Surprise Weekend

This year for Scott's birthday I decided to surprise him with a weekend away. I made all the arrangements and just waited for the day. His birthday was on Friday, so it was perfect. He wanted to go to Art in the Park after work on Friday, so we made plans to meet at the bank after work. He was expecting both Makenzie and me, so was a little surprised when I showed up alone. I told him the kids were staying at his mom's so we had the evening to ourselves. We headed to the park and spent some time walking around and enjoying the fun things to look at. After a little while we decided to leave to find something to eat. We were in the car talking about where to eat and I asked what was over in the State Street area. Scott said there was nothing really over there and that it would be out of the way since we still had to go back to the bank to pick up his car. He told me to head back towards Fairview Ave, so instead I turned to go towards State Street. He got quiet for a minute then said again that there was nothing in that area. I said I know but I still want to go over there anyway. He asked where it was that I wanted to go and I said over where Highway 55 starts. He looked at me with a very perplexed look on his face and said, "To Home Depot?" I laughed! I told him no, that I had reserved a room for 2 nights at the Ashley Inn for his birthday. He was so shocked that he just sat there and stared at me. Finally he started asking questions ...What about his car that he left at work. He didn't want to leave it in the parking lot all weekend. I told him that I had already given his parents the spare key and they were picking it up that night and taking it to our house. The kids were staying with his parents and the puppy was staying with my parents. It was so much fun to surprise him! We had the most relaxing time. We slept in, had late breakfasts, went to antique stores, small country stores, ate at several little "hole in the wall" places that were DELICIOUS, and spent lots of time just vegging in the room...or, for me, soaking in our jacuzzi tub. It was a great weekend that wouldn't have happened without the help of many. Thanks to Scott's family for keeping the kids for the weekend. Thanks to my family for keeping Sophie. And thanks to Doug for finding a replacement for Scott on worship team. You guys rock!