MM ~ Chet's Surprise Party!

Last Friday, we celebrated Chet's 24th birthday with a Murder Mystery surprise party!  Karli and Jeff planned everything, and Chet thought the party would be Saturday night.  He thought he was going to help Karli and her mom decorate for something at Fellowship Church.  He was definitely startled and jumped back when we all yelled "SURPRISE!!" :-)  Then we moved to Steve's house for dinner and the Murder Mystery game - (it was a Caribbean theme, if you can't tell from the pictures. lol)  It was my first time doing anything like that, and I broke character quite often (my character was 'Managing Mo').  It was fun, though, and I definitely laughed a lot!

Here's a group shot of us at the church after surprising Chet...

Jeff was hilarious as Thurston Howard, III.  (His character was a millionaire, so he basically just went around making snide, condescending comments and being super serious in pictures, which was awesomely funny coming from him!) 

This is just a collage of some of my favorite pics from that night:

Karli made a funfetti cake and a chocolate dump cake... the candles on the funfetti cake were sparkler candles, and they got a little too sparkly! lol  These pics all make me happy:  Everyone freaking out bc the candles were out of control... Chet speeding up the birthday song... then struggling to blow them out... and finally, success! :)

Here's a fantastic pic of Chet, Kyle, and Jeff - a/k/a "the boys" or "Three Men in Paris!" lol

And finally, an awesome crazy group shot!!  (Nathan was the murderer and Dave was the victim, so they're posing in character.  So is the girl showing her wedding ring, and Jeff with his 'money hands.' lol  Bobbi was the movie star, Amanda the tattoo artist, Jessica the waitress, Kevin the cop, and Mindi the island girl!  Ahh, I love it all!!)

Fun friends, fun night... and I'm still amazed that we really surprised Chet, who for many reasons is one of the more difficult people to surprise on his birthday!  Success!! =)