In honor of their father's retirement, a a group of siblings they come together to plan a surprise event that reminds them of some of their most precious childhood memories.
Matt Houlihan, from San Jose, California, came to celebrate his father's 41 years at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California, the school he, his brother and sister attended. when they entered it.
The trend of TikTok inspired Matt Houlihan to do something special for his father, in a special way for the Houlihan family, he said.
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“I was scrolling through TikTok last week, (and) I saw a video of a group of grandchildren appearing with surprising their grandmother and grandfather for sleeping. That set the wheels off me, and my father was going to retire. And I wanted to do something special for him,” Matt Houlihan told Fox News Digital.
Matthew Houlihan (right) met his siblings Kelsey Houlihan (center) and Brian Houlihan (back right), and surprised their father, Tim Houlihan (left) , with the last car on his last day working as a school teacher. (Matt Houlihan)
Matt Houlihan's idea required his two older siblings, Brian Houlihan and Kelsey Houlihan, to get up early with him and show up. their parents' home. The goal was to take one last ride with their father, just like they did when they were kids.
The three brothers decided to go all out by looking back at some of the “rituals” they had done all those years of going to school by car with their father.
“For about eight years, my dad drove us all to high school,” Matt Houlihan shared.
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“And, at that time, you obviously developed habits and customs.”
Matt Houlihan thought about all the time he spent in the car with his brothers and father and thought it would be a good idea to honor those memories. (Matt Houlihan)
After preparing supplies for surprises, such as finding out how their children would get to school, the siblings ended up working with their mother, Stephanie Houlihan, to make a surprise happen.
The Houlihan children arrived at their home at 6 a.m. and met their father with their bags, preparing for a memorable trip.
They made a playlist, including songs they would listen to with their dad while they were there to drive to school when they are young, the song no. 1 as “Hey Ya” by Outkast, which was a No.1 hit on the Billboard charts in the early 2000s.
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“One time, my dad had a CD that was just 'Hey Ya' by Outkast. So, basically, it was 21 songs of Outkast 'Hey Ya' burned onto a CD, and we listened to it for, like, I think, six months, that's all we listened to in the car,” said Matt Houlihan.
“He always wants to help everyone around him.”
The next family they stopped at was their favorite bagel shop, House of Bagels, before they went to school and into their high school place.
When the three children were in school, Tim Houlihan would send them off to class by reciting quotes from old movie, “The Princess Bride.”
“He always sent us off by saying, 'Have fun storming the fort,'” Matt Houlihan said, adding that he and his siblings repeated it before their father entered his final day. at work.
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Tim Houlihan spent 41 years at Saint Francis High School in a variety of roles, starting as a math teacher and bus driver and moving on to positions such as office coordinator for the football team and athletic director.
Tim Houlihan retired after 41 years at Saint Francis High School and found himself wearing all kinds of hats and taking on different roles throughout his time at the school. (Matt Houlihan)
He worked as a student custodian and gold coach before eventually getting involved in construction management for new projects on the school campus.
“We got to walk through the last building that he just finished, which was really cool to see the final version of the crown jewel of the campus that he coordinated and helped build, ” said Matt Houlihan.
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“And, obviously, now (we) have to see everybody step up we congratulate him and seeing all his relations at work as we used to when we were (students) there.”
Houlihan's children captured a video of their father's last day at school and shared it on TikTok. (Matt Houlihan)
Matt Houlihan says he and his brother and sister love it to celebrate their father, someone they always thought of as a “servant leader.”
“He always wants to help everyone around him,” he said. of food.
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He has always respected both his parents for the way they take care of others. And he saw that in the reaction of those at the school who greeted his father on his last day by showing appreciation for all he had done, some were even emotional saying how much he had affected them. .
“He always sent us off (to school) saying, 'Have fun attacking the fort.'
Matt Houlihan now cherishes those special carpools with his dad, especially now that he's a parent to two little girls.
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“Being a parent and taking your kids to school or taking them to sporting events, you know, those are the times (times) where it comes out of those car conversations because, as kids, sometimes you take it. because you can just spend that time with your parents.”
Tim Houlihan retired with the kids by his side, just like they did when they were young. (Matt Houlihan)
Although Tim Houlihan will no longer use “The Princess Bride” quotes with his children, his youngest son Matt is passing the tradition on to his little girls.
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“I always tell them, 'Have fun storming the fort,' and drop them off at school, so that (tradition) carries over,” Matt Houlihan said.