Never Say Never: The surprise!

With all the planning and anticipation leading up to the big surprise dinner for my mom, we were so nervous waiting on her to arrive at the restaurant. Nick (my brother) had just returned from a deployment in Peru the week before to his home in Las Vegas. He had flown into Charlotte Wednesday night and spent the evening/night with Cameron's (his wife) parents. Dad left for "work" (he really had the day off) Thursday morning and picked Nick up and spent the day with him. Around 4:00 pm Dad dropped Nick off with kevin and I and headed home to pick Mom up for dinner. Laura had "plans" that evening keeping her from joining them out to dinner. Dad had told mom that he was taking her out of town for the weekend to make sure she did not have to work on Friday or for the rest of the weekend. All the plans were set into motion and we were headed to the restaurant....

We all waited nervously...

A little table decoration...

Finally they arrived and the hostess showed them back to their table....

She had no clue and she cried...

It was a great surprise! After dinner she was embarrassed with a little happy birthday song and cake...

It was an amazing evening for an amazing Woman! The fun did not stop with dinner, she was stuck with us for the next day and a half! Us adults stayed up way too late playing cards making it hard to keep up with the kids the next morning...

Everyone can have fun with play dough...

Chase sat himself down in Grandpas chair and just like giving a mouse a cookie, he quickly asked for the TV to be turned on, then Grandpa to watch it with him, then of course if you are in Grandpas chair watching TV you have to have a Popsicle...

Daddy and Grandpa took the kids to the park and afterwards Grandma took the kids shopping to pick out birthday presents! Chase was so excited about his new "light up" backpack and his new spiderman gear...