I was awoken to the smell of bacon on Friday morning. Which was very strange because it was Friday and Josh and I both had to work. I got up and Josh was still in his PJ's. Strange I thought... I told him "what are you doing, aren't you going to get ready for work". He then advised me that he got the day off. "WHAT!" He told me earlier that he was not taking the day off because I wasn't taking it off. He told me that it was me first suprise and there was many more to come. He had made me breakfast. French Toast and bacon... Yummy! When I sat down to breakfast he then handed me a note that he had writen to my daycare parents. He had taken the day off for me and they were to make me think that I was still working... Man did it work because I had no idea. That was suprise #2. After breakfast he said Suprise #3 was that I needed to pack for us and the kids but the kids needed to be separate. What! Suprise #4 was that he had set it up that his mom was going to come and pick up the kids and they would spend the night with her and then Josh's brother Nate would come pick them up the next day and they would spend the night w/ Uncle Nate and Aunt Leslie and there cousins. So I quickly got them packed and got everyone showered and dressed. Got Josh and I packed and Grandma had showed up. Jonas and Miranda were very excited and wanted to go. So we said our goodbyes and they headed out. Josh and I headed out... not knowing where I was going. All I was told was pack hiking shoes... We ran some errons and then started to head out. Josh then informed me we were going to Lincoln City. We headed to Salem to cut over and had some Yummy lunch at Taco Del Mar and then off we went. 
When we got to Lincoln City we stopped and did some shopping. Josh got some good deals at the outlets. Then we went to our hotel room and got settled. We decided that we wanted to go to a movie and get something to eat. Off we went to our favorite pizza place and then to see Time Travelers Wife. After we went back to the motel and then walked to the beach to enjoy the clear skies and the sound of the waves. Beautiful!
In the morning we went to Suprise #6. Josh took me to Drift Creek falls. It was so beautiful and a really nice hike. It was 3 and half mile hike. We came upon a suspension bridge. It was amazing. Although it was pretty scary because when you walked you could feel it sway back and forth.
After the nice hike we went to Mo's for lunch and then onto the beach to relax. I fell asleep for three hours and Josh watched the sea lions. It was warm and clear blues skies. Then we decided that we would check out a garden.
We went back to the motel room for awhile to relax and then went out for dinner. This morning we woke up early and got on the road by 9:30. Josh decided that it would be nice to go down to florence and then over to Eugene. Well that took us a lot longer then we had thought. When we got past Florence there was a line of cars... after awhile of sitting there w/ no signal a car came up and said that there was a fatal car accident w/ a 2 hour wait time. We turned around and then had to back track to get to Eugene to pick up our kids. We were in the car for 5 hours before getting the kids in Creswell. Yuck. It was a wonderful weekend but man did I miss the kids. So it was nice to see there smiling faces. On our way home I told Josh I would drive since he had driven this morning. We had just gotten out of Creswell when this truck next to us hit a huge piece of wood. It flew up and hit the van. No one was hurt but it scared me and also made me upset that the truck didn't even stop to see what had happen. Can't believe it. Well now I need to call my insurance because there is damage to the van. Lucky us. We that was the end to our mini vacation just the two of us... Thank you Joshua for the many suprises and the love that was put into this. I do have the most loving and romantic man alive! I love you honey and Happy 7th Anniversary!
