This weekend, we had a surprise birthday party for my mom. When my mom turned 50 I was in Texas, and my brothers and I had people we know (and in some cases didn't know) send my mom a postcard with birthday wishes.

This year, things didn't go quite as smoothly.

Nonetheless, my mom was very surprised and extremely happy. Some 30-40 people showed up, and mom was in her glory. To add to everything else going on, my brother Van and sister in law Missy welcomed my new niece - Lillian Reese (Reece?) into the world. Grandma couldn't have had a better birthday present.

So now we have my mom, who celebrated #60, my sister in law Rhonda, who celebrated #40 and my niece Lilly all celebrating the same birthday.

And all I can say is God bless and keep them all.