I had put together a video montage from a young Steve to now with everything in between. Dad's brother, Bill, and Barbara were going to try to come down to surprise him but they couldn't make it so Bill sent a beautiful video montage with taped congratualtions messages from some of my aunts, uncles, and my grandma. Kelly, Stephanie and I also made him a scrapbook with hand written letters and pictures from his former colleagues.
Ava's 1st big party! She found a thumb to suck on . . .
Papa telling Ava how surprised he was!
Papa and Nana sitting down to watch the videos . . .
Checking out his cake . . .
Parties really do congregate in the kitchen . . .
The "boys table". Notice Dylan and Chase found Marek's Batman and Robin costumes!
Jason getting some snuggle time with little miss Ava. . .
The kids wanted to swim so everyone headed out to the pool to dip their feet in . . .
They continued swimming long after everyone left!
A very special thank you to Mary Kay who couldn't make it because she had already planned a trip up north. She was instrumental in getting the word out around his former office and she gathered and dropped off all the letters and pictures. Thank you, Mary Kay, we could not have pulled it off without you!!
It was a great success!
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