Over the Hill--It's a New Decade!

So, James's birthday was on the 25th and it wasn't just a birthday it was his 30th birthday! So, of course, I had to plan something to celebrate the big occasion. The day of his birthday was a Monday so I knew I probably was not going to be able to do something on his actual birthday (which I was okay with, because I don't think I would have been able to pull off a surprise!). So, I took him down to Tulsa, OK (about an hour and a half from our house and the biggest town close to us). He loves Carrabba's so I took him out for some dinner. I had also blown up some balloons and put a "Happy Birthday" banner up that morning before he woke up. Which, not very surprisingly, James didn't see the banner til like three hours after he was out of bed! What can I say, he's oblivious to some things, and that's one thing that I love about him and makes me smile :)

Sorry, couldn't help but add a picture of the kitties helping James celebrate!

The birthday boy on his birthday!

So, for the celebration I planned a surprise party and had it at one of my friend's house on the Saturday night after his birthday. We told James that their family was having a get-together/game night and that they wanted me to bring my fruit pizza bites (look in my Recipe tab for the recipe!). I wasn't sure whether or not I would be able to pull it off but we totally got him and he was surprised! When we pulled up to the house my friend Regan came to the door and was talking to us as we walked in. We both kinda stood back and talked while James went through the door and BAM! He walks in to everyone singing Happy Birthday!! 

From there people starting eating and hanging out. I, on the other hand, had something up my sleeve. I passed around a notebook and pen and told everyone to write down something funny or embarrassing that they wanted James to do. What I didn't tell them until I got the list back was that they were the ones who were going to perform for the birthday boy :) Mwahahahahaha! Man, did I get some people! Their faces were priceless! I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to but I got some good video footage (still trying to figure out how to edit and stitch the videos together...). Here are a few of the things people put on the list for "James" to do:

• Hold your nose and sing twinkle twinkle little star
• Imitate you wife (yes, this guy imitated ME!)
• Sing 3 rounds of Old MacDonald
• Say the alphabet backwards
• Do a gymnastics move
• Rap
• And a few other fun and embarrassing tasks :)

Another fun game I had planned was asking James personal questions. If his answers didn't match up the answers I had previous gotten from his sister Trish and his mom than he had to eat a bite of cake. Ok, you're probably thinking cake? Really?! REALLY! My friend Regan had a little fun making a cake with lots of yummy ingredients: vinegar, cayenne pepper, some nasty seasonings, BBQ powered stuff, etc. I originally wanted to use marshmellows and have him stuff one in his mouth for each question that he got wrong but I kinda forgot to get them from the store...so the cake it was. Here is a picture of the tasty treat. Don't be deceived. That thing smelled awful! It looked like a spice cake, though, inside so that was pretty cool :)

But don't worry, I got a real cake too. I wanted to upload a video of the cake eating/question asking fun but Blogger is being weird tonight. Maybe another time. Anyways, here are just a few pictures from the party. Like I said, I didn't get a chance to take too many. We finished the night off by playing some fun group games like Trifecta, Mafia, Psychology, and some others. Not everyone stayed til the end but we had a blast until 12am.