Untitled: April 2013

And He said, "Permission Granted."

Hello all and welcome to my very first blog entry! I'm nervous. I like to do things right the first time and I have no stinkin clue as to what I'm doing so here goes nothing! Ha.

So many of you wanted a recap on how my infamous Surprise Birthday Weekend went and a couple of my friends have been begging me to start a blog, so here I am...taking the leap! I think...

Before I get into it I must first start out by saying it's a miracle I even made it through the weekend. As my sister (the evil planner behind it all) knows, I'm the one who does the planning and controlling. So having a weekend that I had no clue what was going on was the hardest thing I've had to do! I should have been on medication. For reals.

Day 1...Friday

So we start out the weekend on Friday, awaiting at my house for my sister. She said she was to arrive around 6:30pm. Like the good person that I am, I unlocked my door so her and whomever she was bringing to surprise me could indeed surprise me. Needless to say, at 6:30pm my first surprise arrived. My wonderful sister MICHELLE! She has a small one (almost a year) so I didn't think she would be able to come, so imagine my shock when I seen her walk through my door! I believe there's video out there but trust me, you're not missing much except for squealing and crying. :-)

So we chill for a bit, I've been ready since 7:30 that morning so I had nothing to do. She changed. I sit there with a bouncing leg and twiddling thumbs. I'm a nervous wreck! Bless her heart, she tried her best to calm me down, but it was unsuccessful. FINALLY at 7pm she tells me we need to get into the car and head out. I believe I bambled on...ALOT, but I had no other way to relieve the nerves!

See, a downside to surprising someone who has lived in the same place for 7+ years is that after a couple of turns I pretty well had it narrowed down to 3 possible places. So...I eventually figured out where we were going.

One thing my girls are adamant about is TRADITION. Hence why they started out our weekend with the Haygoods. Thinking that was the surprise of the evening I went walking in like always and BAM there's my sister jumping into my arms. We squeal (outside) and everyone heard us inside. We can't help it. So after we jump around squealing we decide to try walking in again and BAM BAM there is another one of my sisters Jenn Darden who flew in from Denver. FROM DENVER PEOPLE! I can't even tell you what my reaction was. All I remember was turning around walking back outside and crying. Ha. Then Sommer and her main man shows up and it's officially time to get this party started.

Once inside I see my old roommie (and sista) CaryJean, she escorts us to our seats and I look down and she has some beautiful white roses with pink tips and a bag waiting for me. She was adamant about me opening it before the show. I did. And I owe her one. I cried, and cried, and cried. The show was about to start and I was still crying! We lost her daddy last Sept and he was my dad here. She had taken a pic of us and made a beautiful canvas out of it (see pic below). She knows revenge is a you know what. So watch it girl! ;-)

The show starts, we enjoyed it, we went to Applebees, and ate some nasty food.

It's all about tradition people.


Waiting for the Show to start

The Boys and Cat


My roses and picture. Sorry, it's been a week so the roses are a bit wilty!

We finally get to the hotel. We were blessed enough to get the Presidential Suite at the Radisson. Absolutely amazing! I will load more pics on my FB page.