Surprise!...or not.

We tried to surprise Tyler yesterday with a sweet 16 party. "Tried" is the key word though. He is quite the sneaky boy (Ben says he gets that from me-go figure) and decided to look through my cell phone's text messages a while back when it was in the planning stages. Regardless, the kids had a good time. We rented out Outpost because Tyler has taken a liking to sand volleyball lately. We got the whole place - I think a total of maybe 8-10 courts, Satellite radio and a cool deck complete with lots of tables and chairs to have food and drinks for breaks. We invited about 45 people and I would say just over half came. Some showed up for a little while and had to leave for work, while others came late from work so there were quite a few in and out. The others were either sick or had somewhere else to be, which was okay. We had burgers and hot dogs, chips, doritos, cupcakes, waters and soda. We tried out several different tournaments - twosomes and threesomes and everyone was chomping at the bit to have Ben (the biggest kid) on their team. I'll tell you...when it comes to volleyball, he fits right in with the kids (hahaha). Tyler had a great time - surprised or not. Happy 16th Tyler!!!! At this point...he just wants his license ; ) Pictures here from his party.