Turning 30 Part 2

After going out to breakfast with my cute husband and my excited-to-see-their-daddy- kids we bought some snacks for the team and went to watch Payton play soccer.  Mark took the kids "shopping" while I went on my own little shopping trip ALONE!  I was sure they were going to beat me home but after I had shopped for a few hours and cleaned the whole main floor of our house they finally walked in.  I was eager to open what they had spent all this time looking for but when I asked I wastold I would need to wait.

Around 4:00 we left for dinner in Bellevue (while I guess some decorating and food preparations were going on at my house). I had no idea about any of the things that were going on at my house. The plan, as far as I knew was to eat at my favorite place, John Howie Steaks (read this post), meet a few friends at the Relief Society Broadcast (which happens to be my favorite meeting ever) and then go out with them for dessert or go bowling..something fun and simple. I was excited and everything seemed to go as planned until it was time for me to run inside and change into some jeans to go bowling. Little did I know that there would be many many of my dearest friends and Mark hiding under my dining room table waiting for me to come inside.

My reaction: I was seriously startled and very very surprised!  So surprised that I jumped - hence the blurry picture, and screamed mid sentence.

 My place was DECKED OUT and I guess this whole party was my cute husband's idea.  He planned it and arranged for things to happen and then all of them went to work.  The decorations were so cute!

there were pictures of me everywhere and hung from the cutest paper garlands.

 White (favorite color) Pom Poms where everywhere.

mark thought it would be fun to do fondue and Cortney printed up this picture giant sized for me to frame and put in the playroom.  I love that picture and loved the idea.

 We had Italian Creme Sodas...

 and more fondue.

Everything was so good and so pretty.

 We just all hung out and had a good time. 

Apparently Tami called ahead to see what color the cups would be so that she would match.  How thoughtful of her. :)

 Then there were cupcakes with 30 candles for me to blow out.  That was hard...but worth the 30 wishes! Oh and look at my cute hat!  Cortney is so clever!

 This morning I woke up tired but so so so happy. I feel so blessed and so humbled to have so many people who I care about and who I look up to.  My thoughtful husband will be mine for forever. That makes gives me butterflies.  I have friends who I will get to grow old with and who have been like sisters to me.  30 is going to be AMAZING.  Why wouldn't it be?  I have everything I could ever want. Up until this point has been so great and I have a feeling this next year and the kabillion after it are going to be equally great!!!  Thank you thank you thank you to all who helped and to all who made my birthday so special and so memorable.  I think next year I'll turn 30 again and then again...and then again.