Jared's 30th B-day "Funeral"

To his dismay, Jared turned 30 this year.  So, being the supportive wife that I am, I threw him a "funeral".  The funny thing was, the evite that was sent out said "In Loving Memory of Jared Kent Ashworth".  Half the invitees for a split second thought he had actually died.  But, when they saw that it was hosted by "His Hot Widow," I think they figured it out. :)  Here's a layout of the festivities:

Outside our front door, there was some crepe paper that you had to limbo to get past.  Then, at the front entrance, there was this sign:

 

 There was also a table to sign in with a picture of Jared and some carnations sprayed black:

 

And a widow's fund box (I made 30 cents!)

Also, a sign in sheet "In Loving Memory of Jared Kent Ashworth".

 Then, there was a video montage of pictures of Jared throughout that last 30 years with inappropriate funeral music playing (ie: Don't Fear the Reaper, Highway to @#!*% , Another One Bites the Dust, Stairway to Heaven, Poor Jud is Dead, Only the Good Die Young, etc)

 And here's the cake...Chocolate with chocolate ganache filling and oreo crumbs and gummy worms, and a buttercream frosting I dyed green....you get the idea:

I also had a game with little cards of the 7 Deadly Sins with scenarios of how by committing each sin, Jared might have died.  People had to find the cards and then vote on the one they liked best.  The one with the most votes was the sin that killed off Jared. :)  (FYI: Lust won...more vanity...but still funny)

Alia and I wore black because we were in mourning, and Jared dressed up in full black garb, our walking corpse:

One of our friends, put together an "Old man kit" for Jared as a gift.  Very funny...

And as always, I "surprised" Jared with a candy gram. 

Overall, I think the party was a success, and Jared had a good time.  We think we might make it a tradition every 10 years (Jared's 40th, 50th, etc) we'll hold another funeral/death themed party.  We'll see...maybe next time it'll be Dante's Inferno themed...Well, I do have 10 years to plan... :)

*To read about Jared's 7 Deadly Sins, you can see the post below*