A Surprise and a Celebration

How is everyone doing? Hope summer or winter is treating you well.. we have been busy here. As I mentioned a few weeks ago we had a lot to celebrate in the end of June and we started with my FIL's 75th surprise birthday party. 


Our first guest arrived on the morning of the 20th and our last guest left on the morning on the 24th. We had a total of 14 people in the house.. including us. The trickiest part was keeping it all a secret. Thankfully M has a cousin who lives in New Jersey who hosted a sleepover for my in laws to keep them out of the house. 

We had a lot of fun.. it was also a lot of cooking and cleaning but so many laughs.. 


The party favors for all in attendance.


a thank you bag for all the out of towners


a birthday gazette to honor the birthday boys birth year.. 1950.


a birthday banner created by all his children and grands. 


and a photo display celebrating him through the years.

I don't like to post photos of others without their consent so I will be a little stingy with my sharing.


the reaction!


when we weren't partying we played games.



the cousins 

we spent some time at the park





on the 23rd D turned 15. He had to go to school that day.. he had two finals and then came home and try to study a bit for the next two finals.. not the most fun.. I know. But later that evening.. after dinner and cake we went bowling.




and that is how we wrapped up the celebrations. This is one for the books.. wonderful memories were made, it'll be remembered for a long time. 

                         

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  1. Perfect Birthday party for his 75 years !
    Lovely time spent to remember with family !
    Anna

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  2. Aww looks like a fun time!

    Jennifer
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  3. Happy Birthday to the two men.
    Love the banner of photos, looks good.
    The picnic and partying sounds as if you had fun and the cousins sleeping on the floor, now that brings back memories.
    Lovely photo of you and your husband and son too.
    Take care.

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  4. Happy Birthday, Hussein! What a fantastic celebration and a great turnout - I bet you're exhausted! xxx

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  5. What fun! And two beautiful birthday cakes, especially that spectacular 75th one! I want a slice of watermelon too.

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  6. Happy birthday to the old and the young! what a blessing to have a full house to celebrate!!!!

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  7. Belated best wishes to both young men. It sounds like a wonderful celebration!

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  8. Beautiful family photos - everyone smiling and happy!

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  9. That cake looks amazing! You sound like a really fabulous host with those party favors and gift baskets too. I loved seeing all these family photos of fun. It looks like a wonderful birthday was had by both your father in law and your son.

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  10. The cake looks amazing and I love the banner that you put together. It was a great idea.
    Happy Birthday to both!! Enjoy the summer break.

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  11. How fun! I hope he was surprised and enjoyed his big b-day!

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  12. Aw, looks like a fabulous time! I am sure you all were a bit tired after all the celebrations!

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  13. How fun! What a beautiful cake. I'm glad you all had a great time!

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  14. It sounds like you had wonderful birthday celebrations with family. I enjoyed hearing all about it.

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  15. Sounds like a fun time!

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  16. Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 Your photos are beautiful. Looks like a wonderful 😊 ❤️ time.

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  17. What a nice celebration. Everyone looks happy.

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  18. It looks like fun celebrations! Both of those birthday cakes look so good!

    Jill - Doused in Pink

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  19. Going bowling on your birthday sounds like a great idea! I have a birthday coming up later in the year, I think I'd like to go bowling. Congratulations to both birthday boys. The cakes are amazing.

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  20. Happy 75th to your FIL! It looks like it was a great celebration.

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  21. I love all your decorations for the surprise party, especially that fantastic 75 cake! Belated happy birthday to D! I'm impressed with the personalized bowling lane!

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  22. It looks like a fabulous birthday celebration. The cake looks so yummy too.

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  23. Happy birthday to your FIL and to D.! xxx

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  24. Oh I bet they both loved their birthday celebrations. I love the banner made with everyone holding a letter. nice you had good weather to go to the park too!

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  25. I love both of the cakes.
    The 75 cake is really amazing. :-)
    Thank you for sharing all the fun with us.
    Carla

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  26. Happy birthday to both your FIL and D! The surprise party looks like so much fun.

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  27. It's awesome that you all were able to pull off the surprise! Happy birthday to your FIL and D! Hope D's eye condition keeps continuing to improve.

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  28. Oh, my gosh, the amount of planning that went into that 75th surprise party, Hena! So much work and care. <3 Happy birthday to D as well!

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  29. Great birthday celebrations. It looked like you all had a great time. (Of course you want to be careful posting pics of people, especially if they don't want their pictures posted.) I love that happy birthday banner with all the family holding a letter. Great idea.

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  30. Looks like that everybody had great fun!

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  31. such a beautiful family...the boys are getting so big, everything looks wonderful!!

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  32. Yum ... those cakes! Whether turning 75 or 15 birthdays are more joyful when shared with a caring family. Also, lovely to see your son without the patch and seeming to be healing nicely. :)

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  33. Looks like you had some wonderful parties. I love that 75 cake!

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  34. Happy Birthday to your FIL and your son!
    The cake looks yummy!
    Take care, have a wonderful day!

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  35. both celebrations are just terrific -- the first so very festive and well planned. I'm sure all your guests had a great time. And D! Happy belated to him. It seems when I started following your blog, he was so young -- now he's a young man. Three cheers.

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  36. What a wonderful surprise for your father. I love the photograph of the cousins 'sleeping' on the floor. It's a very long time since we accommodated that.
    Happy birthday to D - has the patch on his glasses been removed now? What good news.

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  37. Anonymous7/09/2025

    This looks like an amazing celebration! Happy Birthday to your FIL!

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  38. Looks like such a wonderful time of family and fun! And two yummy cakes! How is D? It looks like his patch is gone? Hope he is doing better especially with the birthday and finals!
    https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2025/07/06/weekly-wrap-up-231-july-6th-2025/

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  39. I noticed D's eyepatch is gone - how long has he been without it now?? That's wonderful to see!

    Love that you had such a wonderful time celebrating two birthdays with family. Eleanor and I are home visiting family and will be celebrating birthdays as well in a couple days.

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  40. It looks like y'all had some fun birthday celebrations! :)

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  41. Anonymous7/09/2025

    Happy 75th to him! Looks like he is doing well for his age! Family time is the absolute best.

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

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  42. Such a pretty cake for your FIL's birthday! Too pretty to eat. :) Hope he had a special day and D did too; looks like he still had a fun day even with the pesky studying.

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  43. What a fantastic 75th birthday celebration! 🎈

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  44. Looks like a wonderful time with family and friends! Love the Birthday Gazette you did up, the cake, and bowling is always fun!

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  45. That cake is fabluous! It looks like a wonderful summer so far. Your kids are growing up so fast!

    https://www.kathrineeldridge.com

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  46. Such a wonderful and well thought out family celebration. I love the cake- did you make it? Also, the bowling alley happy birthday wishes for your son was also special. Hope you have many more happy times to celebrate together.

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  47. What a fantastic celebration! Happy birthday to both!

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  48. What great birthday celebrations! I love the "75" cake!

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  49. That cake looks delicious. You have been busy!!!

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  50. That cake was a beauty and the cousins seemed to have lots of fun!

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  51. Oh my, that cake is gorgeous! What a lovely 75th celebration!

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