Happy Birthday Dad!

Long story, but you need the background to fully appreciate the hilarity of these pictures.

Dad's lawnmower broke, which itself is another long story that Dad would rather not remember.  So while his mower was down, Kathy, Alex, Nick, Shelby, and I mowed his yard and trees at least 3 if not 4 times.  Now Dad CLAIMS that the parts were on back-order, but I think it was a ruse to get us all to mow the yard.

As a thank you for our efforts, Dad refilled my propane tanks (figured we were about equal in petrol versus propane) and then Mom and Dad took us all out for lunch at El Rodeo.

After the meal was over, Dad got up to use the facilities.  Mistake!  While he was gone, I told our server that it was his birthday today and we were all out celebrating.  So all the servers come out, put a sombrero on his head and sing to him.  Then he got a bowl of fried ice cream.

We laughed until we cried.  Take a look - you can see how much Dad is enjoying it too...


Alex cannot control is laughter


Mom said, "I have to sit next to this in the car???"
I think he's ready to beat somebody with a maraca.

And even though Mom predicted that Dad would not share his ice cream, he passed the bowl around and since there were about six spoons in the bowl, most everybody got a try.

And yes, I told our server (our favorite one at El Rodeo) that it really was not his birthday PRIOR to all the festivities.  She said it was okay since we were such good and loyal customers, she would happily provide the ice cream for the entertainment value.

It truly was entertaining.

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