Uncle Pat's 60th Birthday

We took the week off for Thanksgiving and drove up to the Dallas/Ft Worth area the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving....as Uncle Pat was turning 60 and the family had a big surprise party planned for him! Although I was a COMPLETE slacker and didnt get any pics at his party or at Thanksgiving that week (don't know what was wrong with me, just was not in photographer mode I guess).....I did get some pics from the day/night that me, my sis, my mom and my three aunts spent at Berta's lake house that first Saturday nite.

Aunt Marsha made a BEAUTIFUL quilt for Pat and then was working on a patch for the back of it that she and the other sisters signed and she then hand sewed that on to the back of it. Its STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS as you will see from the pictures below....and is a leaf design....60 leaves in all, one for each year for Pat. Then i took some more outdoor shots early on Sunday morning when i woke up...cant get enough pics of the lake in the first morning light...its amazing!!