About a year ago, a small comment from my brother, set off an idea that became a BIG deal and a BIG party!!! My grandma is turning 80 this year, on December 26th! She has always wanted a summer birthday, far away from the craziness of Christmas, and her birthday always being an afterthought. Well this year we decided to change this all for her! My hair brain idea started A LOT of hard work! It seemed completely crazy in the beginning, and I really think my family thought I might be a little crazy when I presented the idea to all of them. But slowly but surely, everybody took on a role and a job. I kind of knew the strengths that each of my family members had, so I played to them. Not only did this planning all pay off in the end, but I NEVER could have imagined how amazing the whole thing would turn out! Not only was she completely surprised by all of us, she was blown away, and honestly so was I! My family worked soooo hard to make this happen! The invitations were amazing! The decorating all came together perfectly! The food was great and perfect for the party! The cut outs of Alice and Wonderland that my aunt and uncle and their boys did were better than I could ever imagined! And the movie my brother made of my grandma's life was enough to make her cry! I will never forget the look on her face the moment she walked into our "Un-birthday tea party" for her! It made all the planning, and work, and worrying all worth the effort! I am so excited that it came together the way it did! I could have never done it without all of them!
My Grandma. This beautiful woman has been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember! How lucky I feel to have her!
The invitations!!! My Uncle Jef, did such an amazing job on them! I knew he would be the man for the job, and I couldn't have been more impressed!
The cutout decorations! My Aunt and uncle and their boys did such an amazing job! They sketched out all of these on cardboard and then painted and cut them out! I am so glad they are such amazing artists!
The cake! My sister Jami, made this amazing cake! And though we didn't get to eat it, thanks to a little slip on a kitchen floor (oops!), I was so impressed with her work!
The company! We sent out 100 invited to friends, family, and acquaintances from all of the volunteer service she gives! We had a great turn out!
My Amazing aunt, the artist and my cousin, Jason.
We collected over 100 random tea cups and saucers to make it a real tea party! My girls were all over the fun tea cups!
My uncle Jef and his kids. They flew out from Virginia for the party to surprise my Grandma. She had NO IDEA that they were here or coming until the party! It was so good to see them!
My grandma and all of her kids! This is an amazing picture just for the sheer fact that I got all of my uncles to get in a picture and at least kind of smile!!!
The surprise! She was so shocked when she came through our "rabbit hole"! She could have never dreamed we would try and pull something like this off!
I think she looks pretty happy about the whole thing in the end! She was a little mad at us that we didn't at least tell her to dress up a little! But that was not possible, so I hope that she forgave us! She is an amazing woman who deserved this amazing day in her honor!
6 comments:
The invitation and decorations were amazing! I bet she loved it.
Ricki! Wow, You have me laughing and crying at the same time. You are the SWEETEST granddaughter ever. Your Grandma will cherish that day forever. She is so gorgeous and youthful looking. You can see where you and your mom get those same genes from:) Your right everything was so amazing!!! I love the invitations, cake and cut outs too. I will have to show Anneka she will be so impressed!!! I remember your Grandma being so happy when Karlin was born and holding her at your home in Sky Mtn. She has such a kindness about here. I am glad everything worked out. What a surprise!!!!
Sooooo fun! I know how much work and worry went into this just on your end...it turned out amazing! What a lucky grandma to have so many people willing to throw such a wonderful party for her! She looks beautiful in the pictures you took of her.
Sooo sooo Cute!! Loved reading all about it.
sooo sooo cute!!
You do have the sweetest grandma! I am so glad I was lucky enough to see it all in person! You guys did go all out and it was amazing! Tell your sister that cake was awesome!! What a fun idea, love the invites!
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