SURRPRISSSEE!!!

 when dave turned 15 his parents threw him a giant party, when sadie turned 15 she had a big party, so it was inevitable because abe turned 15, a surprise party was in order.

we hired a band (some kids from abe's school), and sadie was our PR person.  she happily spread the word about the party.  dave was on lighting (which looked way better in real life) and he hung abe's disco ball, which we knew abe would love (even though it's wimpy) and we had a ton of food.

not surprised at all;)

 despite the fact that a teacher at school told abe, "so i hear you're having a birthday party this weekend and josh's band is playing?!"he thought his teacher had the wrong guy....and a girl on the bus asked abe why he didn't invite her to his party...and i was cleaning the basement like crazy...still didn't catch on.  then he went skiing with his buddy all day and they dropped him off to meet sadie for dinner -random....still completely clueless.

i liked watching his reaction.

the band sang happy birthday -i thought he handled it all so well.

he went around and shook hands- then, made a mad dash to his room 

to change and put on some cologne to cover up his skiing all day smell.

abe got an electric guitar for his bday and has been playing the guitar like crazy.  he was stoked to watch the band and didn't hesitate when they asked him if he played.
he was happy to perform.  

vivian was in on the whole thing.
she kept it such a good surprise.  she loved dancing, the finger lights, the people and abe.

 sadie was excited to support abe.  

her two good buddies came and stayed the entire party.  these three seniors were happy and fun the whole time.  some of the freshman left early or were a little hard to impress, it made me realize that being able to go into a situation and create fun and happy, instead of having a "this is dumb, try to impress me" attitude takes confidence and is a good skill.  these three have it.

 i was really grateful so many kids came out to support abe and wish him a happy birthday.  

he has some really good friends.  what a blessing.

 (max enjoyed the party too!)

we pulled it off!  

hope abe will remember fifteen as a happy happy birthday!