The whole fam at work for the surprise
This past weekend my mother celebrated her 60th birthday.
In order to make her special day memorable my 2 older sisters and I kidnapped her from work Friday morning and took her to Chicago. We had been dreaming of doing something like this with just the girls for a long time, and this was the first time since Hannah was born that I have had to get away like this, so it was quite a treat!!!
Excitement beyond words
I thought my mom would fall to the floor when we all showed up at her job with a cake. She was especially shocked to see me, and when we told her what the plan was she just kept saying, “I can’t believe this!!!” “I have been dreaming of this for SO long!” “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?” She was flabbergasted beyond words.
We took her home to get her things packed and made it in record time to Michigan City where we took the train into the city.
We had a BLAST!
The weather was gorgeous (warm and sunny), we snagged a lovely hotel right downtown near all the great shops… we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect weekend.
A few highlights:
Lovely walks around the windy city
A gorgeous day in Millenium Park
Pure AWESOMENESS... The Cheesecake Factory
Happy Birthday MOM!!!
Grabbing tickets for the show
The Corner Bakery for breakfast... and a few laughs
Shoooooping: the Lego store, American Girl Doll store, just to name a few
Thanks Kent and Grammy and Poppy for all your help with the kids to make this work. I can’t tell you what this meant for me! To the girls: let’s not wait 5 years to do something like this again!
