The Ruesch Family: Courtneys 30th Birthday!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy CoUrTnEy!

You are the most amazing husband and daddy! I can't imagine my life without you! Your so kind, loving, and you work so hard to give us a great life! Gavin and I are so lucky to have such a special man like you!

On July 5th Courtney celebrated his 30th birthday! For months Robyn and I have been planning a surprise poker themed party for him. It was a lot of work to get it all done and keep it a secret! We decided the only way to get him somewhere on time was to say we were doing his family birthday dinner at his moms on his bday at 7 pm. Little did he know, we sent out invitations to his close friends and family and they were to arrive at 6:30. I kept telling him he really should go golfing for the day since it was his 30th birthday and he needed to do something fun. Really I just wanted him out of the house so that I could help with any last minute things. He got home from golfing at 5:30 and wanted to start packing up to go to his moms! I am always an ontime person so normally I would be all about getting ready early but this time I was doing everything I could to keep him from leaving early. He finally loaded everything in the truck including Gavin and Harley and was waiting for me, I knew I had to stall so I went and sat on our bed for a few minutes. Finally when I knew it had been long enough to leave I got in the truck. I told him I couldn't find Gavins shoes anywhere even though I had them the whole time. We arrived at his moms a few minutes before 7 and when he walked in the backyard he was surprised! All his close friends and family were there to celebrate his special day with him! The backyard looked perfect! We had all Courts favorite foods for dinner and Robyn got two cakes that were dice for dessert. The party went great until it decided to rain on us and it really came down. Most everyone left pretty fast after that. Some family stayed to watch Court open presents and light a few fireworks.Thank you to all who helped put together this party and to all who came!

Robyn found edible paper that looked like playing cards

I made this sign and it took forever because everytime I layed it out to make it Court would show up at my moms and I would have to hurry and put it away!