SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend was a huge success for those of you who knew what I was planning. Thursday is Jarrod's big 4-0 Birthday!! So of course, you know me...I have to go all out, I can't help it, it's in my blood!

The past month I have been planning what turned out to be a spectacular weekend! Friday afternoon I had Jarrod meet me at the house at 12:30pm. He thought he was coming home to keep Bo so I could go to the doctor. He also thought his sister Kim and her family were coming in for the weekend. When he got home Bo handed him an envelope with this in it...

He did really good in not asking too many questions and just went with the flow! We had about a 2 hour drive up to Blue Ridge, Ga where I had rented a cabin for the weekend. I had never been to the north Georgia mountains, and all I can say is you MUST go. It's so beautiful and relaxing! However if you are afraid of heights...have someone else drive and wear a blindfold! The road was barely wide enough for one car and there were some STEEP hills!! But...once you got to the top it was amazing!

For as long as I have known Jarrod he has talked about how he loves fly fishing. He's been wanting to get back into it, but just hasn't. I thought it would be fun to set him up on a trip with a guide. So Saturday morning Jarrod headed out shortly after 7:00am and spent 4 hours with a fantastic guide named Kent, Jarrod said he was awesome and definitely wants to go back again with him. While daddy was fishing I had arranged for our good friends...Tim & Susan, Keith & Melanie, Kate & Scott, and Tabby & Adam to meet me at the cabin to surprise him. They came from Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Charlotte, NC. When he got back he was shocked!!!

We spent the day eating lots of food, watching football, and spending time with our good friends. That evening we took advantage of the outdoor fire pit and roasted marshmallows and made S'mores with the kids. After they went to bed the adults watched more football, sat outside around the fire, and had the time of our lives. It was so memorable! It was also a great balance of time with friends and time as a family. Our friends only stayed Saturday night so we had all day Sunday and Sunday night just the 3 of us. Bo had a BLAST, he would have slept outside if we had let him, he loved it!

I can assure you that we WILL be going back, we've already made that decision. If you ever want to go let me know because I have the name of a great rental company and fly fishing guide! Thank you so much to our friends and family who helped me pull this off, I couldn't have done it with out you!