Fill in the Blanks The most memorable family eventOnline version Fill in the gaps. by Boglárka Kozári 1 members relatives keep meal stayed means celebration siblings without out up arrive gathering immediate booked pretending recent seated extended arrange knit One of the most memorable family events of years was my father ? s 80th birthday . We wanted to have a special for him but decided to it a secret so as to surprise him on the day . My youngest brother , who lives two and a half hours drive away from the rest of my family , told Dad that he ? d come down with his family so we could all go for a meal together . What we actually did was to invite members of our family to come as well my father knowing . Most of them live a long way away , like in London or Scotland , so we don ? t see them very often . They came down the day before and in local hotels . There was a lot to and it was difficult to sort everything without Dad guessing what we were to . There were several times when I thought he must know something was going on but was just playing along and he didn ? t . We a table at a local restaurant and on the day , my sister decorated it with balloons and other party bits and pieces . It looked amazing . It was a very long table as in the end there were more than twenty family at the meal . So , as well as my parents and my , there were also nieces , nephews , aunts , uncles and cousins . I think it was probably the biggest family we ? d ever had . We arranged for Dad and Mum to be the last to so that everyone else could be at the table waiting for them . I ? ll never forget Dad ? s face when he walked into the restaurant . He hadn ? t guessed what we were arranging and it was a real surprise to him to see everyone there . We had a lovely together but the best thing was spending time with all our . It made me realize what a close - family we are even though we don ? t see each other very often . I think that Dad enjoyed it too and I hope it showed him how much he to our whole family .
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