Yes - it was a surprise! Jami's parents, Stephen's
parents, Stephen's sister Fran (who gets all of the photo credits on this page), Jami's
sister Michele, Aunt and Uncle Mary and John, Grandpa Dover and a host of others snuck
into our home to await Jami's return from the cabin. Michele, in her usual business
like manner, took charge of the name tags 
while everyone waited, 
and waited. There they huddled in the garage, drinking champagne and
sweating 
while they waited. The tent was up (I figure the local
meteorologists owe me a lot for their forecast of rain) 
and the tables were set 
and yet they waited. Finally we
pulled up in the car and the garage door went up - Surprise! 
Diane (here with Ed) 
commented that it took guts to give a surprise party without letting the intended have
time to put on makeup. The ladies (Katie and Jami) rushed upstairs to change clothes
although neither had to add to their glowing natural beauty. Katie played Greta
Garbo 
while Jami broke into a nice birthday smile. 
The airplane showed up right on time for the banner flyover 
Lots of friends (and my megabyte limit keeps me
from putting all of the pictures here) came from all over. Here are some of them:
The Carstens and the Muellers 
; Rich and Diane 
; our neighbors the Gays with Carroll 
; some of the Intel folk: Greg, Ann and
Pam 
and Andy and Eva with Jami 
; and some former Intel folk: the
Toombs with our neighbors the Dubovoys 
and Catherine and Joy: 
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Oh, and I almost forgot, Sean holding forth on some no doubt relevant and complicated
theme while enjoying the adulation of his table partner 
.
As the old saying goes, "Where there is free
food, there is often family." This party was no exception. Jami's
grandfather, Jim was there along with Stephen's dad, Henry 
. The two mothers-in-law - or
mothers, depending on your viewpoint, Ruth and Anita were tremendous helps 
as was Jami's dad, Jim (as you can see
from this picture). 
Jami's Aunt Mary and Uncle John made their first visit to our place 
And, as always, Katie was popular and
charming: here she is with Neko 
and here she is with Jim and Michele 
and here she is going down her slide 
.
The musicians played on into the night 
and Jami seemed to enjoy the whole
affair 
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That's it from the webmaster: 
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Happy Birthday and All Our Love To Jami.