surprise!

back in november, we were in colorado for thanksgiving, and my youngest sister, stacey, a senior in highschool, was getting ready to try out for the school musical. she had her heart set on the lead role. i told my mom, if she got the role, we would be coming back in april to see her shine.

fast forward a few weeks, stacey called to tell us she did indeed get cast as the lead! luckily we had some frequent flyer miles to use. unluckily, parker is over two, so we did end up having to buy him a ticket. but sending 3 people on a airplane to colorado for $140? ill take it! we booked our tickets, without stacey's knowledge in january, and then had to keep our secret for FOUR MONTHS!

the week finally came, and i was so SO excited to surprise her! she was totally convinced we were not going to come see her. so friday night she called to tell me how it went, all the while thinking i was in idaho, when really, i was sitting at the kitchen table at my parents house. we hung up the phone as she pulled up to the house, and when she walked inside and saw us sitting, there.... it was PRICELESS! she was so surprised.

parker was a GREAT traveler. we had to drive almost two hours to the spokane airport, where we then took a shuttle bus from the parking lot to the airport. then we had a 2 hour flight to denver colorado, once we landed we got to ride the train at the denver airport and then another 2 hour drive from denver to colorado springs in rush hour traffic. PHEW! it was a long day. but parker did awesome.

 im so glad we got to go see her. jared and i went to see her last performance on saturday night, and WOW! she was awesome. we were both blown away by her talent.

since jared still had school and work, we booked his flight back home for monday evening. well just so happens, that colorado has some wacky weather, and monday a BLIZZARD came in. we had to drive him to the airport on some very snowy roads, and then his flight ended up being delayed almost 3 hours! he didnt take off until midnight. by the time he got back to moscow, it was 3:30am! 

i put parker down for bed before we left for the airport, and what do you know? im stuck driving 25 mph in a blizzard, and he wakes up HYSTERICAL only wanting mama. my dad managed to calm him down, and when we got home around 11:30pm i found them both asleep on the floor. 

parker loved the dog zoey, way more than zoey loved him. poor thing was just tortured all week by a 2 year old!

it was a fun trip. im so glad we got to go. now we are looking forward to jared's graduation this weekend, along with our big move. its going to be a crazy fast weekend. but we are so anxious to get settled into our new adventure!