Josh's Surprise 30th Birthday Party

It has been in the works for quite a while and Jill can finally say she pulled it off!!!

Friday night, Jackie, Karl and I decorated some cookies for the party.
Jackie & I made the beer mug cookies and Karl made the bottle cap cookies.

 The cookies were cute but the cake was the big hit. It had many photos taken.
It was the tallest cake that Jennifer's Bake Shoppe (located in The Colony) has done to date.

Jackie & I transported the case in my Expedition. It turned out to be almost 90 degrees today so we can to keep the cake in the truck with the engine running and air conditioners on full speed to keep the cake cool in time for serving.  There was a dowel that went down the center of the cake to keep all 8 layers together. It also kept the bottle in place to look like it was continually filling the birthday mug. The board below the mug is fondant, the Josh sign on the beer mug is fondant and the beer mug handle is fondant. All edible!!  The only part not edible was the internal supports and the beer coming out of the bottle (this was spray foam, painted to resemble beer)  Impressive!!!

 Doug had made Josh a batch of home brew.

The decorations were held to a minimum due to the heavy winds>
Jill made the "Cheers to 30 Years" banner
She also displayed some of Josh's photos (baby to current) on the second banner.

Our table had more decorations, but they kept blowing off in the wind...
so decorations were getting more and more minimal as the day went on.

A surprised Josh trying to take it all in!

 Jackie & Aurora

Josh and his favorite Mother-In-Law!

 Andrew had fun playing with Jessie & Billy's dog "Ginny"
He was taking her for walks, giving her treats for sitting, laying down, speaking, etc.
I think Ginny got wore out before he did!