Surprise Party

Does Shelly look another year older? Well, she turned 30 on Saturday and my Mom, Lynn and I planned a surprise birthday party for her that night. We had about 90 people show up at Woodson for the party which was a GREAT turnout. For all those who came, thank you very much. Shelly was excited to see everyone but really appreciated her teaching team at Kenrose being there. Thank you ladies for coming!

Instead of gifts, Shelly wanted to give money to Honduras for a project in Limoncillo which is the northeast part of the country. In her cards, Shelly will be able to send about $1,500 to them to continue the skill trade school. Thank you very much for making that happen!

I told Shelly a few days ago that she had a surprise on Saturday as part of her birthday because she was getting curious about what was going to happen on her birthday. I surprised her by telling her that we were going on a shopping spree to get her a new outfit for her present. She thought that was the end of the surprise since we had planned on having her family party that night at her parent's house.

At 4:30 pm, Lynn called Shelly and told her that we needed to run by Woodson to pick up her dad since they were running late from a trip they took with them. Shelly got suspicious at that point and started to pester me for the next hour. We showed up at Woodson to open the fellowship room doors to be welcomed by a room full of people and singing of Happy Birthday. Shelly was surprised. At that point, I was so glad the surprise was over. It is hard to keep that kind of surprise a secret.

I want to thank my Mom and Dad and Lynn and Hugh for helping put this together. The 4 of them showed up early on Saturday to set everything up and cook the delicious spaghetti. It was all perfect. Also, thank you to Wanda Lovell for the wonderful birthday cake. If you were there, you know what kind of treat that was.

All in all, it was a great day for Shelly and a great PARTY!

Chad