So, back in March, my brother Bill suggested that we throw a party for our parents 40th anniversary. They were married May 25, 1968. 40 years. Wow. It will be 4 for me and Bobby in August. We're 10% of the way to 40 years!! So, we started thinking and decided to have an open house event where people could drop by and say congrats. First things first. Bill 'stole' their phone book and I only kept it 2 days because my mom gets flustered if she doesn't know where it is! So, I wrote down as many names as I could and Bill and I started calling people. Bill managed to 'steal' their wedding album and another family album. But we had no idea where all the other albums were being kept. Eventually, we found them.
Anyways, we asked Ted and Linda, (good friends of my parents) to invite them out to the Botanical Gardens to walk around on the day of the party. But my parents said no because they had already made plans for the Mandarin for the same day and they didn't want to be all tired out from walking around. Well, they don't know what tired is!! We tired them out alright!
Ted and Linda picked them up and told them they were going to go for a drive. So, that's what they did. We didn't have quite enough people yet, so we called Ted and told him to drive around for a while longer. They finally drove in at around 1:30. It was a great surprise!! They had NO idea at all! My mom got all emotional and teary eyed and my dad just looked stunned. I think it took a while for it to sink in for them.
It was a really great time and they got to see many friends. I'm really glad we did it. It was a lot of work, but it was worth it.
Well, that was my day. We didn't end up going to the Mandarin with everyone. We were soooo tired. Bobby, me, Emma and Eva all slept from 4:30-6:30. So, if anyone says, 'You missed a great meal', I will say, 'You missed a great nap!' :)
Laura
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