Chris is 30!!!

Chris is like a Scrooge when it comes to his own birthday. He doesn't like it at all and this year was the big 3-0. All year I've been fretting over what to give him to make it special and memorable. I mentioned to my mom that the thing he'd like most would be a get away with me but I wasn't sure who I could get to watch my kids. She volunteered to come out and make a visit to us around that time, perfect! Now work... Who would I talk to? Ideally I'd like to take him away and fly somewhere warm. I'd been feeling him out for awhile trying to see how much time he could take off from work and it wasn't looking good so I opted to stay local and do a one night escape.

I had everything set for a Friday. I'd go into his work around 2 or 3:00 and steal him away for a romantic dinner and night:). Well, the day before he started feeling sick with chills and sore throat. It reminded me of my strep throat I'd had earlier in November so I immediately insisted on taking him in to be checked. Sure enough it was strep. We got him on antibiotics and he should be feeling better and not contagious within 24 hours. Bummer, I couldn't surprise him from work but at least we caught it in time.

All day Friday he looked and felt horrible. I kept waiting for him to turn a corner but he never did. I called the place we were staying at to see if we could move our reservations to Saturday instead and they said yes. So I left it up to Chris. Said, "surprise" told him my initial plans and asked him his preference. He chose to defer to Saturday.

By then he still wasn't feeling the greatest. His throat still hurt so he didn't really enjoy dinner but we still had a wonderful night and slept til our natural alarm clocks woke us up (8:00).

For his actual birthday it started with gifts then off to work.

At work I had a surprise lunch party set up for him and some of his closer co-workers. Chris was surprised and didn't suspect it at all. Our getaway distracted any thought he may have had towards a "party". His reaction wasn't big and I only got a little clip before the camera died, but here's what I got

I had 30 pictures up of him where people could guess his age in each picture. It was fun to see Chris through the years.

Michelle, Jason, and Landon (Goose Island root beers:)

Omar, Angela, and Anne

Keith

Last year Chris requested Boston Cream Pie and he seemed to like it so I made it again this year.

Later that night he wanted to go to Zoo Lights. It was a beautiful evening and we all enjoyed.

You've still got it at 30 Babe! I love you!