Kyle has told me he never wanted me to throw him a surprise party. With his 40th birthday coming up I wanted to do something special but not get in trouble. When we decided to move to St. George I had the idea to throw him a family surprise party and invite his side of the family down for a few days to celebrate. I knew he would miss seeing them after the move so I thought it was perfect. Months in advance I contacted his side of the family and we started to plan to surprise him on his birthday, August 8th. Everything was going smooth until he found out he'd be out of town on his birthday with work. He thought it was an inconvenience but he had no idea how it messed up my plans for the party. We scrambled and found another date a week early and everyone made their plans and motel reservations. Then the week before the party Kyle's business trip was cancelled. He told me he wanted to plan a trip up to Salt Lake for his birthday and have a big party with his family. Little did he know I was way ahead of him.
On July 31 his brother, Matt, and his family came down along with his mom and her husband. Matt had called in advance to ask if he could visit us for a week. Kyle got work off for a few days to hang out with them. Matt's job was to get Kyle out of the house so we could set up and get everyone there. He told Kyle he had forgotten his swimsuit and Kyle just happened to need one so off they went to the mall to shop. His mom told him she wanted to spend time with Barry and have a nice dinner before coming over so he didn't expect her. Adrienne and her kids came down and drove around Santa Clara until they were cleared to come. We set up and practiced yelling "surprise" until they came back. Adrienne had made a great cake with a Harley motorcycle driving up and over a hill. When Kyle walked in the door he was completely surprised! He had absolutely no clue! We had a barbeque, opened presents, swam, visited and ate cake. It was a lot of fun and was almost perfect. The only thing missing was the other siblings who weren't able to make it.
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