Mark's 30th Birthday Celebration

Mark will turn 30 years old next week. I really wanted to do something special to celebrate but knew an all-out surprise birthday party was probably out of the question. It's just not very 'Mark'. So I thought maybe I could surprise him by taking him to a baseball game and having friends and family show up to enjoy it with him. Still a 'surprise' of sorts, but not so much attention focused on him (which he feels rather uncomfortable with). Anyway, it was quite the ordeal getting 23 tickets together in the same section for such a popular game (little did I know when I picked our date that it was a really popular series). It all worked out perfectly. Mark didn't have a CLUE ahead of time. I gave him the tickets on Father's Day as a Father's Day/birthday gift and let him think it was just the two of us going. It was a fun time to celebrate together and then we followed up with a brunch the next morning with primarily family who had spent the night. Happy Birthday, Mark!!

It was the hottest day of the year so far...and SO humid...but we had fun!

friends Natasha, Amanda, and Andrew sitting next to my parents

We also had 14 of Mark's family members...I didn't get great pictures of them all so I'll include this one of Mark's parents. I was so blessed that they came to celebrate with us during such a busy summer!

Extra special bonus for the night; the Royals WON!?!