James' has been planning a 'surprise' party/reunion for their dad's 60th birthday for months. We had to do it almost a month before his actual birthday in order to accommodate James' schedule. Everything went nearly perfectly, thanks to all of Jessica's hard work. And miraculously no one blew the surprise!
This is how the surprise went- John and Vicki walked into church and saw us all sitting on the back row waiting for them.(well everybody except Jeff and Polly, who were running late). When they saw us (Jessica & Mark's fam, James, me and kids, and Grandma and Grandpa) they were obviously shocked. Jeff and Polly were running late, so they missed the original surprise, but it ended up working out even better, because after the original shock had worn off, they were even more shocked to see Jeff and Polly walk in, tap they're shoulder and squeeze in on the bench.
Here are some of the pictures from the reunion. It was so fun to see everyone. John's parents were even able to make it. The only ones that weren't able to come were John and Jennifer, who were in the middle of a move and Jen's dissertation defense. Besides missing them, everything worked out great.
Playing with cousins
It was also Mark's birthday that weekend. He got the shaft for birthday stuff; his was overshadowed by John's celebrations. I think he preferred it that way though
While we were getting our pics taken, I took plenty of snap shots while everyone was matching and looking good
Hang-gliding- SO much fun(!) and so scary.
Vicki was so excited about this 180 degree double rainbow over the temple. We jumped in the car and she took a million pictures of the phenomenon.
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