Happy 50th!

My beautiful mother and mother-in-law both turned 50 within 3 weeks of each other, so we've had a lot of fun celebrating their big birthdays the past month. Most recent was Kathy's birthday which we had at the Summitt House in Fullerton. It was so beautiful, reminded me of a wedding, and the food was fabulous. Happy Birthday, Kath!
I had this cake made for her:

centerpieces:

"Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you..."

May 17th was my mom's birthday and Ashley and I threw her a big surprise party at one of her favorite restaurants. We had about 30 of her closest friends and family there and it turned out perfect.

Again, I put myself in charge of getting the cake made. This cake had all of my mom's favorite things on it, for example, her riding a horse, a vaccuum cleaner, her 2 granddaughters, her dog Scooter, tv set with a Lifetime move on, a mouth with braces, and the names of all of our immediate family.

She thought she was just meeting me and ash for dinner, but when she walked in, my grandparents surprised her. They flew down from Idaho just for the party! She cried, it was precious, but little did she know that the big suprise was still waiting for her!

centerpieces (flower vases with pictures of Shauna and her favorite people). We also made litte chinese take-out boxes with hershey's hugs and kisses and hot tamales in them for the party favors. The tag on the outside read: Hugs and Kisses from a 50 year old hot tamale.

photo op with the birthday girl:

All of the family that was able to be there: