Thursday was John's birthday, and he turned the big 3.0. Good-bye twenty's, hello thirty's. Luckily I still have 3+ years in my twenty's (I'm not ready to be 30 just yet) but John was excited to turn 30...guys are weird sometimes.
We had so much fun celebrating John's birthday this year. We started by decorating the house while he was still sleeping, and then as soon as he woke up, Makenna was ready to give him the Dora card she picked out for him, and the book we made for him. As his gift this year, we made a book that included lists of 30 reasons that we love John. It included a list from the kids, a list from me, and also lists from John's parents, my parents, and a list from one of his brothers.
We decided to have a fondue party that night with some of our friends, and so we spent the afternoon running a few errands, and getting ready for the evening. We also had a dance rehearsal for a performance coming up on Wednesday, and then afterwards went out to dinner with the kids. It is always interesting to keep the kids entertained during a dinner out. Mixing drinks seemed to do the trick this time.
I hadn't originally planned on making John a cake this year since we were having the fondue party, but since we were going to be having the party after the kids were in bed, I decided that we needed a small cake so that the kids could sing happy birthday, and be a part of the celebration. Makenna picked out a nice pink Easter cake for him, which he of course loved ;)
After the kids went to bed, we had a few friends over for a fondue party. John and I were given a fondue set for our wedding (almost 7 years ago) and this is the FIRST time we have used it! It has stayed with us from UT to WA to NE, and now to IN, just waiting for us to use it, and we finally did, and it was so much fun! We had a chocolate fondue, and a cheesy pesto fondue. Both of them were really yummy! I decided to surprise John by having our friends come to the party dressed in their "Elderly Best". It was great to see John's reaction when the first couple (Andy and Amy) showed up. Andy even had toilet paper hanging out of the back of his pants, it was great!
This picture is a little blurry because I was laughing when I took it. Mike played the role of an old man SO well, it was hilarious! Mike and Anna won 'Best Dressed' for the night, and were given some Depends for their prize.
Mindi showed up with a large, somewhat saggy balloon chest! We all laughed so hard at her costume! We also had a several other guests that came straight from a school meeting, and so weren't in costume.
Of course John wasn't in costume at first, but after everyone showed up, I gave him a robe and glasses that I picked up for him at the goodwill.
John and I also made up a 30 question true/false quiz all about John for everyone to do. Most of the things were pretty funny, and it led to some good stories, and lots of laughs. We even laughed about the winner of the quiz, she being the one who we would have guessed would have known the least. It ended up being a great night, and we had a lot of fun.
