Surprise!

A few weeks ago we received a phone call from someone at Amber's dad's church. They called to see if we would be willing to fly out to WI for Thanksgiving to surprise Amber's parents. Since I'm currently able to work from anywhere we decided to go for it. It was difficult to keep the secret from her entire family but we were successful in the mission.

On our way to the airport Monday we got a flat tire. We were pretty much in the middle of nowhere. To make a long story shorter... All the nuts came right off the tire easily, the Jeep fell off the jack, though in the middle of nowhere we stopped in front of a crane company who had a floor hydraulic jack as well as compressed air to firm up the full size spare that we had.

As we pulled away after pumping up all the tires and saying thanks I was filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude toward God for watching over us. It was AWESOME!

Then after several hours of travel, layovers and delays, Monday night we were picked up from the airport and about an hour and a half late we showed up at their door. They were expecting a package to be dropped off from someone in their church and we showed up at their door. Amber's mom Ann was in tears and it was a lot of fun. Now we've pulled off this stunt twice. A few years back prior to moving here we surprised them in a similar fashion.

Now the family is preparing everything for Thanksgiving and last night we were all able to celebrate Charis' first birthday together. We're looking forward to a long weekend and time with family.