Sam's Double Birthday Surprise

Wednesday marked Sam's 27th Birthday. If you have been following my blog for a long time you know that birthdays aren't a big deal because we don't really do much for each other. Here is what happened for Sam's birthday last year. I'm not the only one bad about birthdays- I asked Sam last weekend "Did you get me anything for my birthday? If so, do you remember what it was?" His answer: "I have no idea.".  Yeah- we're that couple.  

On my way to work on Monday I realized I had one personal day that I needed to use by the end of the month or I was going to lose it. So that meant I had to take it sometime this week. Once I put two and two together; Sam birthday & my extra day off, I knew I want to do something special for him this year but a plan needed to be made.

My first idea was to surprise him at work with lunch and cookie cake. I have been asking Sam for months now about meeting up for lunch being the he works right down the street from my school. So I figured- if he hasn't set up a lunch date, I will- behind his back! After a few emails between a friend I know who works with Sam, we had set the whole thing up with his boss so I could come in and surprise him.  

 

If this surprise wasn't enough, I decided that if I surprised him once, he really wouldn't expect a second. So I called our friends in the area and his family to come over for a surprise dinner.


In order to pull off the whole day of events- I had to convince Sam that I had to work (which I did for two hours- but that's another story) so I made myself get up, get dressed for work, and left the house at the normal time to go to work. However, little did Sam know, when I left for the house I was going to the store to buy his cookie cake and other items for his surprise dinner.

When I was originally trying to figure out the menu for the party, I knew I wanted to have food that was quick, affordable, and allowed for people to customized their meal. So what better then having a Mexican Fiesta- taco bar! It went over really well, and it allowed for a lot of snacking while we waited for Sam to get home. 

Surprise! Nothing better then a sweaty hubby after coming home from the gym. He was surprised, but he did kind of figured out something was up before he got into the kitchen because he saw the extra chairs around the dinning room table. Oh... the dinning room chairs- well I'll keep that in mind if I throw him another surprise party.

 

We have great family and friends. They always shower us with so much love. We are so blessed.

It was a great night and I know Sam had a great birthday. Here's to another year old, wiser, and hopefully more awesome than the last!