Saturday, March 13, 2010

Surprise!

So we headed to Conroe this weekend for what Rudy & Jeanie thought was just a family photo session. Donna, Mike, Darren & I gifted this session to them for their upcoming 40th wedding anniversary (on April 4th). What they did not know was that 80 or so of their family & friends were headed over to their house afterwards for a surprise party/BBQ lunch to celebrate the big day.

Shockingly they had no clue that anything fishy was going on. And even when we told them that Ava, Ian & Emily wanted to throw a little party for them to celebrate (a clever rouse so that we could get some stuff ready for the actual party), they still did not think anything of it. They even made jokes about what the lunch menu would be (chicken nuggets? mac & cheese? ha ha).

I took MANY photos but can't post them all so just going to post a few.

This is the "Who invited Fred & Tito & Ronnie & Heather & family to our house" shot. Those were the 1st people to arrive and had it not been for Ronnie, Heather & family, they might not have been so confused.

{Jeanie looks like she is saying "Rudy, do you know what's going on?"}
A shot of the cupcakes & cupcake toppers we made for the party. Old wedding photo of R&J, 40, current photo of R&J, Happy Anniversary & one that says Rudy & Jeanie, April 4, 1970. Everything is red themed as this is the Ruby Anniversary.
The happy couple, posing by the cake. I think they were a bit overwhelmed.

Ashley and Ava fishing. Special thanks to Ashley and her sister Avery (not to mention all the other family that helped out that day) for watching the kiddos so we could properly host the party. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Ava loves these girls!


And the final shot of the family at the end of a long exhausting and VERY FUN day!

Like I said I could have posted a bunch of photos but I, myself, am a bit overwhelmed. With 80 guests, its hard to know what to post & highlight from the day.

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