Last Saturday I threw Ryan a surprise Going Away/Birthday party at Dan O'briens in OKC. I told Ryan that we were going to hang out with Joe and Joy (our couple crush) that evening as a last hoorah until he comes back home from overseas. Joe and Joy met us at our place around 7 and the guests of the party arrived at Dan O'briens at 8 p.m. I was SOOOO nervous that Ryan was going to somehow figure it out, especially that evening before we left.
Once we arrived in the parking lot Ryan did notice a few cars that "looked like" some of his friends' automobiles. Luckily he thought it was just a coincidence.
As soon as we walked through the doors all of our friends yelled a big "Surprise!". Ryan was FLOORED! He had no idea what was going on! All night he kept saying "How did you do this?"
It felt so good to see him surprised and overcome with joy. It was a great night and he was surrounded by people who love him and support him.
A special thanks goes out to my family (Gorsuch's and Kamermayer's) for helping make this party such a success. My mom and Angie cut and passed out cake, Matthew was my communications specialist that evening (keeping people informed of where we were and when we were arriving), Angie picked up the cakes earlier that day for me, and Allison met me earlier that afternoon to help decorate (and it looked awesome)!
And of course, thank you to all of Ryans friends for being there to support him that night. It meant the world to him (and me). We are very lucky to have such wonderful people surrounding us in life!
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