Saturday, January 1, 2011

Stephens Day - Alamo

Its so funny that after years of not being Catholic we still refer to the day after Christmas as St. Stephens Day.
We decided last minute to surprise Mam & Malcolm and all the rest of the family that had visited Alamo. We got up there and everyone was gone to church so we hung out and then hid in a bedroom until we heard the cars coming back from church. Mandy came in first and tried to get into the room to change. Sam just held the door tight and didn't' really know what to do. Finally he let go of the lock and we all yelled "SURPRISE".....Mandy just about had a heart attack. Her face was flushed and she told us later that it didn't register right away who we were and she thought we were strangers or burglars or something. Then Nana came in and we did the same with her. It was so fun to spend the day together.

Each year Mandy and Lucas make a DVD of pictures and memories so we sat down and watched that. They always do a great job but this year there was another little surprise waiting at the end of the slideshow - another Abbott on the way - WHAT??? Mandy is expecting baby #4. Isla Maeve is due June 4th 2011. That was an awesome surprise.....

3 comments:

BJ & Tauna said...

glad to hear Mandy is exspecting. tell her hi for us

The Matlocks said...

Hahahaha. I'll kill you for putting that one on there...the funny faces. Baili's face is hilarious on her funny one. hahaha. xo

ABBOTTLAND said...

Best.Surprise.Ever. well, second to ours of course. I'm so glad you guys made the trek up there, it made mam's day and the cousin's love getting together. Omigosh, I have never laughed so much at the crazy pics. I think mam's Martinelli's must have been fermented or something :)
~Mandy