Happy Birthday Kevin

Gentry's dad turned 60 this year and we wanted it to be a big deal because he is a big deal to us. So everyone planned a surprise for him. We made the arrangements for all of Kevin's kids to be in Monticello/Moab on the same weekend. With a couple of events planned. Surprise lunch on Saturday. Cake and gifts that evening. Church Sunday. And Hookie-Bobbing on Monday.

Saturday's surprise was so exciting. About an hour before Robin was going to bring Kevin to the restaurant, Gentry's phone started ringing. Everyone was ready and anxious to meet. We all wanted to see each other and couldn't wait to see how Kevin would react. We talked about the "close calls" when someone had almost giving the surprise away. I had not told my kids in case they let the secret slip. And I think we pulled it off. Lunch was very good and it fun to get caught up with everyone.

For gifts the suggestion was to get together 60 of something. And it made it all the more special. Justin gave an assortment of things with 60 involved. Like a 60 watt bulb, a 60 bit nail, 60 piece drill set, etc. Gentry gave "60 reasons why your so sweet" where attached to 60 candy bars were 60 memories/lessons learned from Kevin. For example, when I wrestled your voice was the only one I heard. Landon gave 60 candies from the decade Kevin was born. It was fun to see these and for Kevin to remember them from his childhood. Brady gave 60 Grandpa Kits; filled with M&M's, a tooth pick, aspirin and band-aids. It told about the side effects that may occur of pickpocketing and favoritism. So cute. Kisper couldn't make it (missed you). And Kayla gave a 60 marbles with a "marble champion" plaque.

Hookie-Bobbing was the cherry on top. If you don't know what this is, it is when you tie tubes to the back of your 4wheel drive vehicle and haul others through the snow. It was fun to do an activity all together. We all got to play in the snow like we when we were kids (oh wait some of us are still kids). Highlights of that was getting stuck in a snow drift with Brady's car, jumping from tube to tube, watching Tate be passed back and forth while being pulled, hearing Court ask every run if he could go again and again, and talking with Patrice.

We also did our taxes (not the highlight of the trip) but they had to be done and having the best accountant around we didn't have to pay nearly as much as I thought that we would.