Video: Coming to America for the BIG Surprise
Man oh man, did the 50th wedding anniversary surprise work perfectly. After planning on it for over a year with my brothers(even before we left) it was so wonderful to see my parents' reaction - particularly my Mom's.
As I described before, we told my parents that we would be abroad until Christmas and would miss their anniversary party. In order to understand how big of a surprise it was when we were revealed, you just have to watch the video. I can't watch it without getting a little misty.
- We're Using Twitter For Snippets of Our Trip
- America, Here We Come
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How can you *not* get teary-eyed watching that! :)
It will be interesting to see how the US feels to you after being gone for so long. When we came back from Costa Rica after just 10 days the US felt very loud and busy. After living in Fiji, when I came back, everyone/thing seemed to go very fast and there was so much cement everywhere (I just kept thinking, where's the ground?).
Anyways...let us (your readers) know your thoughts as you travel across the country if you can.
Looking forward to having you back in Seattle, but I will definitely miss traveling vicariously through your blog....

nice work, you two! through mom's tears, she asked me to extend the offer of their spare bedroom if you should decide to make minneapolis a stop on the way home. looking forward to seeing you both!