Not to be confused with Sunday, February 17, the more convenient day to hold a birthday celebration with nearly 100 family and friends!! Now, if you want to get technical about it, February 20th is the day that has been celebrated as my dad's birthday for as long as he can remember, but, on a calendar or birth certificate or public record somewhere deep in Mexico, I do believe hearing tales from relatives of another possible day that is actually my dad's birthday. I'll have to get some official verification of this rumor from someone in the know - not that it really matters so much, I guess. 70 years plus or minus a day or two still counts as 70 years. I hope to have as much energy when I'm 70 as my dad does. It's amazing to watch him in action. He never seems to stop. He gets up at 5am, gets in his truck and joins the commuter morning rush hour to get to Temecula or Leucadia or Escondido to do a "little job" for a friend or a church or whoever needs his services. No reason to wait 'til a more reasonable hour and avoid the traffic! You'd never know he's been retired for at least 5 years, maybe longer. His truck is rarely in the driveway - it's more often in the Home Depot parking lot, one of his daughters' driveways, or on the road on the way to help someone out!
I've posted quite a few pictures in the 70th bday party album in the sidebar. Check 'em out!
