Surprise!

With BS's recent accomplishments I really wanted to throw him a {surprise} party.  He finished school and received his MBA in August {I don't even think I mentioned it in the blog}.  Pretty soon after that he was being contacted by different companies for potential job positions.  After much deliberation, he took a position with Utah Valley Specialty Hospital.  This isn't a job change...it's a career change!  We feel really good about it and he is very excited.  His career in Surgical/Pharmaceutical sales for the last 16 years has been fantastic and very rewarding, and especially with his most recent position at AMS.  But it's no more sales and he is happy about that.

Anyway, I impulsively decided to plan a surprise birthday/congrats party for him.  I invited his friends and family.  I planned it on my actual birthday to throw him off...and it totally worked!  I had the biggest web of lies going on all week and I can't believe he didn't find out.

One HUGE hiccup was that the night before {Dec 28} BS came home late from work and told me that he worked late so that he could take the next day off to be with me and spoil me for my birthday.  Normally this would thrill me, but I was totally planning on getting everything ready and picked up that day.  So, I had to secretly and desperately put my sister and Mom and Mom-in-law in charge of getting everything.  They really stepped up to the plate and took care of it all!  And I am so grateful to them!
BS and I spent the day out shopping, eating lunch, and going to a movie.  It was nice once I relaxed.

The party was at the Suncrest Clubhouse, very casual drop-in and go style.  We went to dinner with my family first and then I told him we had to make a showing at a girlfriend's party {who's bday is 12/28}.  When we walked into the room there were so many people that yelled "Surprise!" and BS looked at me like, "Is this for you or me?"  And then he realized that many of the people there were his good friends.
Yes!  I did it.
There are too many pictures of everyone who came to the party but we want them to know that we have the best friends and family!  Thanks for coming and keeping it secret!

BS was very happy and told me it was one of the nicest things anybody has every done for him.  

That's what I was going for :)

Delivering Millie's homemade cake pops to Dad

Good job BS, I love you and am very proud of you.