My {SURPRISE} 30th Birthday Party

It was no surprise I was turning 30....I've felt it looming over my head for months as it approached. Really, I'm okay with it. Kind of like a bandaide. Once I ripped it off, I was like, oh that wasn't too bad....

What made it AWESOME though, was the amazing party my sweet husband threw for me. He had some help from his sister Ashley. Good thing there's a party planner in the family, because he didn't mess around with the details of this event. He mapped out where people could park, emailed people specific recipes of soups and treats to make, and left Ashley in charge to corral everyone til we got there. I was under the impression we were meeting Ash and Ian for dinner in Farmington and just dropping our kids off at my mom's for her to watch them. I wonder what he'd have done if I'd told him I'd wait in the car while he took them in...they did have a fake story about Jed needing to look at their ps3, which is a common occurrence.

I was shocked!! VERY SURPRISED! It took me a few minutes to even soak it all in and realize WHO was all there...and to notice extra long distance friends on my parent's 80" TV skyping in to the party. It was SO. MUCH. FUN. Jed and Ash picked a "Jenny's favorite things" theme. They had a variety of my favorite soups, as well as most of my favorite treats....Mmmm...it helps we've got a lot of good cooks and bakers in our circles :) The lighting down there isn't good, so these pictures aren't the best.

I think every toy in that house was out :) 

Me and my cute mom

Me, Ash and Whitney

Me and Grammy Lynette

My Beautiful cake made by my cute sister in law, Kacey!

Here are a few shots from my phone of the food...I hope someone took more!

Gorgeous gourmet caramel apples (Ash made enough so every could take one home)

that made Kacey happy :)

Carmelitas

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Disneyland PB sandwiches

Browned butter brownies

Gooey butter cake

Isn't that so pretty! White grape juice with a cherry in the bottom.

My cute little family. These people make 30 MORE than alright. LOVE them. 

Thanks, Friends, family and especially Jed for making my birthday so special. Love you all!

Funny random side note. I instagrammed a picture of me birthday shopping with my mom a few hours before the party...she had to run and meet me at the mall so they weren't all neglecting me all day. I ended up wearing the outfit that night to the party, so half my friends had just seen it lol.