Surprise

No, we're not having a baby...Viv is perfectly fine for us at this point in our lives.  But I did manage to keep a secret.  For those of you who know me (and my dad) you know that we are horrible secret keepers.  he always gives my mom presents early and can't keep a secret.  I follow in his footsteps.  Yet, I started planning a surprise birthday weekend for Luke at the beginning of December.  I even enlisted the help of his boss.  I got his mother to help by getting most of the food and drink.  The grandmas fought for who got to watch Viv.  Charla won out because I knew to have the party at her house I would need an excuse to go there (like picking up Viv after our night away in Estes). 

I stole Luke away early Friday afternoon and took him to our favorite hotel in Estes. 

We saw the biggest elk I had ever seen.  It was dusk so the pic didn't turn out that well.  I would have loved to get close enough for the flash to work but he was too huge and scary.  Look at his rack!

I had fun things planned for Saturday to keep Luke busy until the surprise party. 
He was surprised!  I pulled it off with the help of family and friends.  It was a great afternoon!

Steff, Paige and I with our girls:

Grandpa and Viv

Erik, Bethany, and Viv

Luke, Andy, and the girls:

Pops and Viv:

Nana and Viv:

Luke and Charla:

Luke with his SCI friends:

Jonathan, Luke, and the kiddos:

Luke, Jake, and their girls:

Andy, Viv and I:

Viv went on a nap strike during all the excitement and was exhausted by the end:

Thanks to everyone who could make this day so fun for Luke.  He had a blast....other than the Broncos losing but we won't talk about that!