Last night, 20 year old Jennie (who has recently returned from England from a 2 month visit with her boyfriend and his family...) supposedly took birthday girl Becca (whose 16th birthday is today!!) out to eat and for shopping. I called and asked if I could meet them in the next town for frozen yogurt. "YES!" they both agreed!
So...about 1/2 hour or so later, I walked in and over to them. We chatted for a moment when I realized that there was a little bit of commotion behind me........
THERE, WALKING TOWARD ME, WITH A GRIN FROM EAR TO EAR......WAS MY DAUGHTER, MARCI AND HER HUSBAND, BEN!! They moved to Seattle in early August. This whole thing had been planned for months and no one gave up the secret!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Jennie had even driven to the airport and through rush hour traffic around Indianapolis to pick them up. THAT in itself is a miracle or at the very least, a true act of love. Jennie hates to drive. She absolutely despises to drive, especially in traffic!!
I was so surprised and excited!! I was also filmed....oh what a dork I looked like!! But it was ok...my kids were there and I was sooo happy!! The yogurt place will never be the same. It was really crowded and everyone was staring. But soon the whole room was filled with smiling faces as they figured out what was going on.
We are going to go together to look at wedding dresses for a wedding that will very likely occur in the fall/winter??? Jennie and her man Chris will most likely marry and she will eventually move to England.
I had JUST talked to Marci yesterday about how sad I felt that she could not go with us to look at dresses. She supposedly was in Target in Seattle but she was actually in the Chicago airport.
I HAVE RAISED A FAMILY OF LIARS. VERY NICE LIARS, BUT LIARS ALL THE SAME! I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY ALL GOT SO GOOD!! Everyone in our family except the younger kids and Roger and I knew about the surprise. Even my parents knew.
A LIGHT BULB JUST TURNED ON IN MY HEAD. MY CHILDREN MUST HAVE GOTTEN THE LIAR GENE FROM MY PARENTS!
Blessings!
Beth
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You made me laugh out loud. That is awesome. Not that your family can all lie like nobody's business but why they did it. Oh, that's precious!! Definitely blame your parents. It's all good if they are at fault. lol
ReplyDeleteHAHA! I grinned big all through this post and laughed at the end! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteWell you know what they say, the apple does not fall far from the tree....LOL
ReplyDeleteIt is good to read your posts, I have struggled with having the time to get around to the blog I like to read and even to post in my own blog....I read the adoption post, wow, how wonderful!....We would love to adopt but I have no idea where to start or how we would come up with the money....We have even thought about opening up our home to foster care..a lot to consider there too.
Blessings!