Well, I’m back! Early Friday morning, at about 6:30a.m., my three girls, my parents, and I left to surprise my sister in Sacramento. It was so much fun planning the surprise. I typically talk to my sister a few times a day, so when I didn’t call her in the morning, she began calling me, then my dad, and then my mom. We even called my mom’s work to make sure they had a “lie” to tell if Amanda called there, and sure enough she did.
When we made our first stop I called her while the girls stayed in the car. I told her that Sarah and I were shopping around and that while I was shopping I couldn’t hear my phone ringing in the store. She then went on to our normal chit chat that can last anywhere from 5 minutes to 25 minutes. I looked over at the car where everyone sat waiting for me to get off the phone and proceeded to lie again to get off. I told her I was at my next store and wouldn’t get reception inside so I had to go. Before I hung up she asked me where Sarah was. I froze – “Uh, right here in the stroller.” (As I looked at the car where I could hear the girls getting very loud.) Usually, she’ll say, “Well let me talk to her real fast.” I was trying to think of my next lie, but she let me off the hook and said, “Ok, I know you need to go so I’ll talk to you later. Oh wait, why did mom have a doctor’s appointment today?” That was the lie we gave her work. 
So, I lied again. WHAT A SINNER!
We were back on the road and got there in pretty good time. Once we were there I was really getting anxious. Amanda’s brother-in-law sealed the deal for us by inviting them over for dinner and games that evening. She had no clue what was about to happen. When it was time for her to arrive at home, we hid on the stairway and waited for her to come inside. She opened the door and headed inside, passed the stairs and we yelled, “SURPRISE!” She turned around, saw us, dropped everything and then covered her mouth as she screamed at us, “What are you doing here?” “Oh my gosh!” We stood there taking pictures and laughing. Then, after all our hugs and kisses, we sat around laughing about all of the planning and suspicions of her knowing, and how we got her good!!!
The rest of our weekend was great. Lots of time to hang out and visit. Saturday, Andy’s family took us out to breakfast – yummy. The girls had the biggest cinnimon rolls I’ve ever seen. I had the best – cinnimon swirl french toast. It was basically one of the cinnimon rolls cooked as french toast. Yum-oh! We also got to visit the girls’ great-grandparents (Brandon’s grandparents) for a short time. Then it was just more free time to visit.
We went to church with them Sunday morning – and boy, can my brother-in-law sing! I love listening to him sing praises to the Lord. Then it was time to go home. The drive home made me a little loopy, and I was ready to get out of that car and away from my sweet cherib children. When I got home, my husband surprised me by having our back room painted! I LOVE IT!
All in all a superb weekend. I couldn’t imagine spending it any other way. Just another reminder of how God continues to bless me!
To see pictures from this weekend, click on the link … enjoy!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cashfamily97/album?.dir=/afc9scd&.src=ph&.tok=phqOsjFBpY55mVGx
September 24, 2007 at 11:03 am |
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