Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

Today is my Mom's 60th birthday. My sisters and I decided to do something fun for her so we started planning months ago. We had a blast!!! Enjoy the pictures below. :)

These are my sisters Karalee and Stephanie. They are modeling the matching shirts we wore through the day. If you can't read it, it says "Loretta, 60 and Fabulous". There is also a drawing of my mom in a Marilyn Monroe pose. Very cute.

My sister Erin (married to my brother Loran) and my Mom modeling their shirts. Mom laughed a lot when she saw the shirts but she put hers on and was a good sport about it. Many people throughout the day thought they were adorable.

We took my mom to a salon for a deluxe pedicure and manicure. It was so fun to sit and giggle and watch her and the others get their treatments. Below is my Mom and my sister Darbi. She is the artistic one in the family and responsible for making the shirts.

Karalee and Stephi again...they really liked the massage chairs!

My sister Liz (married to my brother Dustin) enjoyed a manicure. Liz is expecting their first child...a girl. (YAY!!!)

Mom enjoyed her manicure as well. She didn't do anything flashy since she and my dad were headed to their Stake Girl's Camp to serve as the cooks and she didn't want to mess it up, but to have it done was very relaxing.

After the salon, we gave Mom her left over money and took her to spend it on herself. She decided to buy an Ice Cream cook book, so we went to Barnes and Noble. We almost got kicked out of Barnes and Noble too. It's really their own fault. You should never put the "Relationship" section near the "Cooking" section and the Starbucks/couches. It invites people like us (the immature ones) to walk past the relationship books, grab one that catches our eye and then show the others while making jokes and giggling...loudly. Mom and Erin were looking at her book and the rest of us were gathered around Karalee laughing and giggling over a silly relationship book. We kept laughing harder and harder at this off the wall book and our jokes got louder and louder and people on the couches at Starbucks were giving us the evil eye until Mom dragged us out of there. We got the usual "I can't take you anywhere with me!" talk (she was laughing while she gave it though so I don't think it counted).

After the bookstore, we wandered the strip mall until it was time to join Dad and the husbands and kids at Chili's. Here are Erin and her girls Hailey, Whitney and the baby, Macey. Loran was at a training meeting for work and couldn't make it. You can see half of Darbi...her husband Nate was running late and I was going to get a picture of them when he got there, but didn't get around to it. Sorry Nate. I also didn't get a picture of my Mom and Dad. It came out too dark. Oops.

Stephi and her husband Steve. I don't think Steve really wanted his picture taken, but oh well. :)

Dustin and Liz...very funny Dustin.

Karalee and Jason...so photogenic. :)

The kids...KoraLee and J.T., Karalee and Jason's kids and Annie and Taylor. I'm not sure how we got stuck at the end with the children...could be due to my behavior at Barnes and Noble. :)

Kevin of course. He wouldn't behave and smile for the picture, so I took the first one I could get. Troy is missing from the pictures because he is still at Camp Geronimo, and Tyson was a grouch and wouldn't let me take his.

We had a wonderful dinner at Chili's. They were so accommodating. It's not often you get a party of 21. They made sure that we were well taken care of. Can't wait to go back!

After dinner we headed to the park for cake. It was a little hot, but since the sun was going down, it wasn't too bad. Karalee, our local baker lady, made the cakes and J.T. and Koralee helped decorate them. Very cute (and delicious).

Mom blowing out her candles with the help of many grandchildren. I even got Darbi on film and Nate from the neck down. (sorry again Nate)

Before we all left to go home, we decided to take one more picture of all of us in our shirts. We are in birth order with my Mom in the middle. Me, Stephi, Erin (Loran), Karalee, Darbi, Liz (Dustin). It was such a fun day and we can't wait to do it again. I smell a tradition in the making. :)

Happy Birthday Mom!!! We love you!