The Big 3-0!

As some of you may or may not know, this past July 2nd marked me turning 30 years old.  Shannon and I had talked about maybe having party with friends and family to celebrate the event.  She joked about having a surprise party for me, but I told her that my friends would never be able to keep a secret and that I would sense something was up and it would never work.  However, due to the flooring project, work schedules, and that my birthday always falls on the 4th of July weekend, we decided that a large party at the house was not going to happen.  We ended up having a BBQ at my parent's house on the day of my birthday and planned on going to Buffalo Wild Wings the next weekend when I wasn't working and having dinner with the family, to include my parents, brother, and sister-in-law.

We got to the restaurant, placed our orders, and were talking when in walks my father-in-law, brother and sister-in-law, and my ex-step-mother-in-law!  I thought that was very nice of them to show up for dinner, but didn't know they were coming.  I figured Shannon must have mentioned it to them and told them to swing by if they had a chance.  That didn't make as much sense after about about a dozen more of my friends and family walked in!  I just fell victim to a surprise party and didn't have a clue!  It turns out that Shannon got phone numbers from my cell phone when I was in the shower a couple times and made plans for the little dinner get together to be a surprise party!  I know my face was very red, my beautiful wife got me and I was happy as can be!

Everyone had a very good time.  Maeve got to learn to play Big Buck Hunter and she enjoyed shooting the Buffalo the most!  Will was a very good baby and almost made it the entire night before he crashed in my arms!  I would like to thank my amazing wife for throwing me the impossible surprise party!  I would also like to thank everyone who came out to celebrate this with me, it really meant a lot having you all there!