Sunday, April 13th was Kurt's 80th birthday. He didn't want a party, so we planned a surprise for him after all. Steve made plans to fly home for a few days to be here for Kurt's BD. Pam drove to Tulsa on Saturday and picked Steve up. When they arrived at the Missouri line, Steve called and I managed to get Kurt upstairs to eat a sandwich. We were sitting in the front room and Steve called again. As I was talking to him on the phone, the doorbell rang and since I was on the phone, Kurt got up to answer the door. Of course, it was Steve at the door! Kurt was absolutely speechless! I have never seen him that surprised!
Steve had also been asked to play the organ for both Sunday services. We had already been asked to do a couple of specials on Sunday night, and I sorta guided Kurt into one number that Steve used to play twin fiddle with him on. Bottom line, Kurt says this is the best birthday he has ever had.
We took the following picture on Saturday night:
I'll post more pictures later.
Shirley
