A Surprise

Nearly three weeks ago, on May 17th, Daddy and Mama went on a "date". Daddy told us the night before he was going to take Mama out for the day and they would leave at about 8:30 AM. He kept the destination a secret(from us kids at least) and said they would be back for dinner. Zeb was sad that Mama would be gone so long but she assured him she would be back that evening.

They did have a "date", but only for half of the time. The other half...they had some company. 

 They picked up some very special friends of us girls from the airport! Anna (who had her seventeenth birthday on the trip), Abigail--Victoria's age, and Andrea. :) They had been planning this trip since January and had gotten the tickets in February. And they kept it a secret from us girls the whole time! We write each other all the time and I'm pretty sure that for the past six months there hasn't been a week that we haven't spoken at least once to each other. 

I was just about finished making supper. I had some homemade french fries in the oven, the salad was made, and the roast was ready when Daddy called us and told us kids to all go outside. They had a surprise for us. 

So we were out there, wondering what on earth it was. And what Daddy says in the video was exactly what Victoria was thinking. :D

I was shocked. I couldn't believe it! They were actually here!! 

The next day, we went on a walk and went to a ramen shop for lunch and to discuss plans for the next 11 days.

"Riding" an elephant at our neighbourhood park. It's on our lifelong friendship bucket list...riding an elephant. We didn't specify if it was a live one or not. :P

Playing a jyanken game. (Rock, scissors, paper) 

Enjoying ramen.

Wednesday night service and fighting jetlag. ;D

I will share more of our busy, fun adventures soon. ;) I hope you all have a beautiful day! 

:)

Abigail