A Big Surprise

I love it when a plan comes together !!! On Thurs. Nov. 7th I got a text from my Mother in law Inge. She said that she would like to fly from Virginia Beach to come see us and bring a painting that she had done for us.. but she didn't want Lonnie to know she was coming.. oh, and she wanted to come on Nov. 9th.. that's TWO days away !! :) I was so excited to do this for Lonnie. It had been a few years since he saw his mother and what a great surprise !  I got Kayleigh and Alex in on it also, I would keep Lonnie busy on Sat. the 9th and they would go to the airport to get her. Lonnie and I did a lot of shopping and tried to get my car fixed, and then came home and just waited. I got a call from Alex to tell me they were on their way, so I got Lonnie downstairs to wait.. he was hungry and wanted to know when we were going to eat..lol.. I told him we were waiting on the kids and they were on their way. They walked in the door with a huge package from Inge.. the painting.. and he started to open it.. it was packed really good.. I'm sure he was thinking "how did the kids get this?" but didn't say anything. Inge came in the garage door and was watching Lonnie open the painting.. it was beautiful and we were just admiring it when Inge said "so you like it"?  Lonnie looked confused, he knew the voice but was not sure where it came from !!!  He looked around and saw his mother.. he was so happy!!!  Big hugs were given and tears of joy !  Everything worked out the way we planned it !! Wooohoooo !!   Here is a picture of Lonnie and his mother Inge.. its a little blurry, because at 3am, you think its a good picture...lol.. and a picture of the amazing painting that will go in our entryway :) Thank you for the painting.. we LOVE it !!