Who Turned 50???

My Madre! 

My crazy, plans-at-the-last-minute dad decided he wanted to plan a surprise party for my mother's 50th birthday...2 days before the actual day! Since he has never done anything like this before he figured it would be the perfect surprise since she would never suspect.
Well, (to make the story short..er) he enlisted my help. After getting a hold of everyone and planning the food, everything was set. That's when everything started to get a bit out of control.
Mind you, I was busy on a girl's day out clear up until the party was about to start. So when I am literally running into Cafe Rio with our 20 person order and they tell me they are about 15 minutes behind, I start to worry...but only a little. FORTY minutes later, they finally have it all...oh just kidding! We are still one order short! Ugh!
Finally, the time has arrived. We all wait quietly in the basement...Surprise!
Nope, just my dad. My mom is in the car starved and grumpy! She won't get out of the car. My dad had taken her to Home Depot to "wait" for Jackie and Dennis to be ready to go out for dinner (they were waiting with all of us in the basement :) ) She kept wondering why they were waiting for them at Home Depot while Jackie was still "washing her hair."Now, for those who know my mother, you do not keep her from eating when it's time to eat. She gets REALLY grumpy. My dad had to tell her that he forgot to turn off the sprinklers to get her to go back home!
He then comes back a second time, alone. She's getting really mad at him! We tell him to tell her the basement is flooding and she needs to come look.
SURPRISE!
The look on her face was priceless. It was the "why in the world are you dragging me to the basement when I am starving look."

Needless to say, it was fun!