SURPRISE!

A couple of years ago Rob and I went to a surprise birthday party for friend of ours and as we all sat waiting for her to walk through the door I said to him, "If you ever did this to me I'd kill you." Apparently that is a conversation that should be had yearly just to hit home the point.

So this year Rob says, "I've made arrangements for the kids with your mom and I'm taking you out on Fri. the 12th." He told me he was going to take me to Red Lobster and that I should get dressed up because we were going to paint the town red.

Fri. the 12th rolls around and he tells me that my mom needs us to drop off coats for the kids on our way out so that she can take them to see the Christmas lights. So I scurry around getting coats together and we stop by my mom and dad's to drop them off. I walk in and to my surprise I see my sister Tawnya and my brother Eric and his wife Emily and I start thinking..."You jerks, you totally planned a family outing to see the lights on the one night that I am busy..." Then I see my friend Courtney and..."SURPRISE!"

Pretty sure I punched Rob in the arm about then. I definitely said, "SHUT-UP!"

As painful as all of that was; all told it was a really fun night and even though he will NEVER DO THAT AGAIN I love him for putting all the work into pulling that off for me. I really don't deserve him. (Okay, let's face it...I totally do but...)