Surprise Party

On this coming Sunday, Mark will be turning 30! We will be on vacation, so I threw him a surprise early birthday party. On Monday night, at 6:00, people just started showing up at our house. I thought it would be to hard to try to coordinate him leaving the house and then getting everyone else into the house secretly. The first people to show up with Miranda and her son Ranger. Mark answered the door and was a bit confused. I was like, "Hi! Come on in." I took her on a tour of the house because she hadn't been here before. She was concerned that she had spoiled the surprise but she just happened to be the first one there. Then Paige showed up at our door. When I walked back into the living room, Mark was like, "What's going on?" I finally confessed that it was a surprise party for his birthday. Then a lot more people started showing up. We had pizza and cake and just hang out. Everyone wore black in mourning for the big 3 - 0. It was a really great time just to be together and celebrate Mark! Thank you so much for everyone who came. It meant a lot to Mark to have so many people who wanted to celebrate his birthday. Happy 30th Mark!

Mason is holding "baby Kate"

We had a lighting mishap. The candles blew out when I started walking, and I had to relight them. Atleast I didn't drop the cake!

This was a staged reinactment. He blew them out too quickly the first time!

Take a look at what is on the TV screen. Yes, that is correct. We are watching The Grinch in the middle fo the summer. Mason found the movie among our DVD collection and talked Mark into putting it on for him.

Thank you also to Allison for helping me scheme! I went over to her house Monday morning and baked the cake. The she graciously delivered the cake, drinks, and ordered the pizza! Thanks, Alli!