5.18.2008

Derek's Surprise Party

Today Josh, Erik and I all got in the car and drove down to Lawton for Derek's birthday party. It was a surprise, so to get Derek to the party Vanessa called him and told him her car had broken down near Harmon park and that he needed to bring the anti-freeze.
Derek drove straight to the park, and being the loving, focused husband he is, went straight to Vanessa's car with the anti-freeze in his hand. He didn't even look at all of us huddled under the covered picnic tables decorated with balloons and streamers ready to scream "surprise" to him.
Eventually he joined the party and we spent the whole afternoon playing volleyball and watching the kids struggle to stand in the sumo costumes Vanessa rented.

Happy day. I'm going to miss that pair.