April is ALWAYS a crazy month for us with birthdays, our anniversary, Bill's Spring Break, sometimes Easter, and sometimes Mom's Weekend at WSU. This year was no exception. It fact, it was JACKED UP. Why?
Add a new puppy. Add a new state of sleep deprivation. Add a home construction project. Add new adventures with a one year old.
Oh. And add an unexpected event in which we were TOTALLY PUNKED.
Let me tell you how this happened... Jeremiah called Bill on a Sunday and said he needed a favor. He was going to pick up a friend who was arriving on a late flight at SeaTac the next evening-- would Bill drive with him so that he didn't fall asleep at the wheel? Of course. That is what family does.
Bill said he and Jeremiah talked all the way down to the airport. While Jeremiah ran into the baggage area to find his friend, Bill waited in the car. Only his "friend" turned out to be....
Nick Rodgers! He had flown into town without telling us, only his brother knew. In other words-- we were PUNKED by these two:
We couldn't believe it!
Bill brought Nick back to our house where he had his first meeting with Savannah:
And they woke me up to share the love/PUNK (I think it was 2 o'clock in the morning):
SURPRISE! We both had to work the next day-- due to the fact that we had NO IDEA he was coming. Bill called me and we made hurried plans to PUNK as many friends and family as possible in four short days.
We got my mom first. It was her birthday and we promised to treat her & Jesse to dinner at a fancy restaurant in town. I arrived first. My mom & Jesse walked in next and we chatted while we waited for Bill to show up. Jeremiah came around the corner unexpectedly and hugged his grandma to wish her a happy birthday! So I snapped a few pics while she looked so happy:
Bill pulled out his bigger camera and told us all to get together for another photo. Can you see Nick in the background? (heh heh heh)
While Bill snapped away, Nick jumped into the group and hugged his grandma & Jesse:
The look on her face: PRICELESS. She was most definitely PUNKED.
We enjoyed a very nice dinner together and I think my mom grinned from ear to ear the entire evening:
Bill was in the middle of a crazy week in his classroom as his students were giving presentations on individual projects they had been working on for some time. He had lined up parents, grandparents, educators and special guests for different days of the week to serve as judges for the student activity. He had invited his mom to "judge" on Thursday.... guess who else was a guest judge that day?
Nick Rodgers! Here is Nick entertaining his granny (after we PUNKED her):
Nick and Jeremiah stopped by one day to see me at work. Here is Nick & Jeremiah PUNKING pretty Estefania, who had NO IDEA Nick was in town:
We scheduled dinner dates with friends the next two nights. Here is Nick PUNKING Kris (Darin was surprised by Nick earlier that day):
Then we went out to dinner with our friend, Bryan, the next night. He had been PUNKED by Bill the previous day when Nick walked behind Bill right into Bryan's classroom while he was teaching science:
I have to admit it-- it was fun PUNKING all of our family & friends! Though no one wants to be PUNKED, we were sure glad that our family prank produced some unexpected time with our East Coast son.
We {heart} sons who just want to come home to see the family. :)
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