An Almost Blown Surprise

A few weeks ago, my dad called me and was recalling their weekend with Mom's family and how Mom made it all the way through the day without spilling the beans about Laura to Aunt Marlo. I stopped and asked, "What beans?" He quickly backpedaled and made up a fairly lame suggestion which got me wondering...was Laura coming for our "girls' weekend" in October? I made the mistake of sharing this notion with my husband, who started the phone chain to my mom and sister so that they could run damage control and come up with some story that I'd believe. Well, it worked. I had no idea that Laura would come waltzing in the door on Friday afternoon. It was a great surprise and really made the weekend complete!

We played cards, we went to a pumpkin patch, we ate lots courtesy of Chef Mike (probably negating my weight loss in September), had a surprise visit from my New York cousins, and spoiled the Lukester. A very fun weekend, even if exhausting.Luke demonstrated to his grandmother how fast he learns. In a matter of two tries, he went from 4 stairs, to multiple times up the entire staircase.We didn't have quite the same luck with the standing behind the lawnmower, but we did try hard!And, there was general sentiment amongst our visitors that the Halloween decorations in our neighborhood are definitely over the top. In fact, since my last blog, it seems that some of these houses have continued to add even more inflatables. I wouldn't be surprised if this one house has one of every single Halloween inflatable ever manufactured.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful weekend!! And, for a wonderful surprise!