i threw bryan a surprise bday party & it worked!

i had it all planned out for about a month in advance. i'm not that great at keeping surprises from him. mostly because i get too excited & tell him, so i'm pretty proud.  i even got his boss' number from heather & asked for her help. if she could catch him on his way out & give him just one more thing before he left. i knew he'd call me & say "i'm sorry i'm going to be a little late" & then he'd give me the exact time he'd be home. the boy has got it down to a science. (& he was within a minute of what he'd predicted).

here are a few pictures from the party.

i cleaned the entire week leading up to this. & i mean cleaned. scrubbed the walls & foot boards. cabinets. base of the sliding glass door, which i've never done before & we live in a desert so it was gross! i made some curtains & bought some pretty flowers.  i kinda wanted to cancel the party so i could just relax in this strange clean house.

i decorated the board with some photographs of bryan.

set up the bar. had a new silhouette canvas made since we've added another shadow.

finn got to watch a movie (or two.)

i'd left the back door open because of the vinegar smell from all the cleaning & like 8 bees got in the house. so i locked maya in our room. luckily finn was sleeping. but i was kinda freaked out, while i shued them away.

the kids were all about the surprise!

he was totally surprised!!!!  he kinda lingered in the living room for awhile because he saw a bunch of kids under the table. but he said that wasn't necessarily a unique view so he didn't think too much of it!

arielle, amaya, jill & maya.

proof that bryan will hold babies...  :)

justin brought us a yummy ice cream cake :)

it was a beautiful night, so we were outside for most of it.

happy birthday bryan!!!!!