Steve' Surprise Party

Whew! I can't believe we pulled off the biggest and best surprise party of our lives! With Steve's birthday coming up, I managed to singlehandly put together the party that we are still talking about! Singlehandly, by the way, means I couldn't have done it without the help of Katie, Heidi, Daniel, Cheri, Mom & Dad, Craigslist, and so many others!!!!

Here's the top 10 highlights of the party:

1) 52 guests (lots of babies makes for some number inflation) and 41 Balloon Guests. Steve was SOO touched with every single person who came! He still hasn't stopped talking about how LOVED he felt! *WHY DIDN'T I TAKE A GROUP PICTURE!!*

2) Keeping planning and cooking for such a big party a surprise from him for sooo long...How do you hide that much food from someone? Claim you went to Sams Club to stock up on food storage, and hide the rest in the vegetable drawer!



3) Daniel planning a movie night for Friday so that I could prep without Steve homeand Steve's dad calling Saturday morning, offering to fix the car's air conditioning--right then--that got Steve out for 6 total hours!!



4) Steve being kidnapped in a Porsche 911 Carrera and driven to the party.

5) Steve being thrown in the pool right when he got there! HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!

6) Steve climbing up a rope swing to thank his guests for coming!

7) Challenging Steve to hula hoop contests, paddle ball contests, and juggling contests.

8) Was it rude to make our guests the moving targets for water balloon launches?

9) An awesome slideshow of Steve's life that Spencer and I put together!

10) Steve blowing out 30 candlesticks lined up for 6 feet in "almost" one breath....and a round of applause!

Unfortunately, I misplaced my camera for almost the whole night, so we didn't get more pics :( But, on the plus side, I could really take M. Russell Ballard's advice to heart, to live in the moment, and not in the photograph...I was really glad to be having fun at the party and not worrying about photos...so if you took pics and have some to email, I'd love it!