SURPRISE FROM SURPRISE

My SURPRISE from SURPRISE...

Sunday Feb.18th was to be our wedding dress shopping day. My youngest daughter Lauren is getting married in Oct. Having such a large family makes it easy to decide who will be in your wedding. SISTERS! One sister in Cleveland, no problem. One sister in Pittsburgh, two hour drive, no problem. One sister in Surprise, AZ....problems. Ok, so we all have cell phones that take pictures. We can do this. Speaker phone, text messaging, picture messages....it will be almost like being there!

BUT WAIT....THE SURPRISE! Jessi and Helena flew in on Friday night to go shopping with us!!! I came in late from work at about 7:30. Lauren and Adria (Pittsburgh) were there waiting for me. As we were greeting each other, I barely had my coat off, from around the corner came a little person and her Momma. Helena and Jessi! I was speechless at first. Then, first thing out of me mouth, " If I knew you were coming I would have cleaned my house." Ok, who won that bet? Then, "Did you bring Matt with you?" They all knew that would be one of the first comments. Then, while jumping up and down, "YOU GET TO GO DRESS SHOPPING WITH US!!!"

Now the shopping. Lauren is super organized for this wedding. She had a stack of pics of the kind of dress she wanted. Strapless, mermaid style, no beading, no veil.....etc.. We had three appointments at different bridal salons. The second dress Lauren tried on, the girl that was helping her came out with alarm! "She's crying in the dressing room." My comment,"That's OK. That just means that is 'THE DRESS'!" She came out looking like a princess! We didn't have to look any further. Guess what, the dress has a sweetheart neckline, and beading! And she is wearing a veil. Sometimes we don't really know what we want! I will put a picture on this site, but you have to promise NOT to show Greg!

Monday we went sledding at Lakeshore Park. The sun was shining, but it was cold down by the lake. We sledded for about an hour and a half. I even went down the hill with Helena a couple of times. Not bad for a Grandma! She LOVED it. I think the hot chocolate I brought was her favorite part. We came home and warmed up while we watched Wayne's World. It was a pretty close to perfect day. Finished up with a big pasta dinner around the dining room table! My kind of day!

Tuesday they left. Alex and I drove them to the airport. Traffic was awful, but it did give us more time together! I miss them SO MUCH! Hurry home, and thanks for my wonderful surprise from Surprise!!