My 30th birthday

So… you may not know this about me but I do not like to be surprised… so…. I planned my own 30th birthday party. I know, crazy right?!?!

I knew that if I didnt plan something myself my friends would try and plan something without me, and again, I do not like to be surprised. In fact, I have never liked to be surprised…. When I was 13 years old, I told my older brother about his surprise 16th birthday party because I thought since I didnt like to be surprised that he wouldnt either. He still will not let me forget that one.

SO… I had planned for my best friends and our husbands to have a low key dinner in Norman. Little did I know, my friends had planned something else… while playing along that they were going to attend the dinner that I had planned for myself. Are you still with me? They let me plan my own birthday so I would not think they were planning anything. (sigh)

My husband woke me up super early by ringing the doorbell. We had been at our sons little league baseball tournament in Kingfisher the entire weekend and did not get home until late. When I answered the front door he told me to look outside. I thought he was “surprising” me with the gift I had requested, a picnic table (because lets be honest, I picked/requested that too) but there were my 6 best friends sitting around a beautiful table in my front yard.
I was surprised, yet again.
So I went back inside and threw some clothes on… you will see I was in my baseball t-shirt, no makeup and pajama pants. I then came outside to have an early breakfast in my front yard with the people I dearly love. My kiddos were still asleep inside ;)

Most of the friends in this group I have done discipleship group with over the past few years and they know my good side, and my bad side. They love me honestly, beautifully and in the most encouraging way. We live life together sharing our ups and downs and love each other through it all. They are the most real way of friendship I have ever known.

They brought all of the chairs and tables, had each made a yummy breakfast dish, hand stamped each of our names on burlap place cards, made a happy day banner and Sarah photographed the heck out of it before I even woke up! Because, of course, she knew I would want pics of it. ;) I also had two friends that were on vacation and were unable to come but still purchased the beautiful sunflowers and table cloth from Anthropologie. SO cute!

So I now love surprises, not really, but I am learning that when you really do not want to be surprised your friends will try extra hard to surprise you again and again and again. ;)

These women bless my life more than words can describe. I love them so much.

My husband, Jace, makes me laugh in these photos because he LOVES that he helped in surprising me with it all. Look how happy he is…

My best friends surprised me back in 2009 for my birthday and I was truly 100% caught off guard. Im still not sure how they did it. It has never happened before, and they worked really hard to make sure I didnt find out about it. It ended up being one of the best nights of my life. We had a church meeting in my friends living room for over an hour and then we went to the backyard and all my friends were there yelling surprise. We had ice cream sundaes by the pool in the backyard of my best friends house. Then they each took turns telling stories about me and how much I have meant to them or how I have blessed their life in some way. To hear your very dearest friends tell you how much they love you and why they love you is an experience every one should have. I cried and laughed and cried some more. It was actually really hard to sit there and let people you love just LOVE on YOU. Nevertheless, it was incredible. I truly felt the love of Jesus thru my best friends and cannot thank them enough to this day. In fact, I am going to write them all another thank you card this week and tell them thank you for my birthday of 2009. That is how awesome it was.

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