40th Birthday Surprise Party Fail (or was it???)

For Chris’ 30th birthday, I threw him a surprise party! It was lots of fun and I don’t get to surprise him very often…

But surprise parties are much easier to plan when he’s not working at home and when you don’t wait until the week before to plan it…

Thankfully we have fantastic friends and we were able to put together something that Chris would really enjoy! The only hitch was how to get him to go to Vancouver in order to be surprised…

But that seemed to be falling into place as well. Our dear friend in Vancouver just got home from having surgery and Chris wanted to visit him. All I had to do was get him to drop me and the boys off at Kate and Chad’s, go on his visit and then when he came to pick us up… SURPRISE!

The plan was so simple and yet so perfect! And then it SNOWED…

While it was totally an answer to prayer, it did put a slight damper on our plans. No longer was Chris willing to just pop down to see Don in this weather. Now I was going to have to blow the secret! :o(  I waited as long as I could…

We continued with our normal birthday routine: a yummy breakfast (when I told him about the party as casually as I could) followed by presents…

new slippers

   

Perfect for relaxing at home or going out to fetch the morning paper!

I ordered him a copy of “The Search for God & Guinness” earlier that morning and it came the very next day in the mail!

And, of course, a 6-pack of Guinness to match!

That afternoon we headed south and got to have a SPECTACULAR supper with the BEST of friends! Birthdays don’t get better than that…

Happy 40th Birthday Chris! We love you!!! Sorry you weren’t surprised but spending your birthday with dear friends is the best present ever!!! Like you said, “growing older is made sweeter by good friends.”