Back at the beginning of this year, my mom and Patti (at the opera) began a search for a traditional Austrian coat for UFO's production of The Sound of Music. My dad was in on the search as he had served his mission in Germany and then was stationed there in the Army. A coat was finally found and ordered from a company in Bavaria, Germany. Upon its arrival, my mom brought it home to show my dad. He just had to put it on and it happened to fit perfectly! My mom took it back to the opera where we put it on Captain Von Trapp. It drowned the man and we scrambled to get our first Tyrolean suit ready for a photo shoot. Once the photo shoot was over, my mom decided to pay for a replacement coat for the opera and keep the larger one so we could give it to my dad for Christmas. We put the coat in a garment bag and stowed it away in the costume cage for safe keeping all the while, my dad had no clue as to what happened to the coat. I think we told him it was too big and that it had been sent back to Elfriede in Bavaria. Now fast forward to Christmas morning when we, as a family, presented him with the jacket, a matching vest, and coordinating pants and tie. (The matching vest was also too big for the artist so it went to the cage with the coat in anticipation of Christmas and my dad's birthday.) My mom and I were so excited to give my dad his gift--we'd been waiting 6 months! My dad was absolutely speechless. I've never seen him so excited about a gift--EVER!!! He was the hit of the High Priest's Quorum at church yesterday and is even looking for an opportunity to wear it to work. He absolutely loves it. It was definitely a Christmas to remember!!!
We have to exchange the pants we bought but these khakis didn't look half bad.
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