An Attempted Surprise

OK everyone knows that I can not keep a surprise for very long. If Russ and I buy each other gifts for a birthday, Christmas etc....we eventually just cant hold in the excitement and end up "surprising" the other right away. Well, Candie hates this about me. Why? Because Kurt does the same thing! It's funny really!
So last week I aimed for the perfect surprise..(remember I am making myself better) ALLLLL WEEEEKKK long I had to hold in the surprise that we would be waking up early Saturday morning and heading to Topeka, KS to see my niece Stacia play in a fast pitch softball tournament and of course we would really be surprising my sis-in-law because she would never expect us to show up to an event an hour away.
So let me set the scene...
Saturday 730am...Family is showered and entirely dressed. Ready to go! I'm telling ya I didn't even sleep the night before because of excitement and the fact that I really kept my promise to myself about the surprise issue annnnnnd I knew how tickled sis would be.
8am-Heading out the door.............I get a text from an insider that Sis isn't going to the games. WTF...WTH...Are you freaking kidding me? I HAD TO CALL HER! Right then and there my surprise was over :(
830am...On the road to Topeka, Sis was also in route. :) I was determined to A. See the beautiful Lake Shawnee complex that I had seen on the web. B. My sister in law and niece C. Enjoy the fall weather for sure.
We watched two games, ate at Chili's (fought sister for the bill..she WON!) Then headed home...

But not before stopping off at JoyLand...JoyLand is the haven for JUNK and that means the heaven for Russ. This was different, I did not partake and neither did my kids. Nope, we stayed locked in the truck while the one eyed or cross eyed (does it really make a difference) carny junkies whom worked there stared and glared at us. It was awful. I had the nervous, panic poops times ten! I text Candie just so that my phone would ping to that location in any type scenario. I am not kidding the outside of the building played carnival music and had clowns, the porcelain-plastic kind on the roof. It wasn't the good carnival music either, if there is such a thing it was the horror movie kind like do-do-do-doot..dilly-dilly-dilliling-do-do-doot...yeah that kind. :) PS: You should hear me typing this I really do a good horror carny tune.

THEN we headed home. At 4pm we got in the door and relaxed, watched some boring football and then headed to the Bards for UFC fights. Some other great peeps joined us and the laughter was on. The kids played outside in the cold and dark until they couldn't play anymore. We headed home before the main fight because today we have plans at 9:30am sharp. (nope I cant tell you what we are doing because its a SURPRISE and so far I have done a pretty damn good job at this one)