M.N.
For my dad's 70th bday last year I organized a surprise visit. All 4 of us kids live in different states than my dad, so i arranged for all of us to fly in and surprise him for dinner. Then I took all the best pictures from the weekend and made an 14X20 photo collage and had it framed. The quote in the middle of the pics is: "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it."
It's been almost a year & a half and he still talks about it as one the best moments of his life.