The Big 4-0!!!

This weekend I threw a surprise birthday party for Shawn's 40th birthday. His birthday is actually not until the 18th, but we will be gone in Hawaii then. And what better timing than to throw him off than having the party a week before the big day!

We had the party at David's Pizza, our favortive pizza place in Spokane. All the details were there - we had a cake shaped like a tombstone, M&M's that had "Lordy, Lordy Shawn is 40!" printed on them, 40 black balloons, and plenty of over the hill gag gifts. It was great, and what made it the best was that Shawn had no idea it was coming. In fact, he kept bragging to me that since we would be in Hawaii on his actual birthday that everyone would forget his birthday and he would get off scott-free. No such luck with that, mister!!

Here's Shawn's face at the moment of surprise when we walked into the party.

And here is a photo of him with his "old man" cane his sister bought him

And lastly, here are two miscellaneous photos from the party. One of Ellie and I eating cake, and one of my two great friends Andrea and Leslie who helped me greatly with planning this wonderful party. It went off without a hitch!