Natalie and I have been planning a family trip for several months now. After considering all the logistics involved, school, church, work etc...we almost gave up. It seemed that each week we looked at, there was a conflict. I then realized that there would always be a reason not to go. So we picked a week, bought some tickets and made hotel arrangements.
The next phase of our plan was to some how keep it all a secret. The only problem was that several weeks back, in family home evening, I had mentioned we would take a family trip in November. Well little miss Ashlee just would not let me forget that I had PROMISED that we would go on a family trip in November. Week after week, she would bring it up in family home evening, and I would skillfully move us on to another discussion, thinking she won't remember next week. Natalie was right...she remembered EVERY week.
So we ( I use this term loosely) packed up through out the week, and then loaded the suburban after the kids were asleep. Now I had every intention of just driving and not telling the kids where we were going, but Natalie wisely informed me that we just might go crazy trying to keep it a secret for 10 hours in the car.
In the car we piled with questions abounding. So then I asked the kids "so do you want to know where we are going? Or do you want it to stay a surprise...." TELL US they say....
And then the Shock...
Oh the beauty of a good surprise.
Let the fun begin....
