Someone in this house turned 40

and to give you a hint, it wasn't me. :) FINALLY getting around to "the birthday post." Mark's big official celebration was our trip to Hawaii this summer . . . but that was a few months ago and I couldn't let an occasion like this go by without doing SOMETHING. I mean the dude is getting OLD. :)

So, I surprised him by bringing his mom and dad out from MN and flew his brother in from Minneapolis. He came home from work on a Friday and found his mom and dad hiding in our office, and his brother hiding in our closet. :) It was awesome.

The next day, my family came over as well, and we had a big birthday dinner and played games. SUCH a fun night - great food, great conversation and we nearly laughed our heads right off.

Mark's unofficial "gift" from the bank was a new office! (Not really a gift, just a coincidence). He's OVER THE MOON - has spent the last 7 years in a cubicle with zero privacy, so this was a huge change. While his family was here, we went to hang some pictures, and found someone else noticed he was turning 40. :)

Here's a glimpse of his office . . .
Everyone played a little football in the yard on Saturday . . .

Noah's quite the kicker . . .

The Roisum clan . . . .

The boys gave Mark some new sweatshirts - and then had to try them on . . .

And this was the coolest gift - my brother and his wife had this made for him . . . !!

Is that the perfect gift for him or what? Now if the dumb team could just win . . .