SURPRISE!

Annie and Steph are queen's of surprise parties and never miss a chance to celebrate and boy did they GET us today! We have been planning a "girls" day for weeks now and the Dad's were going to babysit at the Hill's for a Mom's Day out or so Jeremy and I thought! We had said be at the Hill's at 1:30pm and Jeremy, Luke and I were running late as always! When we got underway (Brewster is about a 40 minute drive), I texted Annie and Steph to tell them that we were running late. She first said they were at brunch and it was going to be past lunchtime when we got there, so we were going to pick up a snack at the Red Rooster (a drive in with the BEST burgers and milkshakes). I get another text when we get there from Annie asking where we were and I told her we were there and were going to get a snack. She said NO, don't eat they were eating NOW but could be pick up a 6 pack. In the mean time, Jeremy was getting huffy and downright aggravated b/c I "should have known what was going on today." All I was thinking was get me to the nail place for some girl time.... We finally get to the Hill's and I storm in with Luke and I walked around the corner and see a HUGE pile of people holding up camera's and they all yell "SURPRISE! It's your going away party! and BTW, we aren't getting our nails done." Now, I don't wear open toed shoes if my toe nails are not done, but what did I do today b/c I just KNEW we were going to get our nails done...I wore flip flops with the worst looking toenails EVER! But the surprise party totally made up for it :)  The funniest part was when Luke came around the corner, he was totally "surprised", well, actually scared to death and ran out of the room crying. Jeremy finally moseyed in and got his "surprise" and then felt bad about being crabby all day b/c "I didn't KNOW what was going on."  After a rocky start to the morning,  we were TOTALLY surprised and happy to spend the afternoon with such great friends!!!

Luke and Morganne spent hours playing on the Hill's screened in back porch! They had fun riding/pushing the bus, riding the motorized 4 wheeler and see sawing!

Annie and Steph made us the sweetest scrapbook of all of our four years together and they both wrote us the sweetest cards. I totally cried like a baby. The Hill's and the Metcalfe's have been like family to us during these for years in New York. We are going to miss them terribly---more than words can express!

Luke and Morganne have always been best buds and loved it under the sink where they could shut the doors, push them open, and yell "SURPRISE!" 

Another attempt at the 4 kid photo shoot and despite this one picture, Luke was the problem child today..... He was NOT in a photo shoot mood.

Another project for today was opening up the pool. After a while of siphoning the water and then a while of bailing out the water with buckets, the tarp came off!....Check out the women and children "supervising" the boys.

Thanks to everyone for making it SUCH a nice party! I want to give a special shout out to Dave's parents for driving all the way from Maine to be there and also for Jackie making the trip! To the Hill's and Metcalfe's: you all are such special people and I am so happy that we got to be such great friends. I know you all were put in our lives for a reason and I want to keep in touch! And we WILL see you after we leave.....it will just be a little longer drive ;)