REALLY nice birthday surprise!!!

I do have to say that my hubby and dear friend have outdone themselves this time!!! The hubs had told me about a week ago that we were going to dinner with some friends, I asked what for and he just said they had asked if we wanted to go to a nice dinner some evening. We decided it was an early celebration dinner for my birthday and got all gussied up for a nice dinner out. Grandma was on Hudson duty, and even told us to go out after dinner and not worry that Hudson could spend the night...little did I know she was in on the surprise too! So we go to our fancy dinner and The Republic was as amazing as it ever is!!! We went all out, appetizers, entrees and desserts - although Jason was not impressed with the "milk & cookies" dessert.

Typical shot from the bathroom...

The "milk & cookies" that are not your traditional "milk & cookies"

Towards the end of dinner, we begin to discuss going out and dancing or possibly going somewhere else. We decide on Rockies (or rather I was persuaded to go there) but we realize that we need to go and change out of our fancy dinner clothes. Carrie and Jason offer to come and pick us up after we get all done. Unbeknownst to me, while we are finishing dinner and changing and getting ready a lot of our friends were already at Rockies waiting for our arrival. 

Sweet friends waiting for us

Funny thing...I saw Kara's car in the parking lot as we are arriving thinking "oh she must be shopping late" never thinking that maybe she could be inside Rockies...silly me!

And the arrival...

Totally surprised!!!

All decorated

So loving this man for all he's done to celebrate my "dirty 30"

These two are freakin' amazing! I will continue to grow old as long as I have these amazing people by my side!!

Our sweet Danny-boy!!

Yea it's getting later in the evening...

MY BUBBA SHOWED UP! Words can not even begin to express how incredibly excited I was about this...see, Bubba doesn't go out anymore, so I was in shock when he walked up!

Still can't believe that Bubba and Eric showed up!!

Then the decorations came out...

It's amazing how much fun grown adults had with these crazy stick-on mustaches!

Amazing group of women that I get the pleasure of working with and calling my friends

Oh crazy Jason can't put it on straight!

These crazy boys...

It's a Kris-sandwich!

I said I got Sgt. stripes for the night!!

The end of an amazing night!

Thanks so much to everyone that came out and celebrated with us. While I am certainly feeling the effects of the night today, I am truly blessed to have so many amazing people in my life to celebrate another year with. I can't wait until the crawfish party now! This "turning 30" might not be so bad after all!!