Charles was “punked” by his wife, daughters, and sons-in-law (and the grandkids, too) for an early celebration of his 60th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Charles!

The cake was both cute and delicious!

Alexa’s sneaky Great Aunt Lori and Great Uncle Emil were trying to entice her to sneak some icing, but she’s smart enough to know better.

Surprise. (Come on in, Charles! The party’s for you!)

nom nom nom nom

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Charles, Happy Birthday to YOU!

May everything be just As You Wish!

Charles’ grandson, Peyton, didn’t seem to care much for barbecue.

Doesn’t Charles’ sister, Lydia, look smashing in her new glasses? (And doesn’t she look just like their mom? Dang this family ages well! I won’t tell their ages here, of course.)

Charles’ seemed a little embarrassed by the gag gift of Depend undergarments.

I’m just guessing, but this “Genuine Antique Person” shirt might have to become a sleep shirt for Elain….er, make that a lap quilt for the recliner.

And his really nice gift from the girls: a GPS gizmo for the truck!

Donna+, Matt, Peyton, Diane+, Jonathan, Elain, Charles, Alexa, Erin, and Tony
What a great looking bunch.

Charles with his beautiful daughters.

For this “with the grandkids” shot, we used Diane+ and Donna+ as bookends. They are due with grandkids number 3 and 4 this summer.

See the rest of the images in Charles‘ online gallery.