My Dad's 80th Birthday!

To the right is a picture my Dad, Leo. He turned 80 on July 15th 2008 and as you can tell by the look on his face as he looks at his cake, he probably can't believe it himself. He doesn't act 80. He certainly doesn't act elderly. Hey, he just bought a Chryler 300. Myself, Maureen, My brother Peter and his wife Katerina, and brothers Dennis, Joe and Mark took him up to the Granite links golf course tavern in Quincy, Mass for lunch. It is a very nice place with a great view of Boston. Maureen, Dennis and I chipped in for a gift certificate for 18 holes anytime of the week with a cart.
We had a very good lunch and then they brought out his cake which was a Kalua torte cake from Konditor Meister bakery in Braintree. Everyone loved it. We then went back to Dad's place for a few hours or so and talked. It was a good day. He seemed to really appreciate the effort everyone made to be with him for this day.

The next week he surprised Maureen and I at home by showing up at 6pm with a big container of his meat sauce with meatballs, sausage and pork mixed in that he made the night before. He came by to thank us for putting the day together. It was a 45 minute ride for him to do this. He had a few cups of coffee with us and then an hour or so later said he wanted to get home to watch the Red Sox even though he was invited to watch it with us here. It was a nice surprise and nice that he really appreciated us making a big deal of his birthday. It was always a given on our part.