Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night I actually pulled off a big surprise party for Bobby's 40th b-day (not til this Saturday, the 13th, but that made it an even better surprise!). I had MAJOR help from the neighbors setting up, decorating and bring food. It was great, he was completely caught off guard...it was perfect.

So here's how it went down....Bobby and I had decided to go to dinner last night with another couple, Mike and Wendy. They are a blast to hang around, by the way. So a couple weeks ago, this was set up, and I had been thinking of a surprise party for Bobby, but wasn't sure if I wanted add another thing to the month of December for us...but after a while I just decided to anyway....and I am so glad I did! Although somewhere along the way Bobby (not knowing I had just told everyone in the neighborhood, his brother, and other friends that we would be having a surprise party) decided to invite everyone over and create his own party! I couldn't believe it, but went for Plan B and told everyone to just say they had stuff going on when Bobby talked about it to them. So...everyone invited had fake plans and Bobby in the end thought we would just go back to his house after dinner with Wendy and Mike to hang out and sing some karaoke. So, the gang was waiting inside Bobby's house for us....and as Bobby opened the door to go inside, Mike (a next door neighbor) was dressed in a black robe with a black hood and was holding a candle in the dark house, and said...."IT'S TIME ROBERT......" Completely looked like the grim reaper and freaked Bobby out! It was amazing....finally the lights came on, and everyone was there...it was perfect and more so because Bobby truly had no idea at all.

So, the night was filled with darts and karaoke and just a bunch of fun times with friends. Bobby had a perma-smile on his face the entire night. It was all so worth it....glad I ended up deciding to have it!

Here's some initial pictures from the night. Unfortunately, there aren't any pics (yet...haven't seen all of people's pics) of the initial surprise...but there are still plenty of good ones to share.

Post surprise with all his "I'm 40" garb on

Nice Bobby (Brenda and me)

Bobby and Mike (1/2 of the couple we went to dinner with)

Such a poser....

Wendy (the other 1/2 of the couple), Mike, Brenda and Ray (Bobby's sister-in-law and brother)

Ray and Brenda

Murphy (friend we karaoke with), Krista (next door neighbor that helped pull off the surprise) and Rocky (friend we karaoke and play Rock Band with)

Wendy and Bobby

Wendy and me sitting by the fire outside

Happy Birthday Bobby! Wow...look at the major fire that ALL of Bobby's candle made in the background! =)

Love Bobby's finger to his mouth!

Love this picture! Mike (the grim reaper) made Bobby's favorite cake - german chocolate - and it was YUMMMM-MY!


The karaoke begins!

Typical Bobby karaoke face! =)

Great night! Thanks to all that made it happen!