I mentioned to my mom the week before her birthday that I wanted to take some pictures of her on the 'big' day. To my surprise, she actually agreed! AND I even got her to smile for a few of them! :) Although as we were going through them, she still liked the non-smiling one. I'll take it!
We got these right before heading out for what she thought was dinner with some of her kids. This, of course, was right before her big surprise party. :)