Surprise!

Yesterday was Elena's 54Th birthday. I decided to give her a surprise party. Millie and her gang, Elsa, Elva, my brother and his gang, Pasty, Rowen, and me and my gang were all there. We met at a restaurant called Cecilia's Cafe. I was watching "Dinners, Drive-ins, and Dives" and saw this place featured on it. The food looked really good and I thought it would a good place to eat. I called them and arranged it so that we could have the whole place to ourselves. They stayed opened past there regular business hours just for us. This is a link to the clip from the t.v. show that the restaurant was on: http://www.ceciliascafe.com/video.htm .

My mom was really surprised at all the effort we went through to pull this party off. She is still calling me "sneaky". She had a really good time. The food was excellent. We all had a lot of talking and hanging out. Elena got many gifts, including "IT", which all the sisters will find out about later. There was a reading of the "54Th Birthday Curse" by Millie, and of course cake. Elsa made a German chocolate cake....one of my mom's favorites. All in all it was a great day.

(Three friends having fun.)

(Look at all those people.)

(Oh no! She opened the curse!)

(Millie reads the curse to everyone.)

(More presents!)

(Time for yummy, yummy cake.)

(Everyone was having lots of fun.)

(Christopher decided to celebrate outside with the cars.)

(What a happy family.)

(One last pose outside.)