A Great Birthday For A Great Father

My dad's birthday was coming up and we weren't sure what to get him. He's not very good at telling us what he wants. My brother, sister and I looked around and couldn't decide what to do for him. We ended up finding out about a golf outing, that had old pros that he could play with.

Of course, we just had to sign him up for that. He had absolutely no idea. My father lives and breathes golf. Every single day you can find him putting out on the green. Every day he finds a game to watch on television. Every day he is working on 'breaking" in his driver, and practicing his chipping. We all think it is a major addiction.

The day of the tournament rolls around, and he and his friends are having a great time playing. It's an all day event; the tournament itself was followed by dinner and an auction. They enjoyed the fantastic food at the dinner; he seemed so happy and grateful for such a special gift. My mother wasn't as thrilled with the dinner itself as my dad was, but she got her fill at the dessert table. I know she had two pieces of cake PLUS a slice of cheesecake; she said it was all so tempting!

My mother ate her $25 worth of desserts throughout the evening. She said the food wasn't as tempting as everything on the dessert table. She went along over to the auction table carrying what looked like three slices of cake, maybe even one slice of cheesecake.

My father placed a bid on quite a few things. He placed a bid on an autographed picture of an athlete. He placed a bid on a couple of shirts, and some other stuff. He then saw a weed whacker that he's been wanting for the property in the south, so he placed a bid. He was more excited than I've ever seen him when his bid remained the highest.

Mom did a little shopping of her own, primarily eyeing the many gift baskets that were available. There were so many, and if the bids stayed where they were, they were incredible values! My dads birthday was extremely important and the Christmas holidays were also fastly approaching. She looked at some wine gift baskets, but finally settled on a basket full of a gourmet meats, that she thought would make a great Christmas and birthday gift for my father.

The actual auction comes around and the auctioneer steps to award the prizes to the highest bidders during the silent auction, and to also begin the regular auction. My mother wins her prize that she had bid on earlier. Then once the silent auction distribution is finished, the real auction begins. The first thing that?s auctioned off is the weed whacker! My father bid on it, but that was only to create a starting bid. He didn?t bid any higher for the weed whacker and the auctioneer ended up bidding on it and winning it himself. My father was bummed; he had high hopes to win that thing. Although, he had a fun day with his friends and that?s all that mattered in the end.

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Express your feelings to people by offering them gift baskets - excellent gifts for any occasion. To a close friend or family member, it can be wine gift baskets or food baskets, whichever one will bond him closer to you.

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