Scott's 40th birthday party

I had decided several months ago that I wanted to surprise Scott with a party for his big 4-0. Little did I know how difficult it would be to pull off! My first plan was to hold something at a restaurant (read: no clean-up for me!) but after Scott's grandfather passed away I thought I should scale back a little, and keep the guest list short.

Finding a party date for a person whose birthday falls two days before Christmas is not an easy feat! I settled on the 27th - only to have Scott tell me he had taken a job for that day (sigh). Oh well, I knew we would have a good time, even if things weren't going to work quite like I had planned.

As it turned out, I succeeded in surprising Scott, who only knew that his parents and sister were coming for dinner. Many thanks to The Moms for helping get supplies, etc! Evyn got a kick out of having so many other kids at her house, she enjoyed showing them around and playing little hostess.

Unfortunately I didn't get many pictures, and those I did take didn't turn out well. But you get the idea.

checking out the old pictures of Scott, from baby to present




a few of the girls, doing crafts