The real surprise birthday celebration!

David's Surprise Birthday Party from Nathan Mills on Vimeo.

This year I decided to throw Dave a little surprise birthday party. It is our 29th birthday and figured he wouldn't suspect anything. I wanted it to be a fun evening with friends where Dave could enjoy all his favorite things. He had no idea that I had planned something. He was completely perplexed. We have never thrown birthday parties for ourselves (our birthdays are 4 days apart, same age) so that helped with my surprise.

To celebrate we had Chevy's chips and salsa, homemade enchiladas, Mexican rice, white cupcakes with white frosting, Reese's peanut butter cups, & Arizona beveragesall Dave's favs

Zack & Kalli with Jesse & Devon

Chad & Tracy (& baby Thomas not picture) with Devon, Ashley, and Braden

Jeff & Kairsee, Nathan, Peter & Janell,
Also Scot, Amy, and Larkin came to join us. Scot came on his lunch break from work to help us celebrate.

He said all 29 candles weren't necessary

We watched a video of Dave eating a goldfish for $100 when he was 16 and a slide show of pictures that we had for our wedding.

We also played Settler's of Catan, Scrabble & speed Scrabble, the Wii, and the Xbox 360.

Well my Pavo, Happy Birthday! I am so grateful to have you in my life. Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate and helped me prepare for the party!

Happy Birthday Dave-o!

Surprise, 4 slashed tires arrived early Sunday morning. It will make for a memorable birthday story.

Sam's baby shower

We took a special trip to Utah to throw my sister in-law, Sam, a baby shower.
I have been so excited about becoming an aunt for the first time, I couldn't wait to see all the fun things my nephew was going to get. It turned out so nice!
Sam's sister in-law, Lynda, and I co-hosted at her lovely home.

Here were the invitations I sent out.

We made these onesies as a gift for the "father to be" from his nephews.

The boy picked out their favorite picture/ or logo for baby Ethan.
I added the skittles because they are my brother's favorite candy.

This was a shot of the food area before we had all the food on the table.

Lynda used wrapping paper for the table cloth and made the most delicious caramel popcorn with white chocolate and milk chocolate drizzles.
I made the diaper cake with the help of expert diaper rollers, Josh and Parker.

Here's Sammi getting ready to dig into her gifts.

These are some of her cousins who came.
What a cute a picture.

It was such a treat to spend time talking about baby Ethan and helping them prepare for his arrival. I can't wait to see him for the first time!

We had a great trip and loved spending time with Grandpa and Grandma Surganovich. They have the best backyard ever, there is no fence and it open right up to a park. The park is enclosed by the homes, so all the kids came out to play. Not to mention Grandpa had all the boy's favorites available too, grapes, cheetos, chocolate milk, apple juice, and donuts. It was hard to convince the boys to leave. They are looking forward to going back for a week in May (so mom and dad can go to Mexico!)

Need a good laugh...

Go over to Jordan ad Stacy's blog on my blog scroll. Read her most recent entry. It will make you chuckle. Oh kids the things they say!