A surprise party to never forget

I haven't blogged the last few days because I was scared I was going to say something that could possibly ruin a good surprise. Since everyone in our whole family reads my blog, I thought I better keep quiet for a few days... HA! My husband Chad and his sisters decided that they wanted to throw a surprise 35th Wedding Anniversary Party for their parents this weekend. We have been planning it for months and being very very sneaky! Anyone that knows me knows I am horrible at keeping surprises so I just tried to avoid them all week.

It was at my parents house on the lake. It it all began when my parents invited his parents for dinner and a boat ride on the lake. We were going to take the boat ride and then have "dinner" aftewards. We have everything planned down to the smallest detail. We had invitations sent out that said to be there promptly at 3:30 to yell surprise at 4:00. We sent out around 50 invites to all the family & their closest friends.

When we drove up, we had if all planned out to where we distracted them by taking lots of pictures and filming them. Their backs were to my parents house so they couldn't see what was going on. We ran the boat alongside the shore so they couldn't figure out which house was my parents and by the time we got close, we had them on the other side of the boat taking pictures and they had no clue. So I said, "What is that"? They turned around and everyone yelled "SURPRISE" and they were standing under the huge banner that we all had made for them. The look on their faces was priceless... I broke out in a huge cry and so did they! I believe it was a shock of their lifetime!!

We decorated everything in neon green and red to match the invitations. It was so spunky and fun! We had brisket, pork, bakes beans, cole slaw, potatoe salad, chips, & fruits. To top it all off, our cousin Crystal made this AMAZING cake. She seriuosly is in the wrong business to not be doing this for a living. Not only was it beautiful, it tasted divine. She's so talented!

There were pictures scattered throughout the upstairs of them & we had one table specifically where everyone would write a note to them and put in a jar. We had all kinds of fun pictures of them, my favorite was their wedding picture. We had them toast with their favorite champagne and it was just to precious... tears were flowing from everyone!

Avery sportin her leggings and cute bird dress:

My sister in law Kara and her sweet baby Stella:

Ave & Uncle Aaron chillin' on the bed:

Aunt "SIS" & Aunt "SASS":

Stella was pooped after all the action:

You know, I want to say how truly blessed I am. Me and Chad both come from a family that have parents that have been married over 30 years. I am so grateful for this and the example they both set for us in their long marriage that is lived through Christ in all their actions. It means a lot that we were both raised in this type of home and that God is number one in both of our parents lives. CHEERS to Paul & Jeannie... we love you! May God continue to bless you in all that you do....