Aaron's 30th Birthday!

Can you believe it? He's 30! Well we had to do something BIG this year. So I planned a surprise party with all of Aaron's Friends. Although he didn't seem too surprised, we had a fun time celebrating. Aaron's Brother Don, and his friend Nick took him dirtbiking for the day so we could get the house ready for the party. I was so careful about keeping plans and announcements a secret. The one thing I couldn't totally control was the weather. It kind of gave it away. It poured all day long. Since the guys got an early start, they were ready to come home by two. The party wasn't until 6:00 so the guys had to do some stalling. After hitting a couple stores just to look a stuff nobody was buying, he started putting pieces together. Anyways, it was still fun to have all the anticipation. Aaron wasn't expecting so many of his friends there. It was really cool that so many came. We had a catered dinner from Branks BarBQ. Either I was super hungry or their food was really good. I was way impressed with their ribs and coleslaw. Then we did the usual; talk, open gifts, cake, and Ice cream.


This is just after the BIG surprise. Aaron has an obsession with snowmobiles, so I used his as my inspiration. So, his party colors were white, black, and orange. Which are also his KTM dirtbike colors too. It looked a little like halloween, but the cake pulled it all together.

The gift! I really surprised Aaron with the BarBQ. I didn't ask for any ideas for his birthday. For once I finally knew exactly what he needed before he did. We have a great deck that sits totally empty, well not anymore. Every year we have a huge July 4th celebration, and Aaron's dad has to truck his BarBQ over to our house since we didn't have one. Thankfully that's not the case anymore.

The CAKE! We'll here it is. I attempted a snowmobile replica. It was quite fun to make but I wish a had another 3 hours to spend on it. I eventually ran out of time and had to get the other decorations done before guests started showing up. So I had to call it good. Chocolate cake with white frosting is really tricky, I had to freeze the cake in order to frost it without getting crumbs everywhere. I actually spent 51/2 hours on it. It was definitely worth it. I think Aaron thought it was pretty neat.

I used:

- waffle cone for the hood

- tootsie roll for the handle bars

- skor bars for the skis

- rolos for the dashboard

- black licorice nibs for the track.

Blowing out the candles! Aaron didn't even get a chance to blow out his candles with Brynne sitting so close. She got them all. I also made a slide show of Aaron that I showed at the party. If I can figure out how to get it on here I will.

Just got to say, I'm a pretty lucky gal. I've got one amazing husband. He is such a hard worker, great husband and one really fun Papa. He can do anything and everything. I'm so lucky he's mine. Happy Birthday Aaron!