An "Amazing" Birthday

For Justin's 30th birthday, I decided to give him an Amazing Race Surprise Birthday. He loves is ok with suprises. Back in January I talked Sabrina and Cheryl into helping me plan it. (Thanks, by the way, ladies!) The surprise was almost ruined because of Sunshine Foods. I called and asked them to make cupcakes for me. I only gave them my cell number, but somehow, they got my home number and left a message! Justin was acting a little smug the day he heard it. He thought he had figured something out! Ha! Joke was on him! We invited a bunch of our friends to come and play as well as to help at the stations. The first task they had to complete was to guess what time of day Justin was born. Justin played with Nate and they were the last team to start! They then had to go to DGR and take a picture of their team infront of the DGR sign. Technology was not on my side that night. :( Things were not working in my favor. After their text, they had to go and pump gas for 3 vehicles in town. Well... town was a little dead that night. They ended up washing windows and counting that instead!

The next clue lead them to Scott & Amy's house to try to put the pictures of Justin in order from his childhood. This proved to be quite tricky for a lot of the teams! Ivy was very excited to help!

Again, Nate and Justin had a hard time with this one!

Next center was when it went a little crazy! They were supposed to go to the school and shoot baskets. They had to make 17 in one minute. I didn't have enough timers or helpers and this station. Oops... The next 3 stations included a stop at Mike and Erica's to solve a puzzle, heading to Pizza Ranch to get 4 people to sign a birthday card for Justin, and lastly, to get 5 people to text his phone "Happy Birthday". Again, technology did not help me out on that one... Their final clue lead them back to our house to complete their final task. They had to get Oreos from their forehead to their mouth without using their hands. It was so funny to watch! I think Mere was ready to beat Joe over their finish...

Krista wasn't too happy with me either.

Funny thing is... Guess who won... Yep... Nate & Justin. It was such a fun night! Thanks for helping us celebrate! Happy 30th, Jus!