Archive for November, 2009
Joe’s 18th Birthday Party
by admin on Nov.01, 2009, under Reader Posts
After a month of preparation and a lot of frantic last minute dashes Lori pulled off a surprise 18th Birthday Party for Joseph. She secretly sent messages to his friends via FaceBook as to date, time and location of the party and with the help of his friend Sierra she was able to coordinate their arrival at the restaurant before he showed up. After gathering the balloons, party favors and cake she decorated the table and returned home for the big deception.
My part was simply to get him to the restaurant without suspecting anything. After emailing all the details to his Godfather Ralph in CA., Ralph simply texted me that he and his wife Dee were coming to town and would love to get together for lunch on Sunday. We texted back and forth as to a possible restaurant close by to their hotel and of course came up with the restaurant the party was at. Despite being sick with the flu, Joe simply could not miss the opportunity to visit with his favorite Uncle Ralph so he was all in for it.
Despite a last minute slip-up of one of his friends coming to our house instead of the restaurant, which was caught just before he was tipped off we proceed to drive to the restaurant to meet Uncle Ralph and Aunt Dee. Just to clinch the deal I telephoned Ralph (still in CA) in route to the restaurant to be sure he could find the place and why he was late!
Arriving at the restaurant he was completely shocked to find all his friends their yelling “Surprise!” He still kept asking where Uncle Ralph was before he figured he had been Punk’ed by his Mom and Dad with a lot of help from his and our friends! We left them at the restaurant only to return a couple hours later and pay the bill and as they say… a fun time was had by all!
My part was simply to get him to the restaurant without suspecting anything. After emailing all the details to his Godfather Ralph in CA., Ralph simply texted me that he and his wife Dee were coming to town and would love to get together for lunch on Sunday. We texted back and forth as to a possible restaurant close by to their hotel and of course came up with the restaurant the party was at. Despite being sick with the flu, Joe simply could not miss the opportunity to visit with his favorite Uncle Ralph so he was all in for it.
Despite a last minute slip-up of one of his friends coming to our house instead of the restaurant, which was caught just before he was tipped off we proceed to drive to the restaurant to meet Uncle Ralph and Aunt Dee. Just to clinch the deal I telephoned Ralph (still in CA) in route to the restaurant to be sure he could find the place and why he was late!
Arriving at the restaurant he was completely shocked to find all his friends their yelling “Surprise!” He still kept asking where Uncle Ralph was before he figured he had been Punk’ed by his Mom and Dad with a lot of help from his and our friends! We left them at the restaurant only to return a couple hours later and pay the bill and as they say… a fun time was had by all!
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Lindsie, Kryistyna, Joe & Scott
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Sierra, Arianna, Elissa, Bronte, & Michelle
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Lindsie & Kryistyna
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Kryistyna, Joe & Scott
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Sierra & Arianna
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Joe & Scott
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Homecoming Dance 2009
by admin on Nov.01, 2009, under Reader Posts
On Sat. Oct. 24 2009, as Vice-President of the Senior Class of The Meadows School, Joe helped organize and decorate the Commons Room at the Middle School to accommodate the 2009 Homecoming Dance.
As you can see in the pictures, all the seniors had a good time enjoying the music and dancing!
Hats off to Joe and the rest of the Senior Student Council for pulling off such a great evening!
As you can see in the pictures, all the seniors had a good time enjoying the music and dancing!
Hats off to Joe and the rest of the Senior Student Council for pulling off such a great evening!
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Joe posing
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Joe at the dance
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The dance in full swing
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