My sister-in-law Sue and sister Lisa arranged a surprise party for our mom for Sunday, July 17th, 2016. Our brother Matt flew in from a business trip in Boston (he lives in England) for two days in order to be at the party. We were able to surprise Mom with him being there, but still kept the surprise of the party secret. After church the next day my brother Matt and I diverted Mom and Dad to where we held the party. We took lots of photos. It was a glorious day.
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| Matt surprises Mom at the mall on Saturday |
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| Mom and Dad with five of their seven children |
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| Jonathan and Beth Blikstad family with 9 of our children and grand daughter |
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| Woody and my sister Lisa |
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| Happy Birthday Mom! |
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| Dad |
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| Lydia |
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| Emma |
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| My nephew Andrew and his wife Stephanie |
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| My brother Mark and wife Sue |
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| Trina Purn, Mom's pastor's wife, and her daughter Irene |
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| Lisa's daughter Rachel and her sweetie Parker |
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| Abigail |
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| My brother Matt |
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| Lisa's son Josh |
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| My brother Paul and his wife Anne |
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| Paul's daughter Victoria |
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| Uncle Matt and Katie |
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| Zach and Emma |
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| cousins Nicholas and Stephen |
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| Lydia, just before the Texas crew left |
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After the party everyone headed over to Mom's house and there was a huge swim party and keep away game. They stayed in for a few hours.
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| Lisa and Rachel up on the deck |
Finally everyone headed over to Lisa's house for S'mores. What a wonderful day. We praise the Lord for giving us family to love and share life with,and the godly heritage we have. He faithfully cares for us.
Two days later our family headed back to Florida, praising God for a safe trip home. But, before we left Ohio Lisa took the kids to the Cleveland Zoo. Here is just one photo of that.
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| Johanna, Abigail and Stephen by the wolf exhibit. |
1 comment:
Actually it is more than Raaiah
very good
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