HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY GOOD GOMER!!

Again, I've gotten behind with my blogging.....I don't know how I let it happen but it happened again. Oh well............

On April 7th Mark turned the ripe old age of 50. With turning that age, who could pass up the opportunity of throwing a surprise "Over the Hill" party for him???

Unfortunately, this year Mark's birthday not only happened to be during the week he would be working in Oregon, but also during a business trip to Las Vegas. I decided that if he couldn't be home for the party, the party would go to him. So I called his boss and made arrangements for us to throw a surprise party for him during a "meeting" with all of his work associates who were with him in Las Vegas. Me and the kids happened to plan a trip to St. George for Spring Break, which also happened to be during this same time he would be in Vegas so it would work nicely for us to slip into Vegas, beings that it is only an hour and a half drive from St. George.

Sherry, Mark's boss, called a mock meeting in her hotel room...aka Mark's party, the morning all the Mattress World people flew in from Portland. We arranged for me and the kids and other friends who made the trip to hide in the back bedroom of the hotel suite while the group of Mattress World employees and Mark, arrived for the "meeting". As the meeting began, Sherry said she felt like breaking out in song, thus our que to barge out of the back bedroom while singing "Happy Birthday". The look on his face was priceless and he was pleasantly shocked and happy to see his family.

But the party was only just beginning............ I had arranged for a "homeless bag lady" aka my Mom, to crash the party and pull out of her giant bag, a bunch of "over the hill" gag gifts and present them to the birthday boy. Man was he ever embarrased as she presented him with hair for his bald head, thick glasses to see better with, a soft pillow to sit on for his hemmeroids (fit with a whoopy cushion that exploded when he sat on it), denture cream, ex-lax, whistle to blow when he falls down, and a bunch of other funny things. My Mom did such a great job with her skit and she totally went into character.....she deserved an oscar for her performance!

The funny thing on top of the surprise party was that my Mom was running late for the party and when her and my Dad pulled up to the Trump Tower, my Dad literally dropped her off at the door while he went to park and she ran in so she could get to the party on time. Well, when the time came for her to barge into the room with her skit, I sent Colton out into the hallway to get her and she was nowhere to be found, but my Dad had already parked and made his way up to the 51st floor and found the room. Where in the heck was my Mom???

In true Karen fashion, she was lost and going up and down hallways knocking on doors looking for the party dressed up in her getup. (If you look close, she has one extra big boobie and one small boobie, no makeup, and quite the outfit....what a site she was!!) In Vegas hotels, there are several elevators since there are so many floors and certain elevators go to certain floors. She couldn't figure out which elevator to go on so she was just going up and down elevators knocking on doors hoping to find the right room!!! I'd love to see the faces of the guys in the security office as they are viewing the hotel action and wondering what the heck was going on. If you know my Mom, it makes this story only funnier........

What a fun time we had and the look on Mark's face made it all worth it. You only turn 50 once so why not make it BIG!!!!

LOVE YOU MY GOOD GOMER!!! xx 00 xx 00