Mom's 60th Birthday!

On February 16th my mom turned 60! In January she had a double knee replacement, which is a huge recovery. We wanted to plan something special for her birthday and thought a party would also help to cheer her up! The party preparations started a few months prior to her birthday. My sister flew in from California and we came down from Poky. It was a hard secret to keep! I picked Shannon up from the airport late and she slept at Alan's parent's house with us that night. Bright and early the next morning Shannon and I picked up bagels then headed to my parent's house to surprise my mom. She had a wedding to go to that morning so she was up and doing her physical therapy exercises before she had to get ready. We came into the front door and headed to her bedroom. 

My mom is going to kill me for posting this but this picture is priceless! We walked in the room and my sister said, "I heard you wanted breakfast at 7:00!" It's safe to say she had no clue and was in shock!

We played it off like we came into town to hang out while she recovered. Basically the whole weekend was full of lies because we still had some party planning to do. We lied to her one night and said that we were going to the mall but really we went to my brother's house to decorate for the party. The day of the party was a crazy snowy day. We made up some lie as to why we were going to Brent's house that night. She didn't make things easy and really fought us going out in the snow. 

However, it was worth it because she was totally surprised when she arrived at Brent's house and all her kids, grandkids, siblings, and dad were there!

We kept the decor pretty low key but it turned out cute!

We served some delicious desserts thanks to my sisters amazing baking skills!

Brent was thrilled that we had so many glittery decorations at his house!

Shannon and I couldn't have pulled it off without Angela and Anya! Everyone helped out so much!

 My mom with her siblings and dad

 The whole fam minus Cam, Weston, and Holden. The only bummer about the party was that they couldn't be there. 

 It was such a fun weekend celebrating my mom and the amazing person she is! I also got to go to lunch and shopping with just my mom and sister, which hasn't happened in I don't know how long. Made me wish we could do it more often!

Happy Birthday Mom! We love you!