Mom's surprise 80th birthday!

My mom turned 80 last week.  A few months ago, me and my sisters decided that we wanted to do something special for her.  She doesn't like big parties, but we thought maybe we could surprise her and show up on her birthday to help her celebrate.  Her birthday was on a Thursday, so that made it hard for everyone (spouses, grandchildren) to be there, so we decided that just the siblings would go.
It was a FAST trip!  We flew to SLC Thursday morning and then back on Friday morning.  But it was so worth it!
We were all there except for Larse and Trent.  Larse couldn't come because Dane was flying home from his mission on Friday so she was busy (and stressed) getting everything ready.
Dad took mom to the temple on her birthday morning (that has been a tradition for years), and then he told her that he was going to take her somewhere special in SLC for lunch.  We had reserved a room at the Lion House.

It was perfect!  It was a private dining room that gave us the opportunity to sit and visit together.

We all stood in the dining room waiting for mom and dad to show up.  They got a little confused and turned around so we had to adjust the plan a little.  Annette and Jill met them to help them get there.  They told my mom that they were part of Dad's surprise and they were taking her to lunch.  Little did she know that we were waiting there too!

So here we were waiting...and waiting...

...just waiting for the door to open...

Ooops!  Wrong person!  Annette just came to tell us that they were almost there.

Here's the birthday girl!

I think she was surprised!  :)

Hugs!!!

Lunch was great!

It was so fun to sit and talk with each other!

Here's the group.  We sure missed Larse and Trent!

We walked through the streets of Salt Lake...

Inside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building...

What a beautiful couple!

We went back to mom and dad's house to just relax.

Then we had soup and rolls for dinner.  Kelsie and her two kids joined us too!

Mom opened some presents...

And then we presented her with a book that we made.  It was called "80 and counting....things we love about mom."

Instead of a cake, we bought a bunch of desserts from a bakery down the street.  YUM!

Happy 80th birthday to the best mom!  

We couldn't love you more!