{"id":2157,"date":"2014-06-30T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T03:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2014-07-09T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T03:39:04","slug":"favorite-auntie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Auntie"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend was perfect. We made a quick trip over to the Portland area to attend a surprise birthday party for my Auntie Laura. (She’s not\u00a0technically\u00a0<\/em>my aunt, she’s my mom’s best friend- but regardless, she’s my favorite auntie and one of my favorite people in general.)<\/p>\n

We left early on Saturday morning and drove the five and a half hours, trying to stop as little as possible because we were already running behind schedule. The party started at 2, and I really didn’t want to miss the “SURPRISE” yelling. When 2 o’clock rolled around and we were\u00a0still\u00a0<\/i>thirty minutes away, my high hopes deflated. “Oh well,” I thought. “We’ll still be a surprise to her, even if we’re late.” By the time we parked the car outside her house at 2:30, my uncle Allan waves us over yelling “They’re coming! They’re going to be here in two minutes!” We RAN into the house, and I’m not even joking- while I was taking my shoes off at the door, my mom pulled up with Laura. We had made it in time.<\/p>\n

When she walked through the front door, everyone started singing Happy Birthday to her, and she was SO surprised! When she saw my hubby and I she ran straight over and gave us each a huge hug, and I almost cried, because I’m just a big baby like that… :) Her reaction alone was worth the five and a half hours we’d just driven.<\/p>\n

The party was fun, celebrating such a wonderful person.<\/p>\n

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After the guests left, the party did\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>stop. We spent the evening chatting, laughing, relaxing, and laughing some more. My auntie keeps my mom and I in tears whenever she’s around- she is SO funny.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>At around 7 or so, my older brothers showed up. My oldest brother, Laura was expecting because he’s working in Portland right now, but my other brother was another surprise who also drove five and a half hours. When he walked into the house she got to be surprised all over again.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the evening was such a blast, all of us hanging out together, chatting under the twinkle lights in the backyard. When the sun went down, the living room turned into a total dance party. Between all the dancing and laughing, I’m pretty sure we all got our workout for the week…<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>There wasn’t one person in the whole house that didn’t join in on the dancing, it was too funny. I mean, how many families do this? Just randomly have a huge dance party in the living room? Maybe give it a try at your next family gathering ;)<\/p>\n

When it was time to settle down and figure out our sleeping arrangements, we all went upstairs. Luckily, my auntie has a beautiful house that accommodated us all perfectly. When we were upstairs, everyone was criss-crossing from room to room, trading bedrooms, and it literally felt like we were in Home Alone. :) I loved it.<\/p>\n

In the morning, we all had coffee outside on the patio. It was perfect.<\/p>\n

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We had a big breakfast of biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage and donuts. When it came time for us to think about leaving, I was not ready to go. One night was just not enough!<\/p>\n

I can’t wait for our next crazy family get together. Hopefully it won’t be too long now :)<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Allan and Laura, for being such awesome hosts, and lots of love to my favorite auntie!<\/p>\n

xoxo,
\nKayla<\/p>\n

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