Saturday, March 31

mum’s 60th birthday party.

this morning, we headed out to have family pictures taken and then headed to katy for mum’s 60th birthday party at victor’s! it was a fairly low key party but we had a great time eating and enjoying the evening with mum & dad’s friends…

the invite…
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excuse the lighting…it’s pretty terrible in that room…
thanks to jaclyn for the amazing german chocolate cupcakes! 
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anna & ben…
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playing trucks with uncle mike…
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the family…
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a vanpa & his little girl…
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friends…
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barbara & bobby…
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wanna buy a lake house james?
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the mccolloughs & mum…
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showing barbara the video of mum’s surprise…
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chip & dip girl…
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aunt barbie & cc with the munchkins…
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ben getting in some avery time…
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complete cheeseballs!! they were cracking up hugging and kissing on each other…
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the birthday girl…
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guess she was happy :)
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evan eyeing the cake…
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evan helping…
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the princess & her balloon…
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we were all exhausted after watching evan and avery run around the room all night!! hope you had a great party mum!! now for your actual birthday in april :)

Friday, March 30

best surprise ever.

mum is turning 60 in april and for the longest time, we have been planning a small:) surprise for her. bobby, anna, joe, and ben, anna’s boyfriend, flew in this afternoon and james picked them up. we claimed that we were going out for james’ birthday down here but really, we were surprising mum!

after the week bobby & mum have had with losing their dad, it was perfect that we would not only surprise mum but also have the sister’s together during one of the most difficult times for them. to say we had conflicting emotions was an understatement – extreme sadness because of losing grandpa but extreme excitement at surprising mum and seeing each other.

the surprise…

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i’d say she was shocked and we were beyond successful!!

jet lag catching up with bobby…
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trouble showing off before bed…
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what an amazing end to a pretty crummy week! now to enjoy some crazy family time…