The hardest part was not letting the secret slip over the next couple months. Everytime we would talk to Robby's mom, I would think about saying something related to the trip and luckily I would remember to shut my mouth before I spilled the beans.
Wendy was great! She managed to get Mom to plan a feast and FHE for everyone in TX that coinsided with the night we planned to arrive. We ended up getting to TX a day early so Wendy kept us the first night, and our families played the next day while we waited for the family get-together that evening. As you can see below the kids had a great time together...
We even went to Chuck E. Cheese's that day...
(I'm not sure how I feel about Jenna having a driver's license even if it won't be for another 12+ years!)
Back to the story... that night Wendy and her family drove a different route over to Mom and Dad's house and ended up arriving there a little before us. When we got there we walked up to the door and Forrest (Robby's brother - who Robby leaked the plan to a couple days previous) opened then door and announced, "It's a Christmas miracle!"
Everyone was shocked! I loved Mom's face! Her jaw dropped and she stood there stunned, and then Abbie walked into the room and she stood there with with a look of complete astonishment! We couldn't help but smile and laugh. It was great! I didn't catch Logan's first impression (but I know he was surprised), and Dad was sitting on the couch just out of view initially. He was talking to Andra and Summer on the phone and when he told them that we had just showed up they started giggling (or so I was told.) Fun, fun, fun!
The week we had there was a blast! It was also warmer than we had expected. (You would think that I would have known to pack short sleeve shirts for December in TX!) While there the cousins got plenty of play time and we just enjoyed being with family. Here are some highlights...
The Nutcracker
Early in the week Jenna and I went on a joint Mommy-Daughter date with Wendy and Molly to see Texas Ballet Theater's Nutcracker.
It was fun seeing these two excited to watch the ballet.
Thanks for a fun evening, Wendy and Molly. Let's do it again some year!
My other big surprise was that I (with funding help from all of our parents) secretly got Robby the banjo that he had been bugging me and bugging me for months about. I drove an hour and a half to pick it up in October, and I had a friend of mine hide it at her house until we got back from Christmas. Robby didn't really think that I would actually get it because he kept asking and I would tell him to forget it because I had heard enough about this "dumb banjo!" Boy was he surprised!
That's enough pictures for now... I have more though, so check back soon.
4 comments:
Come back soon! Eli misses Jenna so much. We had so much fun with you.
fun! thanks for arranging to overlap with my trip -- it was so good to see all of you!
I'm sad I missed you guys. The kidlets all look so grown up!
Thanks for taking time for us to visit. We really loved seeing you all.
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