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Mum's Surprise Birthday Party - 2003

Dad and Elaine decided to plan a surprise for Mum Routledge - Elaine and Paul would fly home as part of the celebration of her 75th Birthday in August.  All summer Dad would ask Elaine whether she would be coming home this year - the answer was "No, work was too busy".  At one point Dad even started to believe this and called back to make sure we really were coming home.

So Mum was not expecting us to be in the kitchen the morning of August 31st when she and Dad arrived home from church.  The rest of the day was full of surprises as the rest of Elaine's siblings and families showed up - Rachel kept adding more and more cabbage to the coleslaw that was for supper.  Finally Dad broke it to her that we were taking her out for supper.  On arriving for supper, Mum found her sister-in-law and brother-in-law and a childhood school friend who had also just turned 75.

After supper we returned back to the house and neighbors started to arrive again to Mum's surprise. 

Mum discovering her big girl as her surprise birthday present.	Dad very proud of himself that he had pulled a surprise on Mum.
Routledge Family Elaine, Paul, Zeke, Suzie, Paul, Diane, Patti, Ron Alyssa, Dad, Eve, Mum, Kaylee, Jack
We just about had to call the Fire Department when the candles flared up when Mum, Alyssa and Jack tried to blow them out.