Last year we were in the hospital with Scott's scare for Kevin's entire birthday weekend. It was shortly after that when I decided I had to make it up to him the next year, espeically since it was his big 30! I remember the night I thought of my scheme, because I was up all night tossing and turning with excitement! The plan was to get all the siblings (no spouses) up here to suprise him for his 30th. When Kevin is with his siblings, he has a perm-a-grin and I love it! I knew it would be a hard secret to keep, so I didn't mention it to anyone until around January. They were all on board.
So I managed to pull it all off and trust me, I was getting worried towards the end! Kenny flew from Florida into Denver, Colorado where he met up with Carson and Chris to fly here to Utah. Kelli also flew with her three kids from Florida. They were running a little late getting in, and they still had to drop off Kelli's kids at our house and beat us to the resturaunt to suprise Kevin! So I got 2 babysitters for Friday night (Kevin didn't even think anything of it) and told him I had to go to Walmart before dinner. It was my job to stall him for 30 minutes in Walmart! I kept sneaking away to call the sibs and see where they were. So after I couldn't come up with anymore items to get, I sent a text to Chris that we were leaving Walmart and he told me they just pulled into Iggys (a fun sports bar). I was worried we were going to meet in the parking lot, so I told Kevin to park far far away so that our new car wouldn't get ding-ed. We walked in and I was looking everywhere for them and started to wonder if we still beat them there. We got a table for 2 and Kevin said he was going to run to the bathroom. I was frantically looking around trying to hold Kevin back, but off he went. There were his 3 brothers and sister sitting at the table right next to the bathroom, and Chris was videotaping the whole thing. Kevin walks right by them, looks right at Chris with an irritated look like, "Why is this guy taping me!?" and they all yell "SUPRISE!" The whole resturaunt fell silent and even after 15 minutes Kevin was still really confused about what was going on. It was sooooo funny! It couldn't have worked out any more perfect! It was awesome! We ate dinner and then Kevin took them on a tour at his work while I went home to round up 5 tired kids.
So I managed to pull it all off and trust me, I was getting worried towards the end! Kenny flew from Florida into Denver, Colorado where he met up with Carson and Chris to fly here to Utah. Kelli also flew with her three kids from Florida. They were running a little late getting in, and they still had to drop off Kelli's kids at our house and beat us to the resturaunt to suprise Kevin! So I got 2 babysitters for Friday night (Kevin didn't even think anything of it) and told him I had to go to Walmart before dinner. It was my job to stall him for 30 minutes in Walmart! I kept sneaking away to call the sibs and see where they were. So after I couldn't come up with anymore items to get, I sent a text to Chris that we were leaving Walmart and he told me they just pulled into Iggys (a fun sports bar). I was worried we were going to meet in the parking lot, so I told Kevin to park far far away so that our new car wouldn't get ding-ed. We walked in and I was looking everywhere for them and started to wonder if we still beat them there. We got a table for 2 and Kevin said he was going to run to the bathroom. I was frantically looking around trying to hold Kevin back, but off he went. There were his 3 brothers and sister sitting at the table right next to the bathroom, and Chris was videotaping the whole thing. Kevin walks right by them, looks right at Chris with an irritated look like, "Why is this guy taping me!?" and they all yell "SUPRISE!" The whole resturaunt fell silent and even after 15 minutes Kevin was still really confused about what was going on. It was sooooo funny! It couldn't have worked out any more perfect! It was awesome! We ate dinner and then Kevin took them on a tour at his work while I went home to round up 5 tired kids. Saturday the plan was to go shooting up at the mountains, but the boys loved just hanging out in the garage and enjoying their time together for majority of the morning, which of course also involved washing the Scout and taking it for a drive.
Then off to the mountains to do some shooting...
Saturday night we all had chicken fajitas for dinner at the house, and then they went over to the driving range to smack some golf balls, and then came home and watched movies and ate popcorn...
Sunday was the day everyone spent together. It was mid-morning when I remembered I still had to make a birthday cake for Kev, so I was lucky to get these 3 helpers to help me make the carrot cake in no time! TJ and Summer are always wanting to help, especially in the kitchen. TJ got to peel the carrots, Summer washed them, and Scott kept them company and ate a few...
The guys in our yard playing with Scott's T-Ball set
Then we went to the base of the canyon for a picnic and games
Kevin and Chris
Kevin and Chris
Kelli and Kenny
Carson, TJ and Summer
This is Scott eating his lunch about 20 feet away from the rest of us. I guess he needed his space after all his toy invasions....(notice the tight grip on the mit)
The crew: Chris, Carson, Kelli, Kevin and Kenny
Kevin swinging Scott and Chris in the back swinging summer
Kevin and Scott playing catch
Our little family
Then Sunday night we had frozen pizzas and soda for dinner, and then ate cake and icecream and opened presents
After presents Kelli and I got the kids ready for bed while the boys dug a pit in our sideyard. If you know the Riggs' boys, you know they have to have some risk taking involved, so here's the bon-fire they built in our yard! We had lots of fun roasting marshmellows and talking around the fire.
So Kelli and I spent majority of the weekend together with the kids while the boys were playing. Here's some of the highlights-
While the boys were shooting, we went to the pool
(No, I don't have a matching pair for Scott- these are Haileys!)
While the boys were riding bikes, we took the kids over to the park. TJ said he was strong enough to pull Scott and Summer...pretty cute.
We also took the kids over to this really awesome greenway trail that follows the river
TJ got a little tired towards the end- Kelli the supermom!
And LOTS and LOTS of playing at the house...
Scott (2 1/2 yrs), TJ (almost 6), Hailey (6 months), Matthew (1 1/2 yrs) and Summer (4 yrs)
I had to show this picture - there's a little space between the treadmill and the couch and this is where Scott hid all of his special toys so that nobody would take them. He wasn't using them, he just didn't want anyone else to either. I should have taken a picture of everything we found in there when everyone left....pretty funny!
TJ helped me feed Hailey pretty much each night while I was preparing other stuff.
Bathtime!
Playing in the tent before bedtime
