Happy Birthday!

While this isn't such a great picture, and Natalie is feigning her surprise, we did successfully pull off a great surprise for Brent's birthday. With Joy & Karey's and Emily & Will's generosity, we were able to fly Natalie and Tyson out here on a buddy pass. When I said I wanted to drive as Brent and I ran some errands, he wasn't even suspicious. As I got on the freeway instead of going to the stores, he wanted to know where we were going. When I got to Salt Lake, and then through Salt Lake, he not only was suspicious, but he also wasn't real happy with me (that's actually an understatement!). We had two days off of school, and he had plenty planned to get done in that time. He even said that if he did this to me, I would be very upset. But I just kept smiling and making small talk. When I pulled off the freeway in Bountiful, he could not figure out where we were going or what we were doing. As I pulled into a parking lot, he said he knew I could find a Cafe Rio closer to us than this one. Little did he know that that was where we were meeting up with Joy, Emily, Will, Audrey, and, of course, Natalie and Tyson. Natalie even called him while they were driving there and asked about the weather, the upcoming BYU game, and what she had finally decided on for her birthday present from us. When they pulled up beside us, Brent said he had figured out that Joy was probably a part of this, and then the back door of the van opened and you could tell we had done it. Brent was totally surprised. Natalie and I were surprised we hadn't slipped up in any of our conversations with him.

The following are some pictures of what we did for the weekend:

Grampa and Tyson watching the BYU
football game (it's not often Grampa
shares the remote control).


Taking a bath in the kitchen sink.


Miniature golfing at Boondocks with Joy,
Audrey, and Emily on Natalie's birthday

And, of course, ice cream at Leatherby's.


Brent and I had to stay after church
for a bit, and this is the scene we
came home to.