Tracy and I (along with the rest of Mary's family ) have been planning a surprise 50th Birthday party for her for 3 months. It has been challenging keeping it from her. he had to overcome many obstacles, but it was a success. We managed to get much of her family from Tennessee here without her knowing. There were many times that we almost got caught.
I even surprised Tracy by making her a cake as well (she actually helped me make her own cake because I had to make it when I made Mary's, while Tracy was at my house) She thought we were just making Mary another cake for the party just in case one was not enough.

The two pictures above are of everyone waiting (well hiding) so Mary can arrive.

To get Mary to the surprise birthday party we told her to stop by our house because I forgot to unplug my straightener. So she let herself in with her own key and was not expecting anyone home. The pictures above are pictures of the big surprise. Mary was so shocked when she came in and saw everyone at our house.

Here we are all gathered around watching Mary open all of her gifts. Some were gag gifts and some were nice ones. Thank you everyone for coming and helping pull this party off.

We finished the weekend by going down town on Saturday and buying some formals for $5.00 (just for fun) from Frogs and Fairies. Everyone put them on and Karaoked until late Saturday night. It was hilarious to see everyone acting and sounding so ridiculous. The kids even joined in and sang. We had the best time this weekend and we wish you -- Mary and Tracy -- a very happy birthday.