kevin's surprise

this man of mine, he LOVES surprises! he mostly loves to surprise others, but he enjoys a surprise every once in awhile. and he is also one of the most difficult people to surprise.

but, i was able to pull off a great surprise for our 9th anniversary. our anniversay was november 2nd and we celebrated by exchanging cards and tentatively planning to go out that weekend for a date. kevin works ALOT so it's really hard to plan any kind of surprise because his work schedule is so unpredictable. so saturday before he went to work i told him he needed to be home by a certain time because i was taking him out on a date. my DEAR friend, steph, came to stay at our house for the night so I could take kevin away on a surprise all-nighter. (;

so, i packed our bags and when kevin came home i told him we were going out on a date and wouldn't be home until the next morning. he was shocked! as soon as steph showed up we were out the door.

SHOCK #2 came when we pulled up to the blue heron inn (bed and breakfast). we honeymooned here and said we would return every year. we did for the first three years and then we had kids. (: it was so fun to be back again and to enjoy an evening together.


honeymooners at the blue heron inn 2002






nine years later at the blue heron inn 2011



thanks steph for making this work!

this will be hard to top next year! (;