A Big Surprise

At least once a day I hear, "I want my grandma."  It usually comes after I've told one of the girls they can't do something they want to do or to do something they don't want to do, but a lot of times it just comes out of the blue without anything to prompt them but just their longing for her.  So when my mom called to tell me when she was coming to visit Brett and I decided that we weren't going to tell the girls.  One because I just thought it would be a really fun surprise but two because I didn't want to hear every hour for the next 3 weeks, "is it almost time for grandma to be here?" and all the other impatient questions along those lines.  

At the beginning of the week I told the girls that there was going to be a very big surprise at the end of the week and we needed to work really hard to get the house cleaned and picked-up.  The girls were very excited and of course wanted to know what it was - a new necklace? new barrettes? new headbands? - wow was their world going to be rocked.  Mom got in late last night and the girls were already asleep when I got her back to the house.  So Brett and I went into the girls' room this morning to wake them up and get them dressed for church and well, here's the video:

It wasn't quite the response we thought we would get, but the girls were still half asleep from being up late last night and the hour time change but truthfully I was so excited about them seeing her that I couldn't wait for them to be more awake.  Later this morning Madeline said to me, "Wow mom that was a great surprise!"

Mom got to come to church with us the morning which was so fun to have her there and introduce her to our amazing church family!  The weather is beautiful so after church we came home and had some outdoor activity time before lunch and now Grandma is listening to story time before we all go down for naps.  Below is a picture of Grandma and the girls with the tiaras the girls made.  Grandpa don't you worry, there's a visor already in Grandma's suitcase for her to bring home to you!

Obviously with Grandma here there will be lots of pictures to come and I hope to do a couple posts while she's here so that Grandpa can keep up and live vicariously through them because we love and miss him tons too!   Can't wait for the day when ALL my family gets to come out here.