Today is Jim’s 35th birthday! He has the day off work and we’re planning to hang out as a family, he’s going to play golf, and then we’re going to have dinner at one of favorite places. Molly and I are looking forward to helping him celebrate his special day. However, we got a head start on the celebrating Saturday night at Jim’s *surprise* party.
My husband does not love to celebrate his birthday {unlike yours truly} and since it’s so close to Christmas, a lot of our friends are already traveling for the holiday and sometimes we’re traveling ourselves. We always make time to go to dinner just the two of us, but this year, I wanted to do something different. So I planned a surprise party, knowing that he would hate it and love it at the same time. Meredith, my mom, and Beverly were instrumental in helping me pull it off and since I was already out of school the week before, I was able to get the shopping done and cupcakes baked without raising any suspicion. Jim tried really hard to poke holes in my plan – he didn’t want to go to the “Christmas party” at Meredith’s and he wouldn’t play golf on Saturday (which I desperately needed him to do so I could help Meredith set up!). However, it all worked out. The food was delicious, Meredith’s house was beautiful, and Jim and I had so much fun!
The best part? I *almost* got away with the entire surprise. Even though Jim started to think something was up late in the week, he wasn’t entirely sure until right before the party when a guest showed up at our house as we were leaving to get a drink before heading to Meredith’s!
Even though it was a lot of fun and I *love* to plan parties, especially for people I love, I will never plan a surprise party for my husband again. That’s a tough secret to keep!
Happy birthday to the most supportive, adoring husband and the most fun, doting father. Molly and I love you beyond words!
{Visit Sweet Birdie’s Nest to see the surprise party invitation.}
[...] December 22, 2010 by Heidi 2010 has been the year of surprise parties! We attended a surprise party for Meredith in April, Bev and Ben just hosted a surprise party at their house, we created two surprise party invitations in the fall, and I just had a surprise party for Jim (you can read about how that worked out here!). [...]
Great picture of you and the hubs! Love your dress, too. Did you get highlights or is that just the camera?!?!