John's Birthday Party Recap

John's big 30th birthday party this past Saturday was a lot of fun. There was a lot of prep involved, in fact I took a half day on Friday to get ready (and to pick up my bridesmaid dress for Julie's wedding).

On Thursday night Julie came over and helped me make popcorn balls (I'll post the recipe later, they were yummy and SUPER easy to make!)



Friday night John and I worked on our ticket booth guy



I also started work on John's presents. I decided to do 30 gifts for 30, about half were made up of a coupon book I made for him.



All of the coupons were clean. There wasn't anything naughty in there.



Then I filled this trash can (he's been wanting a new container for the dog food for awhile) with all the things I got him.



It's the coupon book, 2 beers that he likes, some Hawaiian coffee and a coffee grinder, 2 Spurs tickets, the dog food container and a scoop, Reese's peanut butter cups, and 3 lotto tickets. There was also a T-Shirt, but I gave it to him early so he could wear it to the party. I'll give you a cookie if you were someone not at the party and can identify what the T-shirt design is from.

John's brother and his family were the first to arrive. Matt helped get the bounce house set up. That thing was HEAVY! Thanks Matt and thank Greg for helping put it up and take it down.



While this wasn't on the party agenda, Matt and the girls had fun with it!



The girls could not WAIT to get into the bounce house though



The kids at the party bounced for 2 hours straight! I have NO IDEA how they managed it!



Then it got late and the kids had to start getting home. We decided it was time for the pinata! After the kids all had a round we let John go at it since it was his birthday.



You DO NOT want to get in the way of kids and pinata toys and candy!



Then it was time for cake and presents!



30 candles can put off a LOT of heat!



I think this is John's favorite coupon



Throughout the night we had some dress up going on









We also played a few games of Twister



and pin the tale on the Donkey





We also made it into the bounce house



Only it was really hard work bouncing



We weren't very good at it and after about 30 minutes tops were were all exhausted.



Not sure how those kids did it for 2 hours!

At the end of the night Karl entertained us with a little song and dance that John joined in on.



The party was great fun and to end this post, here's a fun picture of the birthday boy.