Successful surprise!

(You can see the mountains from their upstairs window)

After my last visit to see Bryan didn't go quite as planned, I decided that I was going to surprise him and have a "do-over" week! As soon as I had left Kansas almost two weeks ago I was looking for cheap flights to go see him in Colorado. I've really been making my way around the U.S. lately hehe.

I plotted and schemed with our friend's wife, Kathy, in order to make sure that he wouldn't find out before she had picked me up from the airport. I walked in the door after her and found my husband sitting in the livingroom watching a movie looking very bored. It took him a bit to see me but when he did he just looked at me as if he was haulucinating. He was in disbelief for about two minutes but when he finally came to he pulled me onto his lap and just held onto me tightly. Kathy and her husband Shain noted an immediate mood change in him and was excited to see him happy again. He hates surprises but he didn't hold it against me and was just glad to have me within arms reach again.

We spent almost the entire week together. It was great to feel like one big family again being with Shain, Kathy, their 2 kids, our friend Busta, and us two. Kathy and I cooked for the whole crew and we all ate together as if we'd been doing it for the last 5 years. Monday night Bryan and I played around in the pool/ hot tub at the hotel with the kids and hung out with Shain and Kathy. It was great to relax and we had so much fun with our new Colorado family. Tuesday Bryan recieved the phone call that we'd been waiting for that his background check came back and all he needed was to do his physical and a few other technicalities before he was offered the job at BJ Services in Brighton, CO!!!!! It's an awesome job that both Shain and Busta are already working for. It is exactly what we've been praying for. From the day that he is offered the job we both have full medical, health, dental, and vision insurance, and he'll be making more in his first year than he ever did in the Marines including his BAH (housing allowance)! I can just breathe easier knowing that we're going to be taken care of and that we're going to be ok. We celebrated with the family that night, but it still hasn't really sunk in yet.

(Rebecca and Robert)

On my last day there we went to The Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. It was absolutely awesome. Bryan and I are both huge nature freaks and he was like a little kid on a playground in the space room. We also watched Underwater in 3D in the Imax theatre. I stopped breathing for a few minutes during the part on sharks. It was waaaaaay too real for my comfort level! We decided not to see absolutely everything there that day so that way we could come back later with the kids and experience even more. They'll love it and of course it'll make us (Uncle Weezy and Auntie Bridget) their favorites for sure ;) hehe.

I can't wait to go back, and in fact I've already booked my next ticket for March 25th-28th. The next time I go back I will be taking my favorite traveling buddy, Megan, with me! It'll be nice having everyone that I love and care about in one place again. Unfortunately when I move out to Colorado in May I'll be leaving all of my family behind, which will be very hard to do, but it'll make visiting home that much more exciting. Another plus is that when any of my family comes to visit me, they'll get to see the beautiful state of Colorado! It definitely beats the heck out of MN. I already miss my husband more than words can say, but I know that we've only got 3 months until we're living under the same roof again.

On a side note, I'm VERY excited for tomorrow night! My oldest cousin Teri, my sister, and I are having a girls night in the cities. The three of us are the only girls on my mom's side of the family and we don't get to see each other very often. We're going out for dinner then coming home for drinks, watching movies, and catching up on our crazy lives. I'll make sure to post pictures soon! Until then, have a great weekend everyone and don't forget to share the love.