Birthday Weekend!

This past weekend Payton and I traveled to Utah to visit family and celebrate my birthday with my dad.  We left Thursday night, and my parents picked us up from the airport.  It was fun to see them and it was so exciting to know what was going to happen over the weekend.

So my Dad had planned this WONDERFUL birthday weekend for us.  He was planning on there being five of us all weekend (Mom, Dad, Bessers, Payton and me).  But what he didn't know is that we were going to surprise him.  Jonathan and Amanda's family were going to drive to Utah from Nebraska, and Lindsay and Everett were going to fly in from Chicago.  It was VERY hard to keep it a secret from him for so long.  He was so excited to just have us there, we were all anxious to see his reaction when he saw everyone else.

Mom and I were trying to finalize details on Friday with everyone.  Our original plan wasn't going to work.  Dad was very set on us eating dinner at Brick Oven before we went to the BYU girls soccer game.  So Friday was a pretty relaxing morning/afternoon, mom and I went on a walk with Payton and we went to a park and played.  Then we went for a drive around the Alpine Loop with Dad.  It was gorgeous and we were able to take lots of pictures.

 Stopping to take some pictures

 Birthday Buddies

 I LOVE this picture of Payton with Grandma and Grandpa

So after our drive we driving back to Provo to go eat at Brick Oven.  Mom was suggesting we just take our time and drive around.  (I had made reservations at Brick Oven at 4:00, and we were going to get everyone there by then).  While we were in the car Lindsay called to say Happy Birthday (dad had no idea she was actually in Utah when she called), and then Michael called as well.  So while Dad is talking to everyone, I'm texting everyone to see where they are.  (They hadn't gotten to Brick Oven yet).  So mom and I finally get texts from Jonathan and Amanda saying they were there.  (Little did we know they had literally walked in minutes before we did).  So Dad parks the car, we walk in and Bessers comes out to show us where we were sitting.  As we start walking into the room Jonathan and Amanda and their family jump out and yell surprise!  The look on Dad's face was absolutely Priceless!!!  He was SO excited and shocked to see them. The tears in his eyes were so sweet and his words summed it up even better.  He said, "I've never been surprised."

I think what made the surprise even better was how surprised Dad was when he realized that we were ALL going to go to Sundance together :)  (Something he had planned for us to do originally).  If anyone knows Dad, they know he LOVES Sundance.  So it was awesome to see how excited he was when he found out everyone was going to be there.  We had a great lunch there and rode the ski lift.  It was gorgeous, and very cold.  But the kids were troopers.

 Payton enjoying the outdoors......

 Grandma and Grandpa with Grandkids

 The Fam

Sleepy Baby on the way down

It was a great birthday and so much fun to surprise Dad!  I don't get to be around family very often on my birthday, and to be with a lot of my family on my birthday was awesome!  The best part though, was surprising Dad.  LOVE YOU DAD!