Bill's 60th Birthday Celebration

For several of months I collaborated with Donna on a surprise party and get together for Bill's 60th birthday.  He had asked for nothing big for his birthday and little did he know what was going to happen.  :)  The whole family made plans to come down for the weekend for a reunion and Donna and I put together a surprise party for neighbors/friends.  

Donna made up a scheme all about a little weekend "get away" for the two of them.  She researched places to go and put together a fake itinerary.  The first thing was to start at their family favorite restaurant "Stalkholm Inn" for a swedish breakfast.  And that is where we came in...  Everyone was waiting their when they arrived to surprise him!  He was so excited, and even shed some tears.

I think he thought, oh nice, we will have a family breakfast and then still go on our little "trip".  Nope, it was all a lie and now he just had a weekend home with his family! haha, not sure if that was more exciting or a disappointment for him.  

First stop was to Rock Hut State park for a picnic and canoes and paddle boats on the lake.  

Jamie and I discovered we had the same little outfits for our guys so they were dressed as twins that day! Corbin is only 2 months older.

The next day was the party.  We decided the boys would take him on a "guys activity" to get him out of the house while we girls set up for the party.  I planned all the decorations and Donna had some food catered from a local place.  

Here we all are hiding out waiting for his arrival and to shout out our suprises.  Again, he had no idea thinking that the family coming into town was the big surprise!  

I set up a little photo booth with props for a fun way to document who was there.  The family had a fun time with it...

The rest of the weekend was spent just hanging out and enjoying one anothers company.  

Greyson became an army crawler that weekend.  Here he is teaching Corbin how it's done.

And Corbin teaching him how sitting up is done.  :)