I love planning little get togethers, parties, BBQs, etc. for friends and family!!!!  My friend Jen (also know to Noah as Aunt Jen-Jen and our number one favorite  babysitter), turns 35 on July 5th of this year.  I was laying in bed the other night, unable to sleep, and thought of a brilliant idea!!!  Throw her a SUPRISE birthday party!!!

I spoke to my best friend the following day (Marcia, also known on HSB as momma25js) and told her about my idea and she loved it.  She told me she would love to help out, and I needed it.  So we quickly made up a list of friends (along with Jen's mom and aunt who live in town as well), and started calling people that day.  Since it is such short notice, we decided we needed to invite people personally instead of sending a card!!!  Most everyone (10 of us) are able to come!!!

We decided on a brown and pink colors.  Marcia will make strawberry cupcakes with chocolate icing and a sliced strawberry on each.  I will make a brownie pizza, topped with Jen's favorite white chocolate pudding, bananas, strawberries, and drizzled with semisweet chocolate.  YUMMY!!  I will also make some kind of strawberry punch!  I will be going to Wal-Mart this weekend and hope to find some party plates to match our theme, some pink baloons and streamers as well.

I live near 2 funeral homes (within 1 block of each), so I have asked all the guests to arrive a few minutes early, and park in the funeral home parking lot so Jen will not see the cars when she pulls up to our house.  I will have everyone hide, and then when she sees all the decorations I will open the french doors to the room where evevryone is hiding and then will pop out and say suprise.

I am excited about it.  Jen is such a sweet friend.  She would do anything, fo anyone.  She refuses to take money for babysitting Noah on occassion (and one time for a whole weekend while we went away for our anniversary), so I repay her by taking her out to dinner and a movie for a girly night every once in a while.

I hope to take some good pics and post them online afterwards.