You know you must be special when you end up with several birthday parties!!! Since not all the siblings live locally and this was a big one - 75 years - they waited till everyone was home at Christmas to do the real thing.
You can always count on Grandpa being willing to eat out without asking questions, so they knew that option would work as a surprise with no problem. Grandpa really enjoys Breadbasket's German Buffet; so the sibblings, out of high school cousins, and Grandpa's brother Dan and his wife Joyce enjoyed a great meal to celebrate!
After dinner they all went back to the house for cake & ice cream. This should have been a dead giveaway, as they had already had dessert at the restaurant, but.... When Grandpa got up to get his, a quick switch was done... a new recliner!!! He was thrilled and had no idea it was coming!!!
Grandpa in his old recliner.
A quick switch; not sure how Grandpa missed this, as he was standing just off to the side where someone was having a hard time ;-) scooping his ice cream.
He loved his new recliner ;-)
Hey!! Just thought I'd pop in and say how NICE it was to meet you all with Stanges! We had a wonderful time and are looking forward to seeing you all in the future sometime :D
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