On Friday night, Michael received what was quite possibly the biggest surprise of his lifetime…

A BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

I had it all planned beforehand, and he didn't suspect a thing! At about 7:40 pm, my friend Lelia called him, "panicking" because her computer "wouldn't turn on"! She was such a good actress, tears and everything, that he left about 2 minutes after her call to go "fix" her computer.

While he was gone, our friends started pouring in! We had about 17 people total. I was so excited that I couldn't stop looking out the window for his car. Finally, at about 8:20 pm, Michael and Lelia rolled in, and we yelled "SURPRISE!!!"

I even made a cake without him knowing! It was Red Velvet, but I ran out of red food dye, so really it was "Brown Velvet". Mmmm mmm.

Where's my cake, mom?

Overall, everything went better than I could have even planned. Everyone had a really fun time, and loved my cake!