Katie turned the big 3-0 this year and to mark the occasion, I (Josh) collaborated with her mother (Ann) to make it as memorable as possible. Probably about a month and a half out, I decided that a surprise party was in order after Katie told me she had not had a proper party in years. Invites went out and the planning had begun. Ann called me about 30 days out and suggested she fly down from Seattle to further enhance the surprise and to be my partner-in-crime in planning/setting up the party. With all the wheels in motion… all that was left was to wait.
Ann flew in on Thursday the 15th to Burbank Airport and because I worked so close, I picked her up on my way home, losing no time to raise Katie’s suspicion. On the way home, we decided the story was that Ann would stay outside of our apartment and I would go in, concerned that I thought someone hit Katie’s recently-out-of-the-shop car. When I got home, the plan worked perfectly! She was extremely surprised, almost to the point of tears. Part 1 complete!
On to the party… on the day of, Sat Oct 17th, Katie had class until 1p. While she was at school, Ann and I ran errands for the party. The plan was when Katie got home, Ann would take her to The Grove to go shopping for a birthday present while I fake a work emergency and have to stay behind. Worked like a charm! Katie was ticked, but left with Ann, giving me roughly 3 hours to get it all set up. With the streamers up, house quasi-clean, I rant to the store to get the food. Guests arrived while I was out, but we made it home with 20 minues to 6p, when Ann had planned to get Katie home.
We all were talking very low when we heard keys rattling at the door. We kept it locked so we would have a little warning, which worked perfect. Matt, a good friend of mine and one of my groomsmen, was at the front door so he was the first face Katie saw. We all yelled “Surprise!”, Katie stepped back, cocked her fist to hit Matt… then laughed and said “You almost got hit… I mean, there’s a man with a mustache in my house when I expected, well, nothing.” The party commenced and I worked the grill while the rest of the guests talked and viewed the slideshow I made for Katie. Overall the night was very fun and I love that I could give her a great start to her 30′s by having so many people there who adores her. Photos have been posted on our Flickr page.
The celebration continued the next day when we took her to Disneyland to renew her season pass. The crowd was huge and I guess there was a charity event at the park that morning which made traffic a nightmare. We made the best of it and enjoyed our day at the park. Photos are here. We had to leave at 3:30p to get Ann back to the airport in order to make her flight on-time. All-in-all, a very busy weekend and Katie had a whirlwind of a good time.
Last Wednesday was my 28th birthday…sad but true. Its amazing how close 30 is approaching, but oh well…can’t do much about it. The day started out good Josh had left me a message on my chalk board wishing me a happy birthday with a drawing of a little cake with candles on it….aww so cute! Then that night he called me saying “I found the perfect gift…will you get mad at me for spending money on you?”. To which I answered “of course not” (what girl would say yes?). So, about an hour later he picked me up to take me out for a birthday dinner. In the car he was so excited and gave me my birthday present as soon as I sat down. It was a bag from Bath and Bodyworks with a candle, crazy nice lotion in my favorite scent and a back massager. It was perfect…all my favorite scents and everything. That being said I was a little confused because of the phone call asking for expensive gift permission. When we got the the restraunt (Macaroni Grill one of our favorites)…he asked me to hand him his bluetooth out of the glove box…when I opened it there was a black box from a jewelry store in it. I was so excited!!!!!!!!!!! I opened it up and inside was a diamond journey necklace. It is soooooo amazing…He couldn’t have picked out a more perfect gift. I adore it. We had a lovely dinner and then home where Josh made me a cake with a big 28 on the top. All in all it was a perfect birthday.
The next day as part of my birthday present Josh took thursday off and we went to DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!!!!! We got our season passes and started out in the park. Josh hadn’t been there in over ten years so it was like going with somebody who had never been. Later in the day Jacob and Tak joined us and we ran the park! We had an AMAZING time. We even got neck straps for our passes and are going to start collecting a new pin for every visit. My first pin is one that says “my boyfriend is a pirate”…which is true…he is the only person I know who knows all the words to the Pirates song. He also bought me a medallion from the pirates ride…we are going to have it engraved with our names and the date…something to remember the day forever. I’m excited to go back after the move. We had the best time!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last night we had a great night…Josh’s brother Joel came over and had dinner and hung out with us. We had a great time talking and joking and playing the Wii of course. Joel is a lot of fun and the two of them together is hilarious!!!!!! Hopefully he will move back soon so we can hang out more.
Today…I bought a sweet little girl named Gretta…she is my new Jetta. I had been hemming and hawing over getting her for a long time and had been trying to sell my car…and today was the day. We went the dealership and got good deals all around and tonight we drove home in her. She is graphite blue and oh so pretty. She is my first car purchase and I’m so stoke about it! Who wants a ride?
Now that we have had a week of fun we have to buckle down as Josh moves into our new apartment in two weeks and I move in two weeks later. So we have a lot to do.
Happy Birthday, Katie!
Today is Katie’s birthday… I wish I could spend the day with her, but duty calls. I hope she treats herself to something special in the day-time so I can spoil her tonight after work!
Disneyland
Katie and I have been wanting to go forever… and now we are… tomorrow no less! We plan to take 1000 photos and ride “Pirates” many times.. possibly even get Micky ears. “[We're] too excited to sleep!”
The Great Apartment Hunt is Over!
After a month of searching and walking through endless models, Katie and I have finally found a place for us to live! Initially we were looking for a place in the SFV, Burbank or Pasadena but nothing panned out. Finally, we looked where I used to live, Parc Chateaux in Stevenson Ranch. Online we saw a 2 bedroom that we fell in love with so I called the leasing office to check the availability. It was 6:03p, after office hours, but the leasing staff was still in the office & picking up! The woman on the phone gave me an available unit number to do a drive-by inspection… and it was perfect. The next morning, I called Katie and we decided to go with this one.
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