Aaron's Surprise Party

August 27, 2008: Today I threw Aaron a surprise party for his 30th birthday. I have been planning this for several months now. I sent out secret evites to about 75 people and got 50 positive respones back. I planned it for Wednesday on the 27th instead of the 29th because we are leaving for Lake Powell on his birthday. I had it arranged that we would meet Roanne and Claire for dinner to celebrate Aaron's birthday and then go back to their place and have "cake and ice cream." In reality I had the guests arrive around 6:45pm at the Sorensens to surprise Aaron after dinner and then we would arrive at 7:00pm. Instead, dinner with the Sorensen's finished early and so we had time to spare. Aaron wanted to go back home and change his clothes before we went over to the Sorensen's for cake and ice cream. However, once we got home, Aaron wasn't in too big of a hurry to go back. I, on the other hand, was dying inside. I kept looking at the clock and it kept ticking towards 7:00pm and we were still at the house. Okay...I freaked out. This only led to Aaron and I having a small tiff and finally leaving the house late. We got there around 7:15pm to a house FULL of party guests. Needless to say, Aaron was super surprised. He had no idea. He did feel very sheepish though for the little tiff we had on the way to the party. :)
All of Aaron's old high school buddies were there, so were family members and extended family members. Coworkers from Xango came and my family even made the drive up for the party. We had cake and ice cream and then had a pinata for the kids. It was super fun and I think everyone had a great time. It was a fun way to celebrate his birthday and he loved it.
After the party, I gave Aaron his present. It was a Bumblee Bee Tranformer. He thought it was really neat.
Over all it was a great day and I think Aaron was very surprised. It was great!