Monday, April 28, 2008

Home Sweet Home

On Saturday the 19th I finally pulled off a surprise party for my mom. She is one of those people who finds out everything, except for this time! I flew in to Utah on Thursday the 17th and Ryan's parents picked Kiera and I up at the airport. I had a surprise birthday party planned for my mom on Saturday and 26 people showed up. It was awesome to see my parents walk in, look at me, look away, then turn back and realize that Kiera and I were standing right in front of them. That's right, no one, except Ryan's parents, knew I was coming.
It was great to see the family and spend time with them. We took a million pictures, so I'll just post a few.
I just want to add how amazing mother nature is. When I left on Thursday a week and a half ago, Oklahoma was as brown as could be. While in Utah someone must have dumped green paint over the state because when I got back Saturday night, everything had life to it. I kept asking Ryan on the way home from the airport if we were on the right road because it looked so different. When we moved here in November everything was already dead and brown for the winter, and now, Oklahoma has a whole new beauty.

Ryan's Grandparents


Surprise Pary "Happy 50th Birthday MOM"


Two things I miss most about Utah...
mountains and snow!



Kiera LOVES dogs and she still asks about Droopy several times a day!

7 comments:

Jon. Jamie. Ethan. Lynsi. Katie. said...

I would love to surprise my folks like that! 26 people isn't a bad number for everyone to come! Nice job on the planning part! OHH!
Since I have moved to Ohio, I have never seen the lawn brown..ever! It's always green here!

Lisa said...

Wow, what a cool surprise! I would love to do that someday. Glad you guys had an awesome trip and made it back safe to Enid!

Leah said...

I love your music. Manic Monday is one of my favorites. I am glad you had a good trip and yes, dosen't it look so much greener (is that a word) now?

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you pulled it off!! What a great surprise. I'm glad you had fun here. And yes Oklahoma does get beautiful when its all green, I have to say its kinda growing on me:)

Stacey said...

Melissa! Your family is so cute! I wish I could pull a suprise off like that! How is everything going for you?

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Jon. Jamie. Ethan. Lynsi. Katie. said...

The picture of the snow capped mountains that you captured is GORGEOUS! Oh! Just that picture makes me miss my home town and all the nice folks in it!

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