Marv's 90th Birthday

My step-grandpa, Marv, is turning 90 (June 5th) and the family wanted to throw a surprise party for him. Everyone thought it would be easier to travel Memorial weekend (more time) so we celebrated a week early! The drive down was loooong, all the way to Medford, OR. We left Friday and it took us 9 hours to get there. But the girls did amazing in the car, I think that was our first successful road trip. Marv knew that my dad and step-mom were coming into town so the plan was for them to take him out to dinner Friday night. What he did not know was that the rest of his kids showed up to pick him up for dinner also (he has 4 children in all). It was told that he was SHOCKED and could not believe the surprise. While they were all at dinner all the grand kids (and great grand kids) decorated their house and waited for them to return. He did not know any of us were there either, at this point he thought just his kids; which was a surprise. We waited in the dark kitchen for their return and when he came home he said, "How did you guys decorate while we were at dinner?". He had no idea we were in the kitchen waiting for him. We finally flipped on the lights and surprised the heck out of him. I have never seen a face so happy in my life. He was grinning from ear to ear and getting all choked up. The surprise could not have gone any better. What a wonderful birthday surprise for such a wonderful, caring, and amazing individual. Happy 90th Marv...you are truly one of a kind!

To top off the weekend, Jim's sister, Erin, lives about 3.5 hours away from Medford, OR. She and her family were kind enough to drive up to meet us on Saturday, hang out some and we all headed out on Sunday morning. Thanks Erin, it was great to see you all and have to girls play together!

Cousin Casey and Julia (happy now Casey??? :-))

Cousins!

Waiting on the back porch

This picture was taken in the dark.....guess my flash works well :-)

Does he look surprised?!

Blowing out his candles

Reese eating the yummy cake!

Reese and Ellie playing with Opa

Reese loves her Opa

Swim Time!

Jim in the pool with all the kids....Reese, Julia, Arundhati

Solana and Reese with Jim. Solana just turned two (4 days after Reese) and that girls can swim! It was so crazy to see her tiny body jump in the pool and swim anywhere she wanted to go! Everyone that was at the pool tried to save her until Erin told everyone she could swim :-).