SURPRISE!

well, i turned 30 a few weeks ago. i'm dealing with it-- really, what's the alternative? i wasn't expecting anything but a nice evening out with my family, but much to my surprise... there was a PARTY in the works! i didn't think that there was any chance of the ever-popular 30th surprise birthday. my mom was in new york, my dad had ballard's homecoming, and sis & clint were going out of town for prohaska family christmas. well, eric was brewing something behind my back... that tricky little guy. Clint & Al conviently decided not to leave until Saturday morning for clear lake, and offered to come over to our house to watch zaida so eric and i could go to the mall and i could pick a present out. i was thinking that was kind of the easy way out for eric, but i never turn down the opportunity to look for new shoes! well, while we were at the mall everyone piled into our house... clint, al, afton, wendy, tim, amie, brooke, jered, spencer, jill, mark, julie, jake, jennie, eric, amanda, and even bruce & jan. (eric's parents) i walked into the living room, and they all yelled suprise. i stood there like an idiot-- totally not expecting this! it was awesome to have everyone there to celebrate. fortunately enough our house was pretty clean. (picked up I should say... clean, um not really) it was a blast we had almost as much fun as the time when i turned 15 and we rented a limo and went to pizza hut and dancing at "the teen club" in des moines. oh ya, we were hot!