It's hard to believe that Alan turned 70 years old a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, I'm not far behind him in age. I will be there before you know it.
We had two celebrations for Alan this year. On his actual birthday (February 12), his four brothers and their wives came over to our home to spend the evening together celebrating ALL of their birthdays beginning with Alan's and ending with Galen's on March 15th. I find it interesting that all five boys have a birthday within 4.5 weeks of each other. We had a fun night of celebration.
To start it off, we ate dinner that we ordered from a local Mexican Restaurant called "Salsa Leedos", which is our favorite Mexican Restaurant around here.
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Our second birthday gathering was a local family get-together the day after Alan's birthday. Because of Covid, only Ryan, Eric, & Ella were able to attend. We had some dinner and then connected with everyone else via Zoom. As a surprise gift from everyone, Alan received a nice video of family members sharing their memories over the years with Alan. Cheryl was kind enough to gather and edit the video contributions. It was a big hit. Everyone did a great job and we all had a good laugh. I think it really helped to bring our family closer together even though we live somewhat spread out.
Alan doesn't really enjoy the limelight, and never has. He did, however, not only survive both evenings, but enjoyed them as well. You only turn 70 once, so we wanted to make his day very special. I think we accomplished that goal!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Alan!
