So my Mom celebrated a "big" birthday this year and we were all able to get together (except Rachel's husband, Eric). We got together on Saturday and had a wonderful celebration with her.
We went with an Italian theme for lunch and we had our homemade famous Lasagna and Manicotti and then some chicken fettuccine alfredo and of course Caesar salad and bread. Yummy. And of course Mom got the Red plate for her special day!!!
When we asked Mom what she wanted for her birthday, she said an electric pencil sharpener. Wow, Mom. Thanks for making it easy for us - so we went all out and got her the top of the line one! HA.
Justin went out on his own and got her a really nice ice cream scoop. Of course she only has ice cream when he's in town to visit but at least she'll have a good scoop to serve his ice cream!!! :-)
We actually got her more than a pencil sharpener. All 4 of us kids, plus the in-laws, plus the 11 grandkids, plus dad all worked together to make a digital storybook for Mom. It turned out so good and she was truly surprised by it.
She got to a funny picture on Rachel's page and was replaying that moment!
Well........
...then she found Matthew's page. This was her response.... let me explain....
As we went through literally thousands of photos over the years, there was not a single picture of Matthew & Mom together. There were some with Matthew, Katie, Mom and Dad but not many of them. Well, I jokingly said to Matthew he could just photoshop a picture of him with her. Well, then we got silly because there's a history of Matthew doing some Photoshopping for Mom and next thing you know, we got an idea.....
Mom continues to find this page funny....
....and funnier.....
.... and funnier....
Even Justin, who was videoing the event had to show the camer what was so funny..... Do you want to see?? Okay, the next 3 pictures are the pictures that Matthew photoshopped for the 3 son-in-laws. Basically, he wrote at the bottom of his page that he needed to get some real pictures of him with Mom but this would have to do.....
Mom with her 1st son-in-law, Matthew
Mom and her 2nd son-in-law, Tim
And lastly, Mom with her 3rd son-in-law, Eric (although according to Tim, Mom actually likes Eric so he didn't understand why Matthew would need to do this picture). The funny thing is my sister-in-law, Mandy, didn't understand why Matthew didn't do one of her, too!! :-)
So as you can see, he was being funny - love the church directory photos, don't you???
Everyone enjoying the album.
Justin also put together a great DVD slide show of pictures of Mom and our family and we all enjoyed watching that.
And for dessert, we had key lime pie, a beautiful fruit pizza, an a family favorite, Weight Watchers Banana split cake
Mom attempting not to blow germs on the cake!! :-)
We had a wonderful time together as a family. I am so blessed to have the parents, grandparents, brother and sisters, I have and the spouses that each of them brought into the family. Mom is not just the greatest Mom in the world, but also one of my closest friends and I love her dearly!!!
We went with an Italian theme for lunch and we had our homemade famous Lasagna and Manicotti and then some chicken fettuccine alfredo and of course Caesar salad and bread. Yummy. And of course Mom got the Red plate for her special day!!!
When we asked Mom what she wanted for her birthday, she said an electric pencil sharpener. Wow, Mom. Thanks for making it easy for us - so we went all out and got her the top of the line one! HA.
Justin went out on his own and got her a really nice ice cream scoop. Of course she only has ice cream when he's in town to visit but at least she'll have a good scoop to serve his ice cream!!! :-)
We actually got her more than a pencil sharpener. All 4 of us kids, plus the in-laws, plus the 11 grandkids, plus dad all worked together to make a digital storybook for Mom. It turned out so good and she was truly surprised by it. 
She got to a funny picture on Rachel's page and was replaying that moment!Well........
...then she found Matthew's page. This was her response.... let me explain....As we went through literally thousands of photos over the years, there was not a single picture of Matthew & Mom together. There were some with Matthew, Katie, Mom and Dad but not many of them. Well, I jokingly said to Matthew he could just photoshop a picture of him with her. Well, then we got silly because there's a history of Matthew doing some Photoshopping for Mom and next thing you know, we got an idea.....
Mom continues to find this page funny....
....and funnier.....
.... and funnier....
Even Justin, who was videoing the event had to show the camer what was so funny..... Do you want to see?? Okay, the next 3 pictures are the pictures that Matthew photoshopped for the 3 son-in-laws. Basically, he wrote at the bottom of his page that he needed to get some real pictures of him with Mom but this would have to do..... 
Mom with her 1st son-in-law, Matthew
Mom and her 2nd son-in-law, Tim
And lastly, Mom with her 3rd son-in-law, Eric (although according to Tim, Mom actually likes Eric so he didn't understand why Matthew would need to do this picture). The funny thing is my sister-in-law, Mandy, didn't understand why Matthew didn't do one of her, too!! :-)So as you can see, he was being funny - love the church directory photos, don't you???
Everyone enjoying the album.
Justin also put together a great DVD slide show of pictures of Mom and our family and we all enjoyed watching that.
And for dessert, we had key lime pie, a beautiful fruit pizza, an a family favorite, Weight Watchers Banana split cake
Mom attempting not to blow germs on the cake!! :-)We had a wonderful time together as a family. I am so blessed to have the parents, grandparents, brother and sisters, I have and the spouses that each of them brought into the family. Mom is not just the greatest Mom in the world, but also one of my closest friends and I love her dearly!!!
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