I started a long tale of Tawnya and my trip to California to surprise Kathy on her birthday, but the details are too plentiful, so here is a list of a few things I learned thru the weekend:
1. A 6AM flight out of Indianpolis means leaving your house in DeMotte at 1:45 AM...OUCH.
2. If you leave Indianapolis at 6 AM, it only takes 3 hours to get to California...sweet!!
3. Even if the directions say to turn on Avenue 42, when Avenue 42 is a dirt path, it's not likely to lead to a fancy Palm Springs resort.
4. Alex Vander Tuig is far better at directions than mapquest ever will be.
5. It is impossible to sleep in the daytime when you have a HUGE surprise planned for the evening!
6. It's actually possible to laugh until your face hurts.
7. Reconnecting with true friends takes only moments.
8. The staff at Consuella's Cafe is very kind and accomodating.
9. It can be 80 degrees and sunny in Palm Springs and 60 and cloudy one hour away in Ontario CA. (hard for this Indiana girl to understand!)
10. Walking against the current in a lazy river is harder than the elderly people make it look!
11. 3 friends can fill hours and hours of time simply talking.
12. California pedicures aren't all they are cracked up to be. (my camera won't work, but ask to see my toes and you'll know what I mean!) (oh and Tawnya's are not much better , fortunately the birthday girl's are great !)
13. It's possibly more fun to surprise than to be surprised.
14. Andrew Vander Tuig is hilarious (even if his mom and dad don't appreciate his humor sometimes ;-)
16. Did I mention it's possible to laugh until your face hurts?
17. Without Mr. Swanson to make us laugh, Aaron and I can sit next to eachother in church and not get in trouble (we've grown up a lot in the last 6 months)
18. The road to California is long but not impossible to travel.
19. Friendships don't end when one friend moves away.
20. New friendships bloom when girls travel together.
21. Bryan, Kathy and the boys are a blessing to their church in California just like they were to us in DeMotte, and although I will still miss them and maybe even still get misty eyed from time to time, they are where God has called them to be, and God blesses his obedient children.
Tawnya and I felt your prayers for safe travel and thanked God for you and for your prayers before we left. Thanks for sharing in our excitement and for keeping our surprise a secret.
Special Thanks to Grandma Patty Roodzant for hanging out with the Roody's while mom was playing, and for hooking us up with a really awesome place to stay.
Also thank you to my sweet husband and kids who had the house picked up, a sign welcoming me home, and dinner on the table when I got home. You guys are so great! I am so blessed, thank you God.
My camera is messing up but Tawnya has lots of great pix, I'll post up as soon as I can.
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1 comment:
I could add twenty or more things to the list, but Cathy hit the big ones. We did have a great time, more fun than I ever thought we would have. Cathy told me of the time you spent in prayer for our trip and I thank you, we felt your prayers throughout the entire trip.
I'll work on gettign photos to you later today.
BTW Cathy....what looks like a bad pedicure to grown ups looks beautiful to a two year old. So if your "hearts" are still around on Sunday you can show them to Molly, she will love it!
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