A Surprise Party!

My parents had a surprise party for Laura and my 30th b-day this Sat. We were so surprised and had so much fun! They had invited us over to swim and have a little birthday party, but we thought it was just going to be family. What a surprise to see a bunch of people in their backyard as we drove up! It was a "beach/flip flop" theme... invitation is below. Isn't it cute??









The table inside. My mom had such cute decorations. And of course there are 30 balloons around the house! :)









This is the majority of the women who came. The guys and kids were outside.





I tried to get pictures of most of the guests, but I did not succeed! I did get a few...



Laura with Joanne and Jill.





Ben, Cooper, and Elizabeth eating dinner





Paul, Emily, and Allison







Kristi, Ken, Ashlynn, Alyssa, and Dana





Some of the people inside, ready to watch the big present opening!! :)







Me and Laura





After the party Cooper went kind of crazy with the balloons. He LOVES balloons!





What a mess!

We had SUCH a wonderful time, and it was my first surprise B-day party! (My first surprise party ever was the "sprinkle" Laura and Dana threw for me in June. I've had a fun summer with surprises!! :)

I don't have a picture of this but one other amazing thing our parents did for us was make us a 30th B-day video, basically a picture slide show of pictures of us from birth all the way until we turned 30. My mom actually made it HERSELF, which is very impressive, she is not very computer savvy but did an amazing job. I would never have been able to do it. Dad helped some too, I don't want to leave him out! I LOVED the video, and the best part was at the end she added a video of our kids singing Happy Birthday and telling us little messages. It's hilarious to say the least. A great end to a great day!