Happened last week, but wanted to make sure I documented this. Mom's birthday is on the 21st of January, but our celebration happened on January 29th, 2011.
This is nothing spectacular by any means, but it was fun. I threw an impromptu 60th birthday party for mom. We are talking from a thought to the event in 24 hours! We had missed her birthday the week before because she was still very weak from the bad case of walking pneumonia she has had for what seems like the entire month of January. She was feeling better and aunt Susan let me know she was taking her out to dinner. I decided we would decorate aunt Susan's house while they were gone and have a dessert bar after their dinner. I only had 24 hours to pull this baby off and so the decoration are not stellar, but at least we surprised mom and celebrated her momentous birthday. 60 is a big deal and I couldn't just let it slip by without telling her she was special. Most of my time was used up calling people and baking cupcakes. It was mostly just family and a few neighbor friends, very small and casual. I think if it had been planned longer, someone would have blown the surprise.
We had chocolate cupcakes with a simple buttercream frosting and silver sprinkles and also a salted caramel cupcakes, YUM. Mom has recently been through a lot and I didn't want to really focus on the "you're older than dirt" aspect and make everything black. We added a little bit of color and tried to put some silver in it to make it a little more festive.
Surprise! She had no idea as she walked into a room with family, friends and neighbors shouting Happy Birthday! We love you mom, grandma, wife and friend!
We also gave her a nice portrait of the Salt Lake Temple where she and dad were married.
We also watched a short (5 min) video of pictures of mom. It was a super casual and informal party. Probably what mom would have wanted if she had been able to plan her own party. She hates the spotlight.
LOVE you Mom. Happy Birthday.
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