Surprise....

~Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age~
The 50th birthday bash was a complete success!! Nic's mom was extremely surprised and couldn't understand how we got all of this planning by her! (she is usually in "the know" about EVERYTHING.) We have been planning this party since March so it seemed like this weekend would NEVER get here! I'm usually pretty good with holding secrets but this one was quite tough for me...but if a 6 year old (nephew, Tyler) can hold it, so can I and we both were successful, thankfully!

We didn't want too much of a fall theme so we stuck with simple sunflowers and they turned out beautiful!

Italian Cream Cake by Three Sisters & A Mixer

My sweet grandaddy Haden =the entertainment for the night!!

Waiting on Melinda...

My Parents

Mr. Parker

7 kids running around my house made me SUPER nervous...definitely reassures me that I'm not ready for one!!!!!!

Look at the messsssss

They thought it was funny to dump all Remi's toys in the water bowl or throw them over the fence so he couldn't get them....Remi hated both ideas.

Patiently waiting on the birthday girl

Mr. Parker and Mr. Haden (our gdads) 

Surprise!!!!

Melinda was VERY excited and grateful for everything...

A slide show of Melinda Memories...

How cute is this?  

Grace and Ryan

Belinda and Aleica

They seem to have a lot to talk about!

Singing 'happy birthday'.... 

Opening gifts... the kids favorite part!! 

She got some beautiful stuff!  

 Look at all her helpers!

 

 We had a large variety of foods and almost every bit of it was eaten up at the end of the evening, compliments to the chef!

I'm tired of blogging and uplolading pics... this should all sum it up though!! Enjoy!