The Surprise!

Tuesday, November 25th was my parents' 30th wedding anniversary! Unbeknownst to them, we had planned on visiting for quite awhile. Francie was in on the surprise. She picked us up at the airport on Tuesday night. Momma and Daddy were shocked when we walked in the door. The surprise worked!

On Wednesday we had a little surprise anniversary party...okay, we had cake and a present. Francie learned a neat photography technique in one of her classes. She was able to transfer pictures from their wedding onto a tile. It turned out really well. Then we all went out to dinner at Big Dog's (the local watering hole).

Thursday was Thanksgiving. Everyone pitched in to create the meal. (I volunteered Cody to make the mashed potatoes.)

After the obligatory post-meal nap, we all went to Freemont Street, where Cody and I had never been. They have a show set to music on the canopy every hour. We watched Born to Be Wild and American Pie. This was pretty cool! We also got our picture taken with a million dollars. I'm sure that's the closest we'll ever be to that much money.

Unfortunately we had to leave on Friday afternoon. Plane tickets were much more expensive on the weekend. But I'm glad we got a chance to go see my family and I'm sure they enjoyed the surprise.