[OPERATION SURPRIZE: SUCCESS]

Annie's future sisters-in-law (or is it sister-in-laws??) threw her a bridal shower on May 17. As soon as I got the invite, I KNEW I had to be there! My airline ticket ended up being $235 round trip...not too bad! I thought it would be so fun for all the girls to go so I told everyone what I was doing and invited them to come along. Stacia (and Hadley) is the only one that ended up going with me. Too bad no one else could swing it, they really missed out! We wanted it to be a surprise to Annie and didn't know if we should RSVP and chance the secret getting out. We didn't RSVP but we did let Greg know a couple of days ahead of time. I also called Hyrum to let him know we were going to surprise Annie so he could be there with his family. We got there about 11 pm and called Greg to come get us. He told Annie he had to go pick up their drunk friend for his cover. When we got there, we snuck in the back door. Greg's family was already there and told us that Annie was upstairs in the TV room. Greg went up there to check things out while we waited ANXIOUSLY for him to let us know what was up. Annie had fallen asleep on the couch. Greg told us to go up there and jump on her to wake her up. So I did!! She woke up and was totally disoriented. It took her a minute to focus and realize what was going on. It was perfect and she was definitely surprised...YAY!!

We had a great weekend seeing Annie, Greg, Hyrum, Morgan, McKenzie, and getting to meet Ryan (she was born in January)! Stacia and I helped Annie make her invitations (which was my goal). I had been stalling on sending her any of my supplies to make them after she agreed on the design. We finished them as much as possible, all Annie needs to do is get more ribbon to complete them. I'm so glad that we were able to help her! With us living so far apart, we don't have a lot of opportunities to help so this was perfect! I really love how the invites turned out and I hope Annie does too!