Happy, Happy Day.....

Today we celebrated my father's 80th birthday. Because of his upcoming surgery, we had to cancel the restaurant hall that we booked for later this month and you know what? It was so much nicer having the party at my parents house. Everyone was relaxed.. my mother ordered all the food from the place we were supposed to have it so no one had to do any cooking. All his grandkids were there except our Jessica (aka anonymous blogging woman) who lives in CA, but she was there in our hearts. So many people came to celebrate today. My father was so, so funny today which I was ever so grateful for. He was making so many jokes and wisecracks and we were all laughing with tears coming out of our eyes. When my Aunt Rita asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he told her he'd like some hair..so she found a comb-over wig and he wore it the entire time he opened presents. My Uncle Leo make a beautiful toast which put tears in my eyes of wanting to take another trip to Italy together, which was my father's dream trip. I made some great banners to hang up and all the grandkids read off fun facts from the year 1926. I couldn't have asked for a better day for my father. I wish we could have him for 80 more years.