The Barrios: Julio's Surprise Birthday Celebration!!

Julio's birthday was on the 19th, the Saturday before his birthday we had a cake at our game night at the Johnsen's, then on his actual birthday, he wanted to go to Casa Bonita (he loves their cheese enchiladas, I rather have the sopaipillas) but it didn't work out (maybe next year) as he came home late that night so we just went to Qdoba for dinner. I knew we were going to be celebrating on Easter Sunday up in Nebraska. So on Saturday evening my sister in-law and my self went to get everything for his surprise birthday celebration. My sister in-law offered/suggested we had tostadas & tortas with home-made carnitas, I told her it was a great idea however, I didn't know how to make carnitas, she said she would make them so I said excellent, I'll buy whatever you need and you make them. We went to Sam's and got everything we needed including an Elmo's cake (Julio used to love Elmo and I used to love Winnie the Pooh). Saturday night went we got to my sister's in-law house we had to hide everything so Julio wouldn't see anything. On Sunday my sister in-law started to make the carnitas and we were there but Julio didn't suspect anything, then while he was in the living room, he took a nap, when he woke up we had my brothers in-law take him so we could decorate and set up everything for his surprise FIESTA.. When we were ready, I texted my brother in-law that they could come now. When he walked inside, he said, wow another surprise.. It was just a family celebration, we ate, he opened his presents (another pleasant moment) and then they went outside to play some basketball. This celebration was a great way to wrap up this special weekend.