a little background:
i decided to come home for thanksgiving. i missed it last year, and i just wanted to come home and be a part of it. plus, i would get to see my family and some awesome people i'm blessed to call my friends.
i didn't want to tell my parents i was coming home -- i really wanted it to be a surprise. so i bought my tickets (which were completely free -- a gift from God!!!) and started planning.
anna and i went back and forth planning and such until we had it covered.
the plan was that anna would pick me up from the airport. she had asked our parents to meet her at a starbucks for a little bit. the story was that she had a thanksgiving dinner at work so she would be getting home late and ray (her husband) was going to be out watching monday night football with some people and she didn't want to go home just yet (how's that for a run-on sentence :)?). when they got there, i would be there too!
so, anna picked me up from the airport monday evening. my plane was a smidge late. and the parking ticket takers weren't working. and then our parents called asking when anna would be at the starbucks and if it would be possible to meet at a totally different starbucks, which was a little further away from us (but closer to them).
the plan morphed a little in progress. we decided that i would wait some before i came in -- after they were all sitting and cozy and such. we didn't want them suspicious so we figured if we waited a little bit, it would be even more of a surprise.
so, we find the starbucks and we're trying to figure out how to keep our parents from seeing me before the right time. while driving into the parking lot, i dove into the backseat (literally. actually dove). luckily we were there first.
when my parents showed up, they started walking towards the car and anna's moving as fast as she possibly can to get out of the car and get them away from it.
after a few minutes, i peek in the store (from the backseat) and see that they're sitting. i start getting ready to go inside the starbucks and i get a text message from anna that says "go".
i walked inside (my parents were sitting with their backs to the door) and up to their table, simply saying "hello!".
and i was greeted with blank stares for a minute or so until they realized what was going on. and then i was greeted with hugs and a hot chocolate :)
i'm just glad i didn't give either of them a heart attack.
they had no idea. it was perfect.
they thought something was going on. after all, why would anna want to meet them so late when they all have to be at work the next day?
but their thought? anna was telling them she was pregnant.
hahahaha.
it worked out soo well. we couldn't have asked for it to go any better than it did.
happy thanksgiving :)
i decided to come home for thanksgiving. i missed it last year, and i just wanted to come home and be a part of it. plus, i would get to see my family and some awesome people i'm blessed to call my friends.
i didn't want to tell my parents i was coming home -- i really wanted it to be a surprise. so i bought my tickets (which were completely free -- a gift from God!!!) and started planning.
anna and i went back and forth planning and such until we had it covered.
the plan was that anna would pick me up from the airport. she had asked our parents to meet her at a starbucks for a little bit. the story was that she had a thanksgiving dinner at work so she would be getting home late and ray (her husband) was going to be out watching monday night football with some people and she didn't want to go home just yet (how's that for a run-on sentence :)?). when they got there, i would be there too!
so, anna picked me up from the airport monday evening. my plane was a smidge late. and the parking ticket takers weren't working. and then our parents called asking when anna would be at the starbucks and if it would be possible to meet at a totally different starbucks, which was a little further away from us (but closer to them).
the plan morphed a little in progress. we decided that i would wait some before i came in -- after they were all sitting and cozy and such. we didn't want them suspicious so we figured if we waited a little bit, it would be even more of a surprise.
so, we find the starbucks and we're trying to figure out how to keep our parents from seeing me before the right time. while driving into the parking lot, i dove into the backseat (literally. actually dove). luckily we were there first.
when my parents showed up, they started walking towards the car and anna's moving as fast as she possibly can to get out of the car and get them away from it.
after a few minutes, i peek in the store (from the backseat) and see that they're sitting. i start getting ready to go inside the starbucks and i get a text message from anna that says "go".
i walked inside (my parents were sitting with their backs to the door) and up to their table, simply saying "hello!".
and i was greeted with blank stares for a minute or so until they realized what was going on. and then i was greeted with hugs and a hot chocolate :)
i'm just glad i didn't give either of them a heart attack.
they had no idea. it was perfect.
they thought something was going on. after all, why would anna want to meet them so late when they all have to be at work the next day?
but their thought? anna was telling them she was pregnant.
hahahaha.
it worked out soo well. we couldn't have asked for it to go any better than it did.
happy thanksgiving :)
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