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02-05-07, 07:47 AM
Monday, February 5, 2007
Super-bowled over
Coto de Caza family throws surprise party for soon-to-be-deployed troops.
By TAMARA CHUANG
The Orange County Register
Five big TVs, pizza, barbecue and beer. Lots of beer. Seventy Marines and Navy personnel were treated to the ultimate Super Bowl party hosted by a Coto de Caza family.
But the event was bittersweet: Most of the revelers are headed to Iraq next month.
"If they can just relax and forget their worries. This is all about them today," said homeowner Julie Crisp, who runs a reprographics business with her husband Gary. The couple got the idea after hearing about another family that helped soldiers.
The men, part of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were bused in from Camp Pendleton. All they knew was they were going somewhere to watch the game. Then they pulled up to the gated community. One of the men jokingly compared the Crisps' home to Saddam Hussein's palace – only it felt better.
The Crisps received donations for the event, including 100 T-shirts from the NFL.
Ellie
Super-bowled over
Coto de Caza family throws surprise party for soon-to-be-deployed troops.
By TAMARA CHUANG
The Orange County Register
Five big TVs, pizza, barbecue and beer. Lots of beer. Seventy Marines and Navy personnel were treated to the ultimate Super Bowl party hosted by a Coto de Caza family.
But the event was bittersweet: Most of the revelers are headed to Iraq next month.
"If they can just relax and forget their worries. This is all about them today," said homeowner Julie Crisp, who runs a reprographics business with her husband Gary. The couple got the idea after hearing about another family that helped soldiers.
The men, part of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were bused in from Camp Pendleton. All they knew was they were going somewhere to watch the game. Then they pulled up to the gated community. One of the men jokingly compared the Crisps' home to Saddam Hussein's palace – only it felt better.
The Crisps received donations for the event, including 100 T-shirts from the NFL.
Ellie