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surprise!!!!

i love this man......i just have to start with that! anyways...this incredible hubby of mine turns 40 in a few weeks. i asked him a few weeks ago what he wanted to do for his birthday. his mom was wanting to have something and i was trying to come up with something too. his reply, "gee, i kinda thought you would plan a party and surprise me!" well....okay then! (i have to say i heard this repeatedly!)

now there is only a few small problems with this. his october calendar is crazy, he is home with me during the day, and surprising him is never easy.

last spring we discovered a great celtic rock band in michigan. he said that night that he wanted to bring them to town and rent a place and have a big old party for his birthday! well, then he quit his job and not that we could afford a band before but we definitely couldn't afford it now. so i did some research and saw that this band was playing in south bend on friday night.

being very thankful that we atleast have separate email accounts i began the planning of a surprise party 2 weeks early! i told lie after lie to him...but it is okay, dear friend told me that God readily forgives lies about surprises! i lied about our plans for the evening, i lied about what the kids were doing, i lied about all sorts of things.....but i pulled it off! it even took him a few minutes to catch on when our friends arrived! i had arranged for 2 other couples to join us that night.

then to get even more into this whole surprise i contacted the band to see if they would sing happy birthday to dear hubby! they wrote back and were thrilled to join in on my surprise.

upon arrival the place was packed! it is communal seating and we were fortunate that within about 20 minutes a table for 6 opened up right in front of where the band would be. i forgot my camera, but i hope to eventually get a few pics from our friends camera phone. he was so funny and asked to take a picture with hubby and one of the band members. then of course they announced his birthday and played a great celtic version of happy birthday! i think at this point he was slightly embarrased!

then....this rather old lady got into the spirit of the night and started dancing in the aisles. hubby happened to be seated at an aisle intersection and was trying really hard to not notice her!

it was a great night! i love that i actually pulled it off and am thankful for great friends to share the night with! now....he has 2 more weeks....what else can i pull off???????

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