The Surprise Party

The party was quite the success. The only main problem was that the golfers (Darin, Scott, and Al) kind of took for-ever to play 18 holes. Their tee time was 12:52 pm and they ended around 6 pm. I guess the group in front of them was s.l.o.w.

Everyone (the friends and family) came over to the house between 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Darin got home around 6:30 pm. That's a lot long time.

We did a lot of eating waiting for Darin to come home! Beer cheese, salsa, salami-cream cheese wrapped pickles, guacamole. And beer. And soda. And jello shots.... I'll add another post from before Darin came home - I have a couple of funny shots!

I went outside when I knew he was close to 'walk' Jake - everyone parked very far away from the house so there really were no clues whatsoever.

And then he opened the door:

SURPRISE!

And from what Darin claimed he didn't really know what to do, so he started giving people hugs. So cute.

Darin with Brad and J.

Janice and Freddy Mercury Josh

Darin with Bob and Julie

Mike and Carrie

And then the co-conspirators came in (we couldn't figure out a way for them to get to the house before Darin. Darin couldn't believe they kept the secret though five hours of golf.

Scott and Al

After the sweaty golf boys got a shower, Goestov cooked some burgers and hot dogs on the grill (which almost caught fire) and everyone ate once again! We were eating machines.

People talked, watched movies, played Game Cube, drank beer, and ate.

And then it was time for birthday cake. Well, I didn't get birthday cake because Darin doesn't really like cake (unusual, I know). We had birthday brownie sundaes!

Singin' to the birthday boy.

Blowing out the 35 candles.

Jake trying to eat the candles. Sigh.

And a birthday kiss!

We all had a fantastic time. Or so I believe! And Darin got his first surprise party and he finally officially turned thirty. No more blaming Hurricane Charlie.