i love my aunt betsy! she thought she wanted a quiet 60th birthday with ed & maybe another couple out for dinner....but she forgot she was part of the snyder clan. you just can't do that.
not even if you want to.
so we called in the troops for a stealth mission.
mimi and dean flew in. suprize!
then i joined them later for dinner. wah lah!
then kaki and kara waltzed in on dinner singing loudly... woah!
and lindsay was the finale 'round about midnight. yea!
aunt betsy was beside herself. and uncle ed was relieved that he could stop thinking up excuses for going to the airport!
saturday involved even MORE friends, a scrapbook of sorts, boatloads of pictures (both new and previously taken), good food, and betsy once again at a loss for words. everyone else talked though. (she joined in...it didn't last long). mr dickenson and i are going to trade stories on tomato plant growing this summer. i'll keep you posted.
sunday? HAPPY BIRTHDAY! and we proceeded to sing all the palm sunday songs in the book. when we ran out, we moved on to thanksgiving. it made sense at the time. betsy opened up all her presents from the night before while we drank mimosas.... and we took off on our respectivce planes around lunchtime, waving and hugging goodbye feverishly.
phew. how's that for a suprize birthday in a weekend? :) |
