April 17, 2010
Matt turned the big 3-0 on April 15, 2010.
I planned a big surprise shindig for him . . . I coordinated with a bunch of his best guy pals to celebrate with Matt at the Long Beach Grand Prix for some Formula 1 racing.
(You can't really see it here, but these rice krispy treats were shaped like little cars.)
Matt doesn't have to work many weekends, but of all weekends to be slammed, he happened to have to go in to work on the Saturday after his birthday - the day his friends were going to surprise him by showing up at our place to head out to the Grand Prix together.
I called Matt at work and informed him that it was a REALLY big deal that he find a way to free up his Saturday afternoon. I ended up having to divulge my secret that I had been planning for the last few months. As soon as I told him that 8 of his favorite buddies were meeting at our house to go to the Formula 1 races with him, he let out an excited giggle and worked out a way to slip out of the office for a few hours so he could celebrate his 30th Birthday with his friends.
After the races, the boys headed to a go-cart racing track to complete their day of macho-man Birthday fun.
Happy 30th Matt!
