The Girls...

Mr. Gergeni's Birthday

Our great day of celebration! After hours upon hours of planning and preparing, the time had come to honor Mr. Gergeni for the man that he is before God and others. The theme of the party was 1 Thessalonians 5--Mr. Gergeni's life chapter of the Bible. We wanted him to know, beyond any doubt, that we could all clearly see the many qualities listed in that chapter as being consistently demonstrated in his personal life.

The girls sang "The Steps of a Good Man"

We played a game (I'm not sure if it ever had an "official" name...) where we had to answer questions about our guest of honor, and as the questions were answered correctly, the game pieces came off the board (took a long time at first!), revealing a picture of the 1 Thess. 5 qualities...I was surprised that I knew the answer to most of the questions--must be because of all of Mrs. Gergeni's stories during our housekeeping meetings in the morning!

Discussing which piece to guess on the game board

Mr. and Mrs. Gergeni

Some of the dads praying over and blessing Mr. Gergeni--a very precious time

The young men singing "Faithful Men"

A Special Italian Valentine's Day

Adorable in red...'nough said

The lovely menus handcrafted by Monett

ANOTHER family picture--I had forgotten that this one was taken!

You wouldn't believe how long it took to set up this display! =)

Beloved parents...oh, and Shiloh (he's loved too)

Our enthusiastic waiter for the evening...disappeared with the baby for half the evening! ;-)

The faithful platers...spent their time serving while we enjoyed our delicious meal

Live performances were scheduled throughout the evening

And a couple of games for the couples

"Love is a Fallacy"

I had no idea how awful that fedora looked on me...

I don't know that I'd ever do something like this again...but I think everyone enjoyed it =)