If any of you know Raquel Bushman, count yourself lucky!! Raquel is the best... a fabulous mom, a good listener, an awesome friend, lots of fun, kind to everyone, a great example, world class neighbor and... lucky for me an especially good sport! Because when we invited a few families over for family night last week... which involved delicious tin foil dinners and banana boats... we also threw in a little fun for Raquel who was having her 40th Birthday the following day...
The kids all helped make posters for her garage...
(My 3 partners in crime... Lisa, Deon and Kim)
And these next couple of pictures are kind of random... but Jadyn went to all 3 of the teenage boys that were there that night... which is not usual for her... Josh...
Nate....
AND Kyler...
After our night of food and fun we all headed to Raquel's with all of the plastic bags we could find... This is what she woke up to... (Pretty sure there were more the night before... apologies to all neighbors who have leftover bags in their yard...)
Yep we bagged her house... and left a sign that said...
Like I said... she's a good sport so she thought it was a hoot and felt very lucky that no old pictures were dusted off for the occasion... She had no idea that her husband had enlisted mine and others help in pulling off a surprise party for her a few days later...
She definitely looks surprised. Guaranteed I would be surprised if I came home to 30+ people standing in my family room! (I reminded Ron that he would need to make sure the house was clean... and that I would even help if needed... because even I am not that cruel of a friend... No one wants to be caught of guard like that... I do have limits!!) 
Good thing there was a wheelchair there for her!(And Raquel so that we continue to remain friends and just plain because I love you THAT MUCH... I refrained from posting those awesome picture that I had blown up of you! )
There were plenty of treats and good laughs... but the highlight of the night was when "Ethel" arrived... I had never met Ethel before... and I am still amazed at how hilarious it was when Ethel rang the doorbell. I can guarantee you can't tell who "Ethel" actually is from these pictures... But Ethel made me cry I was laughing so hard!
Happy 40th Raquel... you ROCK! I always say if my friends weren't so darn old.... I wouldn't have nearly as much fun!!!
I have been warned SEVERAL times that my day will be here before I know it... and that it is going to be a day I will NEVER FORGET... because they have 5 years to prepare for that day...
The only consolation I feel is that in 5 years they will all be sooooo old they might not remember much... HEHEHEHE!
2 comments:
I am never telling you the year I was born. (Don't even try to figure it out!) I'm surprised you didn't create custom posters with Raquel's photo to post all around town. She could take it, I'm sure!
Awesome! I love Ethel.... So who was it?
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