A Birthday Surprise

This December Spencer turned 33 and I wanted to do something special this year for his birthday. The idea hit me at Thanksgiving to surprise him with a night snowboarding trip. I rounded up his cousins, and fellow snowboarders, to go along with us. I am very happy to say that my surprise went over well and he was indeed surprised!

Here is how it all went down; about a week before Spencer's birthday I told him that I had made an appointment for us in Portland and that I needed him to get off work and be home by 1:00 p.m. He assumed that I had scheduled a massage app't, just like I hoped he would. On the morning of his birthday I rounded up our snowboards, gear and winter clothes and dropped them off at his cousin's house. Once he got home from work and we were on the road towards Portland I told him that I needed to stop off at his Aunt's house to pick something up. He didn't think a thing about it and when we got there I told him to come inside real quick with me. When we entered the house he saw several snowboards sitting on the floor with a bunch of gear and Spencer asked Garth if he was going boarding. I turned to Spencer and said, "Yeah, so are you!" He looked dumbfounded. I could see the wheels turning in his head and said, I have everything you'll need right here and pointed to his bag. He still had a puzzled look on his face so I started to pull everything out to prove to him I had thought it all through. After a few seconds he smiled and said, "Wow ... Cool!"

So we all geared up and headed to Mt. Hood for an evening of fun at Meadows. The weather was great, hardly anyone was there and it felt so good to snowboard again. I think he had a pretty great birthday! A couple of days later we had a family party with cake and ice cream at our house. Happy birthday to my wonderful husband!