SURPRISE!

Jason, one of our roommates, turned 30 on Feb 4. His girlfriend Heather, our other roommate, threw him an awesome surprise birthday party. She's been planning this for months, and I'm really proud of us all for keeping our mouths shut. I really don't think he had a clue. She got a bunch of his friends to come into town from Corpus Christi and from Michigan. His parents and sister were sweet enough to come all the way from Michigan to be part of the surprise, too. Heather's mom even came to town for the big event. We had everyone at the house getting ready while Ryan took Jason out golfing...which almost got nixed due to rain. Poor Ryan, he did a great job. His entire job for the day was to keep Jason occupied until we gave him the OK to come back home, and I'll tell ya, that wasn't an easy task! So while they were out, Heather and I were running errands and getting the house ready with lots of help from some of Jason's and Heather's family and friends. When the boys got home, we had all the cars hidden and the guests hiding, too. Jason saw tons of decorations and me when he walked in...but that was it. He looked awfully confused! He took one more step, then everyone yelled "surprise!" and jumped out. He seemed to happy to see everyone! We had some yummy Tex-Mex for dinner, then hit downtown in a party bus...all Heather's ideas. It really all went off well, and everyone seemed to have a great time. His family stayed in town for a few days to see Galveston, NASA, and some other local stuff, but everyone else had to head back pretty quickly the next day. Thanks again to everyone who came out for making it such a success. Many thanks to Ryan for owning the most difficult job of the day, and huge props to Heather for pulling it all off! Fun times! I'll try to get some pictures posted when I get back home and can confiscate them from Heather.