So after the amazing
Birthday Cassandra gave me the pressure was mounting as her Birthday approached
in February. (Yes over 2 months ago) I really wanted to do something fun and
exciting for her 22 birthday. She had said about 5 month prior that she had
never had a surprise birthday party thrown for her, so naturally I went about
trying to get that organized. After calling many places and being told they
offer great birthday party packages the phone call always seemed to go downhill
when the party planner would ask "ok Mr. cannon how many kids ages 6-12 do
you plan on coming?" "None." "None?" "Yeah,
None" "Well, now I am a little confused I thought you were planning
on having a Birthday Party." "Yeah for my wife and her friends."
"Oh I am sorry we don't do adult birthday parties" So after about 5
different calls like that I decided to Google search for adult birthday parties.........also
not a good idea. In the end the decision was made to go ice skating. I rented a
room at the Eccles Ice Sheet here in Logan and called all her friends to come
and surprise her.
As soon as I got off work I came home and changed and we headed out for our “Birthday Date” and she had no idea about the surprise party or the surprise gifts I had hidden all
around the valley. We went and saw the Muppets (mostly to kill time before the
party started) and really enjoyed it. Once we got back in the car I told her
that she had to find her presents and handed her a riddle on a card. That
started us on a scavenger hunt all across the valley to Old Main on campus to
First Dam then our house and many many other places in between. At each stop
she would get a small wrapped gift or another card with clues to the next
location. She found them all and really quick, she is a smart gal.
The last clue was to lead her to the Ice Skating Rink where everybody was there waiting
for us. As she figured out the clue to get us there she still had no idea that
there was going to be a surprise party and we walked in and she was confused at
first but when everybody yelled “surprise!” she got a huge grim across her
face. It is that grin that makes me so happy. That grin made all the planning
and plotting worthwhile. It is that grin that I live for. It is that grin that
no matter how stressed I am makes all my worries melt away. I love that grin.
And she had that grin for the rest of the evening while we ice skated and had
great food and good times. I can’t wait for next year’s birthday.
for us. As she figured out the clue to get us there she still had no idea that
there was going to be a surprise party and we walked in and she was confused at
first but when everybody yelled “surprise!” she got a huge grim across her
face. It is that grin that makes me so happy. That grin made all the planning
and plotting worthwhile. It is that grin that I live for. It is that grin that
no matter how stressed I am makes all my worries melt away. I love that grin.
And she had that grin for the rest of the evening while we ice skated and had
great food and good times. I can’t wait for next year’s birthday.
