Make Me Smile Monday

Yesterday Jason and I were suprised with a party after church for our joint 30th birthdays!!!

The first thing I thought when I realized what was happening was a quick mental check to consider what I looked like followed by a sense of, "Phew! I look alright". (haha! I'm sure I'm not the only one who's ever done that before.) It was followed by a sense of "Awww...I can't believe they did this!"

It was complete with the second rewriting of the lyrics to "Turning 30" for Jason and I, yummy food, a slide show (Which only had a few embarassing pictures of me. :D It would be hard to put together a slideshow when you can only use your own pictures because you're throwing the party for a husband and wife duo, so you have no way of getting pictures from their selection at home. Unless you resort to B and E, which I'm glad they didn't! ha!)

The highlight of course was that most of my family was there, (missed not having my brother and sister there) and the Dragers, the Hieberts and the Michels dropped in to be a part of it!

I haven't had a chance to talk to her about it yet, but my undersanding is that it was Rebecca's idea! Thank-you to Rebecca and Andrew, Nancy and Scott and Tim and Jamie. And Wanetta who of course helped out in the kitchen. :) Thanks also to Pastor Fred for sending sending out a discreet party invitation to everyone in the church but us. This morning I find myself wondering how they managed to not give anything away. Neither of us had any idea that it was happening until the day of. It took us completely by surprise. Very impressive!!! It was so sweet and thoughtful of them, and it made my heart so happy. Thank-you so much! (Forgive me if I missed anyone who also helped out, more details I'm sure will trickle in over the couple of few days and even weeks.)

Thank-you as well to everyone who brought food. It was delicious! (I think most women love not having to cook every once in a while. Seriously!) Thank-you also to everyone for contributing to such an amazing group gift! I can't wait to plan a weekend away for the two of us. :) But especially thank-you for coming. I know I didn't get a chance to talk to everyone, but I noticed you were there and it meant the world to me. Love you all! :)

I don't have a picture from last night, so I'll add some colour to todays post with this one instead:

Photo Courtesy of Jodi Taylor