I realized yesterday that I am not a very good Monday/Tuesday blogger. I normally start on Wednesday. Not the best approach if you want to stay up to date on things that happened over the weekend, or last weekend, or the weekend before that. In other words be prepared for stuff that happened 2 weekends ago.
My Dad called a few weeks ago and asked if I could plan a surprise party for my step mom Jackie. A surprise party? That isn't surprising me? Where do I sign up?
The planning began, and if you ask me I think we pulled it off swimmingly.
My sister Sarah made the cake, and I was in charge of decorations, invitations and food.
Dare I say the food was delicious? It was delicious. Except for my cheesecake that somehow went awry. I don't like to talk about it...it makes me sad on the inside. All that wasted cream cheese and caramel. 
And there is the birthday girl. In all of her embarrassing glory. (Have I mentioned I am glad it wasn't me that was being surprised?)
The other surprise was that my Dad flew in my two younger sisters for the party but somehow I only got a picture of one. You are gonna have to trust me that Meridith was there. (And she shredded cheese like it was no ones business.)
Did I mention that the food was so good we had children hiding under tables hoarding salami? We take our salami seriously around these parts. 
Of course no birthday party is complete with out the lighting of candles and singing Happy Birthday. I was afraid at one point I might drop the cake or catch on fire, I couldn't decide which would be worse.
Jackie was probably just shocked at my brute strength. 
I am shocked the fire from the candles didn't singe her eyebrows. Seriously all kidding aside. Look at the smoke coming off of that cake.
The best part? They stayed another couple of days. My Dad and Laney worked their best to try to have matching faces in the photos. 
It turns out, our kids LOVE electronics. Not that this comes as a big surprise, but it was kind of like crack. They couldn't stay away from it. Which seems to be the case for my Dad and Jackie too. 
Have I mentioned how much I love, love, love when my family comes to visit? Well, I do. Because if you ask me, my family is the best. Hands down. Plus it doesn't hurt the coolness factor when they do little jigs at the top of the stairs and we catch it on film. 
And...I am fairly certain that the picture of my Dad will distract from the picture of me eating a giant number 50 cake.
My Dad called a few weeks ago and asked if I could plan a surprise party for my step mom Jackie. A surprise party? That isn't surprising me? Where do I sign up?
The planning began, and if you ask me I think we pulled it off swimmingly.
My sister Sarah made the cake, and I was in charge of decorations, invitations and food.
Dare I say the food was delicious? It was delicious. Except for my cheesecake that somehow went awry. I don't like to talk about it...it makes me sad on the inside. All that wasted cream cheese and caramel. 
And there is the birthday girl. In all of her embarrassing glory. (Have I mentioned I am glad it wasn't me that was being surprised?)
The other surprise was that my Dad flew in my two younger sisters for the party but somehow I only got a picture of one. You are gonna have to trust me that Meridith was there. (And she shredded cheese like it was no ones business.)
Did I mention that the food was so good we had children hiding under tables hoarding salami? We take our salami seriously around these parts. 
Of course no birthday party is complete with out the lighting of candles and singing Happy Birthday. I was afraid at one point I might drop the cake or catch on fire, I couldn't decide which would be worse.
Jackie was probably just shocked at my brute strength. 
I am shocked the fire from the candles didn't singe her eyebrows. Seriously all kidding aside. Look at the smoke coming off of that cake.
The best part? They stayed another couple of days. My Dad and Laney worked their best to try to have matching faces in the photos. 
It turns out, our kids LOVE electronics. Not that this comes as a big surprise, but it was kind of like crack. They couldn't stay away from it. Which seems to be the case for my Dad and Jackie too. 
Have I mentioned how much I love, love, love when my family comes to visit? Well, I do. Because if you ask me, my family is the best. Hands down. Plus it doesn't hurt the coolness factor when they do little jigs at the top of the stairs and we catch it on film. 
And...I am fairly certain that the picture of my Dad will distract from the picture of me eating a giant number 50 cake.
4 What do you think?:
what a fun party. i have never had a surprise party. that cake was super awesome. and i am wearing the mustard/white striped shirt your sister has on today. and your kids are cute. great job on the party!
So sad we missed it! Aiden was fighting a bad diaper rash and didn't wake up from his nap until 4 :\. Looks like it was fun! Also I'd have to say you catching on fire would be worse since you would probably also drop the cake ;P
I like the crown. Did you make that too?
Can I just be ultra specific here and tell you how much i love that picture of you holding the birthday cake? I can? Good, because I love it!
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