Surprise!

     My friend Samantha and I have our birthdays the day after each other and they both fall an Mother's Day occasionally.  Well, this year Sam's husband and my husband got together and planned a surprise for our birthdays.  My husband played dumb like he really didn't know what was planned.  He did that because he knows that I am very good at figuring out surprises.  Which worked until it was almost time to leave.  I'll tell you more in a minute.  Sam and I had planned on going to get a pedicure for our birthday.  This was Sam's first time and she was nervous.  She got herself pretty worked up by the time we got into the chairs and so when the guy started to file her toenails she started to squirm.  It was a new and odd sensation and she wasn't sure if she liked the feeling.  After pulling her feet away a few times she decided she didn't like it and was just about to get up and walk out.  Luckily, the guy finished the toes and moved on.  By the time it came to the calf massage, Sam was sold.  She is now hooked on pedicures.  We left the nail solon and headed home feeling pretty good.  We were told to go to Sam's house and I explained that we couldn't because I hadn't done my hair yet, which of course messed up the surprise a little.  As I was getting ready to do my hair I notice that Troy's brush is gone and my brain started whirling with ideas.  I thought that the guys might be taking us to dinner and then to Sam and Jason's family "cabin".  I then thought maybe a hotel.  I made a comment on the missing brush and my daughter Liz said that maybe the kids took off with it again.  She was in on the plan.  I considered it and then I thought I would check to see if my bathing suit was were it was supposed to be but I got side tracked with getting my hair done.  When I was finished getting ready we headed over to pick up Sam and Jason.  After a few minutes we find ourselves heading up Parley's Canyon and figured we were headed to Park City.  We pull into the Ruby Tuesday parking lot in Kimball Junction which also shares it's parking lot with the Hampton Inn.  We hop out of the truck and the guys proceed to pull out suitcases from the back of the truck.  It was great.  After we got settled at the hotel we went to go find dinner.  Jason had found out some places that were supposed to be good.  We decided on an Italian place.  We saw a menu on the window stating that they have a four person family dinner for $24.95 and we thought we would give it a try.  Talk about a fancy restaurant!  They asked for Sam's name and then they seated us.  We ordered Cokes and water and took a look at the menu and about died.  The cheapest entree was $20.  After some conversing we decided we needed to leave.  Something I've never done before.  Of course Sam and Jason made a clean get away and just as Troy and I get up and start to walk the waitress shows up with the Cokes and water and we had to explain things to her.  She was very nice about it as we gave our apologies.  We ended up at a Mexican restaurant.  We were able to pay for that dinner and a movie and snacks for the same price as it would cost for just the meal at the first place.  After the movie we went back to the hotel and played cards and went to bed.  The next morning we had breakfast (not impressive) and then went for a drive.  We all went home and decided to get together again that night for some more games with our children.  Sam and I decided to put hair bows together instead and told the guys to go watch sports.  Instead they go to the store to pick up dog food and when they got back they got the kids together, which we didn't notice since we were busy with the bows.  They all came in the house singing "Happy Birthday" and had a cake in hand with candles on it.  They say they just grabbed the candles, which were the trick candles, on accident.  I still don't know if I believe them on that.  We were so surprised!  They definitely got me on that one.  I had no clue.  It was a wonderful weekend because of our loving husbands and children.