Happy 50th to my Momma!!!!!

Whew! Am I glad this weekend is finally over! We had been planning a surprise 50th birthday party for my mom this past weekend for months now. And on top of that, I had to coordinate flying in some of our Yankee family in for the weekend. I have been running around for the past week getting party decorations, buying lots of food/drinks, preparing party trays, and decorating a birthday cake. I am exhausted and need a day off after my 3-day weekend! Here is the detail of events from the weekend:

Jordan and I took off on Friday to get my house and my mom's house cleaned up and ready, since we were going to have the family from out of town stay at both places. We picked them all up at the airport on Friday afternoon. We had already planned a dinner with Mom, John, Michael, myself, Jordan, Austin, and Katrina for Friday night to celebrate both of our birthdays at a local Italian restaurant. Of course Mom was just focused on Austin when she walked in, and then the out-of-towners were there to surprise her. Of course, she cried and was super-excited to see them all. My Uncle Richie hadn't been to TX since I was born!! We enjoyed good food and then headed back to my mom's to hang out and relax.

Saturday morning we got everything ready while my Nana and Aunt Patti got Mom out of the house for a few hours. We had a pretty good group, probably about 30 people came and went. She was pretty surprised. We enjoyed a nice cookout, swam in the pool, enjoyed pina colodas and a big keg. :) It was great to hangout with family we hadn't seen in awhile, and old friends as well. After heading back home about midnight, it was off to bed.

Sunday was my birthday, but I also had to share it with Jordan for his 1st Father's Day. But no time for relaxing. We had all the family (about 18 people) over for breakfast that morning. Bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits, pancakes, it was quite a feast!! After we got everyone out of the house we were able to take a 1 1/2 hour nap, which was much needed. Then it was back over to Mom's for more food, drinks, bocci ball, and swimming. Then this morning we took them back to the airport to fly home. I'm going to miss them all!! Overall it was a great weekend, but I need a nap!!!