JB's Pizza

My husband knows me so well.

About a month before his birthday he started poo pooing his birthday.

My poor husband married a girl that is pretty picky about her food.

When he asked me if, "our family will ever order pizza"

I knew what I had to do for his big day.

I had major plans for his pizza party.

I searched Pinterest and found the funnest ideas.

We were going to have a big crew over, make pizza at home, wear chef hats

 - the whole shebang.

{see my board here}

But when James found out he was not happy.

Big parties are not his thing.

He truly wanted a simple, chill birthday.

I guess I had let my own desire to throw a big huge bash get in the way of the birthday boy's wishes.

Oops.

Luckily, there was one BIG surprise that I knew James would love.

His best friend Mike decided to fly in from D.C. for the weekend.

So very nice of him!

These boys have been best friends since meeting their first day at BYU nearly 8 years ago.

{You old fogies}

Now, they have the same job - on opposite sides of the country 

and still remain close.

Mike flew into town on Friday and we surprised James at work.

As you can see - James was shocked.

He was truly on cloud nine.

It was the best birthday surprise he could have asked for.

Thank you Mike!

After a brief visit, Mike and I ran a few errands, had a nice lunch date together 

and waited for James to get home.

Mike also helped me with James' gift.

I bought him the board game Risk and you would have thought I bought him a new car.

He was like a kid in a candy shop.

It was an absolute hit.

That night we had a small group over for pizza.

I convinced James to let me dress it up just a little bit.

I promised not to have framed glamour shots of him {ha}.

I sent out a little email invite and we had a party on our hands.

I am embarrassed to say that I didn't take a single picture of the attendants.

You will just have to trust me that people did come - and we did have fun!

 

James loves mint ice cream - and chocolate cake.

So I attempted a layered ice cream cake.

If i was going to go all out with pizza - why not throw in ice cream and cake right?

I had high hopes for this puppy.

But boy did it look like a mess.

The middle turned out great but I failed when it came to the frosting.

Oh well, it was still rather tasty.

It is the thought that counts right?

We had a few couples from our ward over as well as Katie and Vonn.

Another former roommate, Brandon Bledsoe, and his cute fiancé happened to be in town 

so they were able to join the party.

That night he said "it was just what he wanted out of his birthday."

I guess you could say I am finally learning the way to my husbands heart.

Simple. Pizza. Board games. Ice cream. And close friends.

Happy Birthday James!

Boy are we 

{me and the little one}

lucky to call you ours.

Can't wait for many, many more birthdays together.