California... California... California!!

all i can think about is getting home!
i just wanna see my family! my friends!! and of course you guys are included as family ;)

well i know its been a month since i have written or posted for that matter but i must admit it has gotten crazy.. but let me do a recap

three weeks ago Dillon and I hitched a ride down to california.. not very many of you knew that becuase we only went down as a surprise for his dad (it was his birthday weekend). my parents were not even in town, they were in Portland.. but don't worry haha they knew we were coming! and it made me so sad to be in my own home and not be able to see any of them...
here are some pictures of Kevin's surprise (:

First things first... brotherly love with never die (: from the diapers in the bottom picture to the hansdome young men in the top. NOTHING will get inbetween these two boys.. they are best friends and brothers to the grave! (:  and i was so lucky to see these boys act like boys haha (: no girlfriends not inturruptions haha just each other and the video games they played sunday morning til we left (: it was so fun!

Before any of them even knew that we were in town... we snuck into the house and decotrated (: with balloons and streamers (: it was awesome! here is dillon about to fly away with all those balloons!

oh man... this guy is so special. he is so hard working, so loving and cares for his family with all that he is. he deserved every minute of being pampered and surprised. (: 

so here's the story:

Dillon was planning on skyping his dad because there was a huge "presentation" for class he wanted to practice on his family. He was waiting until 4 so both his dad and jessie were home so they could see it. little did the family know we were in town waiting for this "presentation". after decorating the house, Dillon and i drove my car to CVS so that no one would see us or my car when they got home from work. We were picked up by lovely Annette (who i will mention later (: ) who drove us back to the simons house. she went inside and we snuck around the house to the backyard. Dillon called his dad and asked if he was ready (ironically the internet was down at their house so they couldn't skype). when they said "no... the internet is down i don't know if we even will be able to".. Dillon goes through the back door.. and walks in saying " awe man.. dad i really wanted to see you and j..." (putting his hand on his dads shoulder...) (:
this could not have been more perfect, Kevin and Jessie were surprised. Kevin was moved to tears with this simple surprise and birthday present (: i was so blessed to see this. (: here is kevins reaction after it all kicked in and everyone realized we were not ghosts ahaha (:

Here is a picture of Dillon's family... (not everyone is there but from left to right) Justin, Jessie, Dillon and Kevin... ahaha my apologies to you because Kevin cant just smile for a picture.. haha (: i don't have a single one (: but i guess thats the package (: if you want Kevin in the picture hes gotta make a crazy face (:

(: this is Annette. Annette is probably the most thoughtful, caring, loving person you will meet in your entire life. this lady was the only contact we had that was able to help us with the surprise. She is so incredible, she bought the decorations, bought the cake Dillon designed, and bought us all dinner to help celebrate Kevin's birthday.  She loves this family with all her heart and you can tell because of everything that she does for them. (: and to top it all off the day Dillon and I left to head back up to Idaho, she sent us with "care packages", "early easter baskets", and "two blankies to keep us cozy on the ride back up.. (:
Annette if you get the chance to read this. we love you so much and thank you for everything you did... PS the pork chops were delicious! and the potatoes?? how did you do it?? (: