50 & Fabulous

After a fun, crazy night at the Stokes wedding,

we woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed (ha!)

  to prepare

for the surprise party we were hosting for 

my mom.

Now, planning this surprise party was no easy feat.

First, my mom has been saying she has wanted

a surprise 50th birthday party, oh, since her 49th birthday.

When my friend, Anne, announced she was 

getting married on July 6th,

my mom told her that she can't have

the wedding that day because

that is the day of her surprise 

50th birthday party.

Look how well Anne

listened, huh Mom?

So, how do you surprise someone that wants

a surprise party?

Well, we threw her a reverse surprise party.

I invited our usual Sunday crew 

(Mom, Troy, Opa, Steve, Lisa, Keri,

Johnny, Nicole, Jaida, and Trin)

 to our

house around our usual meeting time

2:00.

That way my mom wouldn't

see everyone's cars.

She would walk in a nobody would be there.

She would think that this is 

just a regular old Sunday dinner

with her family.

I had the rest of the guests 

start trickling in around 2:30.

This way my mom didn't know

who was coming, or when they were coming.

I did manage to take some pictures,

but I am disappointed I didn't get more.

I'm especially sad that I didn't take a picture

of my super ca-ute "50 & Fabulous"

banner that I made, or

of the many collages I made and placed

around the house.

Also, I had super cute purple and white

flowers since that was my color scheme.

There were also many other people

in attendance that I was unable to get pictures of.

Epic fail on the picture taking today.

I blame the alcohol from last night!

Annnyyyywwaaaayyy,

here they are:

Amber, Mom, My Maddy, Denise, Diane

 Fun fact: My mom and Denise have been 

best friends since kindergarten.

They even grew up living across the street from each

other.

I wish my best friend would have lived across the

street when I was growing up!

Me, Trisha, Bode

Flip Flop cake made by the talented
Lisa Messer

Opa and Mom

Sherry, Sarah, Tori, & Baby Statt 

Happy 50th, Mom!

I hope the next 50 years are 

just as fabulous as the first 50 have been!

:)