happy birthday and goodbye

so a few weeks ago sam and i came up with the fun idea to throw his parents a surprise 60th birthday party!

so i quick called up his sister, anna, to see what she thought

she thought it was great so the planning began

then, anna and her husband accepted a job in kansas

and will be moving in like 2 weeks 

so then came the idea to include a going-away party

with the birthday party 

we were only inviting family along with a few close friends

so it was the perfect opportunity for anna and her family

to see everyone before they left 

from that point on anna thought she was helping plan a birthday party for her parents

when really she was helping plan a party for herself too

i didn't tell my girls about the party til the morning of

it was quite a secret to keep and with anna's family living in

town with sam's parents and us seeing them daily i wasn't sure they could 

keep the secret 

they were super excited and quickly went into decorating mode

sofie was in charge of the happy birthday sign

and lia was in charge of the good luck sign 

the signs along with black streamers for the birthday party 

and red, blue and yellow (kansas colors) streamers and balloons for the going away party were excitedly packed 

was a fun night visiting with aunts, uncles, cousins and friends

that we hadn't seen in a while 

the weather was calling for storms that afternoon, but it turned out to 

be a beautiful night with not a cloud in sight

 we are sure going to miss anna and noah along with their 4 kids--

ava(10), john(8), esther(7), charlie(2) and their unborn baby due in december

 our hearts are sad for lia whose best friend is cousin esther

 thanks to everyone that came to help celebrate

 the rest are photos taken during the party

happy birthday chuck and susan

and

good luck noah, anna, ava, john, esther and charlie!!