Surprise...Surprise...

Matt's dad is turning "60" this week and asked us to spend a weekend with him to celebrate his birthday. It was our understanding that he wanted us to either spend a weekend with him in Atlanta with the girls (Matt's sisters) or the following weekend in Gulfport. Well, there was no way we could go to Gulfport the following weekend so we decided to tough it out and make the trip to Atlanta. We knew it was going to be a hard trip for us so we thought we needed some excitement for ourselves if we were going to travel that far in such a short period of time. So...we only told one sister that we were coming, and we only told her because we needed to stay at her house on Friday night and would not be arriving until 1 AMish so we could not just show up at that time of the day without some type of warning.

Thanks to Kate and Jim who had to tell a few fibs to make it all work, we managed to keep the secret, and I think our appearance was a surprise to say the least. They had planned a photo shoot on Saturday so we were there when they all showed up.

We had the photo shoot and then had a steak dinner along with cake and presents at Michael and Kelly's house. And one of Poppie's presents informed all of us that there is another baby on the way. Kelly and Michael are expecting their 2nd child, and we are thrilled for them and were glad we could be there for such a special announcement!

And finally...a sneak peak of our photo shoot...

Front: Matt's Parents
Back: Matt, Mandi, Anna Lauren, Spencer, Kelly, Michael, Kate, James, and Jim


And as you can see...Anna Lauren put on a show (as usual) throughout the entire photo shoot. The boys (James and Spencer) were so calm and just sat there where ever you put them and smiled...Anna Lauren on the other hand, not so much. She runs circles around those boys...she is wild, but you know, I love that she is so full of life and would not trade her for anything in the world. Just sometimes I wish she had "one" calm bone in her body!