Chris's 30th Birthday

Chris turned 30 this past week and I wanted to do something big for him. 30 is a huge milestone in adulthood as it makes us realize that we are no longer in our footloose and fancy free 20s and need to start getting our stuff in order.

 I decided to throw Chris a surprise birthday party the same night as my dad's rock 'n roll band, Studebakers, were playing at a local bar. Since we frequently go to hear them play it was an easy place to host the party. 

I had a lot of help from close friends and family to pull this off. A friend of ours, who works at the same company as Chris, arranged for Chris to get out of work early and to have a drink with him at Chili's while I got things ready at the bar. My BIL met me in town to take the cake and bring it to the bar so Chris wouldn't see it when he got home. I had one more appetizer to make for the party and went to the garage freezer to retrieve it. I noticed water coming out of it and opened the freezer to find all of the food warm. I had just gone to Sam's a few days before and stocked up on food for when school starts in a few weeks. We lost about $50 worth of food, but I tried not to let it ruin the evening. 

Our friends and family brought some delicious food for the party: caprese salad, fiesta ranch dip, bacon wrapped Smokies, jalapeno poppers, and rattlesnake eggs. The cake turned out great, too. H-E-B did a fantastic job at a reasonable price. I had them put the phrase, "Pip Pip Cheerio The Brit is Turning the Big 3-0" on it.

I remembered to get one picture of us

Some of our friends who came out to celebrate

He was so happy to be turning 30. He walked into the bar with a surprised look on his face to see some of his closest friends waiting for him. I later found out that he knew about the party. A few weeks ago, he opened up the laptop and the first thing that popped up was my Facebook page displaying the party. I was a little disappointed that he knew, but I'm glad that he was a good sport and went along with it.

My dad's band, Studebakers

Last Tuesday was Chris' actual birthday. He had been wanting an Xbox 360 for a bit and thought that would be a good gift to give him from his mom and grandad. He was so excited to open it up when he got home at 10:30 at night.

The day after his party, I woke up to this in the living room. I think I traded my 30 year old husband for a 15 year old boy.

Chris' dad and I got him a new power saw. I also got him matching shirts with Eli. Chris' shirt is on the left and it says, "Pint". Eli's is on the right and it says, "Half Pint". It was the perfect gift to give my British husband and British-American son. (The rest of the outfits in this picture are deals I got on Zulily and Baby Legs for Eli.)

As Chris turned 30 last week, I turn 28 this week. I'm hoping to go to Pizza House in West for some skunk eggs. I went there last year for my birthday and it was a nice hole-in-the-wall restaurant to get us ready for West Fest in a few weeks.