On September 19th, we surprised Dad with an early birthday party. I arranged for the whole family to come into town (minus Steve, who is working and going to school full time) - which is a feat in and of itself! The reason we needed to hold this surprise party over five and a half weeks early was due to the gift itself. We bought him tickets to the Garrison Keillor show at the forum on September 20th. He is the biggest GK fan and we knew this gift would suit him perfectly.
What we didn't plan on was having the concert cancelled! Garrison suffered a mini stroke a couple weeks prior to his engagement and chose to reschedule the concert until 2010. But, we proceeded with the plans since everything was put in place and it would be difficult to pull off again. Thankfully we got Dad out of the house in time for Brian, Zach and I to arrive and surprise Dad when he returned. He had no clue why we were celebrating so early, but he was allowed to sit and watch football, have food and pie served to him, and open presents. He wasn't complaining!
Here are some pictures...
Surprise!
Dad fell into his role of couch potato rather quickly!
Dinner prep! The menu was delicious...
Mediterranean lasagna, artichokes, salad, bread, and apple pie!
The gang's all here.
Dad's pile of gifts.
Tickets! Dad had to work to finally open this gift. I had 10 trivia questions about GK and A Prairie Home Companion that he had to answer first. He did pretty well with all of them.
Dad with the four-legged critters - Jack, Ceilee, Natas and Sparkle
The gang from the 'Delph.
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