITH HIS PAPER WORK WITH THE DAV.  ONE PERSON WAS COMING AS WE WERE GETTING THERE.  WE LET THEM GO IN BEFORE WE LET MY HUSBAND OUT OF THE VAN.  LOL!  LUCKILY HE DIDN'T SEE THEM.  ANYWAY WE WENT IN AND EVERYONE HOLLERED SURPRISE!  I DON'T THINK IT REALLY SUNK IN AT FIRST BUT THEN HE SAW THE SIGN HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND I THINK IT DAWNED ON HIM.  
I TOOK SOME PICTURES BUT THEY DIDN'T COME OUT TOO GOOD.   I WILL TAKE SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE GIFTS.  HE GOT SOME PRETTY NICE GIFTS AND GIFT CARDS AND SHIRTS AND TWO EAGLE PILLOWS, A WOLF CANDLE HOLDER, A COUPON BOOK THAT'S GOOD AT ALL KINDS OF RESTAURANTS AND OTHER PLACES.  
THERE WAS ABOUT 30 PEOPLE THERE.  ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM OUR CHURCH DID SOME SINGING.  ALL IN ALL IT WAS JUST RIGHT.  TOO MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH.  HIS SISTER AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND ONE OF HIS COUSINS WERE THERE.  TWO OF MY SISTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS AND ONE OF MY NIECES.  THE REST WERE FRIENDS WE KNOW FROM THE DINER WHERE WE EAT BREAKFEAST AND PEOPLE FROM CHURCH INCLUDING OUR PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY.
HE WAS REALLY TIRED WHEN HE GOT HOME HE TOOK AN HOUR NAP.  LIKE I SAID BEFORE THE ONLY DOWN SIDE WAS THAT OUR SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND GRANSON WEREN'T ABLE TO BE THERE.  OTHERWISE EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.  
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A BLESSED AND PEACEFUL NIGHT.  HUGS,  CHRIS 
 
  

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starbright1949
starbright1949

sounds like a fantastic time. I am glad you got to make some good memories!!
txkiki53
txkiki53

Chris,
Sounds like the party was a success... I know that it was wonderful and your husband is proud you did this for him. Now get some rest.
hugs,
Annette
tgik
tgik

THANK YOU! I NEED IT. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OUR SONS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT DID ALL THE WORK. I JUST TOLD THEM I WANTED THEIR FATHER TO HAVE A SURPRISE PARTY. LOL! YOU PLAN IT AND I WILL HELP YOU OUT WITTH THE MONEY PART. WITH FAMILIESI KNOW THEY CAN\'T AFFORD IT. BUT IT WENT GOOD AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. LIKE YOU SAY STARBRIGHT LOT OF MEMORIES. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. HUGS, CHRIS
deleted_user
deleted_user

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PARTY. GLAD HE ENJOYED IT.__DENNY
deleted_user
deleted_user

So glad everything turned out ok, it sounds like he had a great birthday
janiecf
janiecf

Sound like a great day!
You did it!
Rusters
Rusters

Awesome! Well done!
tgik
tgik

LOL! IT WAS GREAT. I GIVE ALL THE GLORYTO GOD WHO WAS WITH US THROUGHOUTTHE PLANNING. EVERYTHING COULDN\'T HAVE BEEN BETTER EXCEPT FOR SEEING OUR GRANDSON FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE WILL SEE HIM SHORTLY, THOUGH. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS. HUGS, CHRIS
mycat
mycat

GLAD THE PARTY WAS A SUCCESS .
oceangypsy
oceangypsy

Happy everyone had a good time and your hubby was surprised! Party sounds like a huge success.
deleted_user
deleted_user

I am so happy your husband had a lovely suprise birthday party. Sounds like he got really nice presents as well.
tgik
tgik

THANK YOU. GREAT TIME.
djbritt
djbritt

I\'m so glad it went good.
tgik
tgik

THANKS!
deleted_user
deleted_user

glad everything turned out great! and that you guys pulled it off and he was surprize. your husband deserved the surprize party after all he has been through with his health