My Sister's Surprise 40th Birthday Party

My sister turned 40 on December 2nd.  A few weeks before this I decided that I would attempt to throw her a surprise party.  My cousin and I put our heads together last week and came up with a grand plan.

We told my sister that we were holding our annual family Christmas celebration on December 6th at our cousin's home.  My sister was a bit puzzled at first.  But, I told her that I ran into our cousin and said we couldn't find a place to hold the gathering and she said we could have it at her place.

My sister freaked a little bit because she usually makes dozens of cookies to give to each of our siblings and their children as gifts for Christmas.  She said she wouldn't have time to bake them.  I told her not to worry about the cookies this year.  We weren't even going to have a big dinner like we did in past years.  I told her that everyone was bringing something to snack on and we were just going to get together for the fun of it.

Well, we managed to pull off the surprise.  She walked into the garage at my cousin's house and looked around a the birthday decorations and then turned to look at me and rolled her eyes as everyone said "surprise!"  I then asked her if she baked the cookies.  She didn't....lucky me!

Because I would most certainly get heck from my sister if I posted photos of her on the internet, I edited the photos so her face would not be seen.  I surprised her with an afghan that I made for her.  She picked out the colors when we were shopping together about 2 months ago.  When she started to open the box she stopped for a minute and smiled.  She then said she knew what the gift was.  I smiled back at her.

My cousin had a blast decorating for her party.  She got her the Old Bag!  Loved that one.  My sister is a Guns 'n Roses fan and so is my cousin.  The sweatshirt was her gift to my sister.

My cousin gave her her birthday cap and she wore it proudly!

Next came the 40 & Fantastic sash!

Then they broke out the presents.