Surprise!!!!

Last Tuesday, Heath and I pulled off a big 'coup'!  What started out as a random thought (wouldn't it be nice to surprise Mom for her 70th) turned into reality.  We brought Dad in on the secret and Tuesday, we hopped on a plane to Orlando, Florida.  Mom & Dad's friends, Carl & Nancy, picked us up at the airport and took us to the condo.  They went inside first and Heath and I followed a few minutes later with some birthday balloons.  We walked right in the condo and I said "I hear someone here has a birthday today!".  I pulled down the balloons and Mom's jaw just dropped.  She couldn't say anything..I don't think she could even process that her daughters, who should have been in Moncton, were standing in her living room in Florida.  Once she finally processed that we were truly there, she started crying!!  It was kept quiet for almost a month and a half and I can't believe that word did not get through to her somehow.  We were very quiet about it and didn't tell too many people so it obviously worked out well.

We have been in Florida over 4 days now and time is just flying by.  We spent the first two days just constantly on the run, shopping and visiting the Burge's.  You know that I hate shopping, right???  Anyhooo, we did find lots of deals so it was basically worth it.  The weather was gorgeous for those first two days that we mostly spent in the car.  It poured rain and then the temp dropped for the past couple of days but yesterday, it was got up to almost 70F so Heath and I had some pool time.  It is supposed to be higher temps for today and tomorrow as well.  We hope to hit Daytona Beach tomorrow and relive our teenage years when we spent quite a bit of time there.  Bike Week was this week so we didn't dare go near the beach until the crowds cleared out.

Dave stayed home and I must say that I really miss him and it is definitely wierd travelling without him.  We have been apart for several days before but we ALWAYS do our 'fun' travelling together!!  We are blessed to be able to have a visit with Mom and Dad and Mom said that this was her best birthday EVER!!

Must toddle as we are heading to Deland for Sunday morning meeting!