My 19th birthday has come and gone, but I have memories from it to last my lifetime
Most people have big "to-dos" with the 16th, 18th, 21st all of those 'special' birthdays, but not my family!! I really didn't think that I was really doing anything for my birthday this year, Mom and Dad were going to be gone for the weekend, All of us had to work, and I really thought this was going to be one of those quiet kind of birthdays, was I wrong!
Friday morning as I am putting on my make up and getting ready for " a day with Autumn " I am interrupted by three masked and armed " kidnappers" who took me away on a birthday kidnapping, that was a lot of fun! Then after being " released ", I come home to find Autumn, Mark, Austin, Andrew and another dear friend up in my room!! They had re-painted my room for me! I was thrilled!
Mom had said that we were inviting people over on Sunday for some volleyball and dinner, so I asked her if we could turn it into a party for a friend whose birthday was the coming Friday since everyone was coming over anyway, all I would do different is a couple of decorations! She said that was fine and called Bethanys Mom and told her my thought. All day Saturday I was cleaning the house trying to get it ready for Sunday evening. The kids helped with a lot of it, and Austin and Andrew took care of the outside work. This was the first " get the house clean for guests" since Autumn has been married, so it brought a little more pressure knowing I had complete responsiblity to get every " mom approvable" :)
Sunday afternoon we left church a little late, and I was pushed for time. I tried decorating and was very close to giving up ( I despise putting up streamer! ) but a friend who got here early helped me out some:) Nothing was really working how I had hoped and I was wishing I had never tried to do anything for Bethanys birthday that day, I was thinking all or nothing, and it was right in the middle. It felt like I was saying " Bethany, we wanted to do something for you, and acknowledge you, but you weren't worth making it really GREAT! " Of course that was not what I was going for, but I was reassured by different family members that it was great, and she would love it:) So I decided to just enjoy the night.
After all of the 'Hi's, Hugs, Hello's, Handshakes etc." Most of the girls and moms were in the kitchen and I decided to tell Bethany that this was a party in her honor, and gave her a card. She looks at me with the strangest look and says, " no Avie, this is a birthday party for you!!" I said" no, I figured you would think that, but it is really for you, " That is when Mrs. Banister steps in and says, " Avie, I hate to tell you this, but this really is for you too!!" All I could do was laugh! WE had both been given a " surprise " birthday party, and we both knew about it the whole time! ' Surprise ' has a whole new meaning now:)
It was actualy clever of my family, I mean, I cleaned and decorated for my own party!!:) Anyways, it was a lot of fun, and I had a great birthday! I felt extremely loved and very special by what everyone had done for me.
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