A (Surprise) Visit

Okay. So first, some background information. 

A very dear friend of mine is engaged to my brother's wife's brother, who lives down in Florida. So somehow I'm related to her fiance. Through marriage. Or something. But anyway, the point is that a couple months ago I got a text from Obi (the Florida fiance) asking how Emily would react if he randomly showed up for a surprise visit. I said that I thought it sounded like a fantastic idea, was sworn to secrecy, and began helping him figure out what airport to fly into, what day to come, etc. 

(After being sword to secrecy I found out that he told several people. So I guess SOMEONE can't keep a secret. XD)

Yesterday we--meaning Mom, Dad, and I--went to get Obi from the airport. Emily and her family were at Old Threshers for the weekend volunteering in the log village, and the plan was to get Obi and drive over to Old Threshers for the evening. By this point everyone and their brother knew that he was coming, and Emily was the only one who didn't.

And there's the man himself, before we disembarked from the vehicle to hot-foot it across the camping grounds to the log village...

Before I continue, I should warn you that the following pictures are pretty blurry. This is because of a reason two-fold: one, it was getting pretty close to dusk and any jostling from myself resulted in blurring; two, we saw Emily as she was walking away from us and Obi took off in a dead sprint to catch up with her and I could barely keep up and take pictures at the same time. *deep breath* So here goes.

This was pretty funny because she had no idea we were even there or when we were supposed to be there. So Obi went running up, grabbed her from behind, and the look on her face was absolutely priceless.

 

The ladies behind them in the building were in on the whole thing and started clapping when Obi caught up. It was pretty great.

I thought she was going to burst into tears or fall over at this point...

:D

"How long can you stay?"

"Til Thursday!"

*ecstatic smothering*

It was a pretty awesome surprise to be in on...even if we didn't see much of them afterwards. ;)

And that was about it...while they puttered around the village the rest of us went down to where the others were camping and partook of some really excellent food and music and conversation...it resulted in a late night, but was completely worth it. 

Needless to say, this was a really fun surprise. (Though I'm not sure how I would have reacted if I were in Emily's place...more screaming and maybe a little flailing, perhaps.)