Happy 40th Birthday Steve!

My oldest sibling turned 40 last week! It's crazy! I remember when some of my friends parents turned 40. He'll always be 30 to me! Mandy threw a fun 80's party to celebrate on Saturday. The house was decorated in an 80's theme, filled with pictures from his high school dances, framed pictures of "The Cosby" family, "Silver spoons" infamous one liners from classic 80's movies (Karate Kid, Three Amigos, Sixteen Candles, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc.) She even made a little backdrop in the entry way for picture taking. I think the best prop was Steve's Letterman jacket hanging for all to see. We had such a fun time. We also had a music lyric challenge, guys against girls. It was 100 different songs with a few words missing. I have to admit the girls did quite well. We didn't win, but we weren't far behind the guys either I was pretty proud. The party was a hit. We all had a blast. It was fun to dress up. Here are just a few of the fun photos:



What's classic about this picture, is it is EXACTLY what Carrie looked like my whole life growing up. It was all about the stripes, hair pulled half up, big loop earrings. The only difference is her glasses are much smaller. Carrie even brought along with her a photo of herself in Jr. High that looks the exact same. What a trip down memory lane.



I think this was my dance leotard. Glad to see it's still getting use 20 years later.



These are friends of the family from Utah State, the Palmers. Steve Palmer was a roommate of my brother Steve, and his wife Amy lived in the same building as Mandy and I, so we know her as well. (Mandy was my roommate from USU, I was trying to line her up with my brother Steve from the start...it just took a few years...)


I wish I had more pictures of Matt. He looked like he stepped straight out of an Iron Maiden concert from 1983. We have the DVD to prove it. It's interesting Matt puts on Spandex any chance he gets (dress up parties, bike rides/races at least 5 days a week!) (:

One of the funniest moments of the night, was as the party was winding down several hours after it had started. He took off his wig, and we heard this gasp from some of Steve's friends that had never met Matt before. I think it was quite the shock to go from crazy hair to practically no hair.





This is my brother Eric with Matt. I laughed so hard when he came in to the party. I especially loved he purposely stuck his gut out as far as he could.



Here are Steve and Mandy. What a fine couple! Steve is Hans/Frans (we're going to pump you up...from Saturday Night Live).



Here is Carrie and her husband Jason. I think Jason was super excited about his new shirt!



Here are my cute parents! My dad was a bishop/in the bishopric during the 80's so he was used to the suit and tie. Pretty clever!


Got to love the family photos from the 80's. I wish I had more of these. My mom has all the real classics, you know from Jay Lynn studios. We're all wearing shades of pastels (pink, blue and white). If these images were bigger, you could see all my brothers flexing as best as they can.