A weekend to remember!
It's been a wonderful weekend, not least because Saturday was my birthday, but to be honest, this year my birthday took a bit of a back seat. You see it's my Mum's birthday tomorrow, and it's her 80th, so that really was something to celebrate! So because it was on the Saturday, I spent my birthday celebrating my Mum's birthday!
Along with my family, or in particular, Mum's two sisters and my olderst cousin, we'd arranged a surprise dinner for Mum, and had been working on this via Whatsapp for about 6 months. It was in a nice pub called The Vine close to where she and my Dad live, and Mum believed that she was just going there to have dinner with me, Dad and Mr D.
In the end, thankfully, we managed to keep the secret right until the end (despite a couple of near misses), and when she turned up at the pub, she got the surprise of her life (in the best way!)
Here's the magic moment...
I'm so grateful to the family who all made their way across to the island to spend a the evening with her; it's just a good indicator of how loved she is by all of us!
Here are a couple more pics from the evening:
This is the cover of the commemorative photo book that I made her:
In the end, it was a lovely, happy evening; I couldn't have hoped for better. But I think she might disown me if I tried to do it again!!
:D
Along with my family, or in particular, Mum's two sisters and my olderst cousin, we'd arranged a surprise dinner for Mum, and had been working on this via Whatsapp for about 6 months. It was in a nice pub called The Vine close to where she and my Dad live, and Mum believed that she was just going there to have dinner with me, Dad and Mr D.
In the end, thankfully, we managed to keep the secret right until the end (despite a couple of near misses), and when she turned up at the pub, she got the surprise of her life (in the best way!)
Here's the magic moment...
I'm so grateful to the family who all made their way across to the island to spend a the evening with her; it's just a good indicator of how loved she is by all of us!
Here are a couple more pics from the evening:
This is the cover of the commemorative photo book that I made her:
In the end, it was a lovely, happy evening; I couldn't have hoped for better. But I think she might disown me if I tried to do it again!!
:D