I'll get this done as quickly as possible....with only a few photos out of many I shot.....I called my Mom last night around midnight (she is a night person) and she was going through over 200 birthday cards......She was still excited and overwhelmed by the events of the day.
The total number of people was 114...a pretty good crowd of all family and close friends.
People were waiting
The surprise moment
A big Happy Birthday and lots of clapping
Lots of hugs all around
Group photo time
There was lots of Texas BBQ....and cake!
Lots of family group photos......Our oldest son & wife with Mrs Rupert
My niece Stephaine & her husband, that put this all together and did a fantastic job. She is a real photographer (even though she shoots Canon
) and no doubt has hundreds of shots all better than mine.
Days like this do not come often in a lifetime. I got to see relatives I haven't seen in many years and one of my very best childhood friends I haven't seen since he went to Vietnam almost 50 years ago.
Hope your family is a wonderful as mine! Great memories were shared ...and made...yesterday!
Regards!
---------- Post added 08-28-16 at 08:28 AM ----------
Originally posted by tim60 This experience, coming on the back of my trip out with my preferred airline, shows up the contrast very strongly, and confirms my current preference of service provider which I will exercise on my next trip to wherever that is.
We see a lot of cattle trucks on the highways in Texas, and all the cattle look happier than the people boarding for airline flights. I think they know their end is near but that they won't be tortured for hours before it comes.