What a weekend we’ve had!
We hadn’t seen our daughter and grandkids in almost a year. Between us going away for 6 months over the winter and then after our return, the busy schedules of our daughter and her family, we were having a tough time making it work.
We recently made a plan to meet in Regina (our capital city) this past Friday. Our daughter Blair is getting married next June. This is her second marriage and I believe she’s found true happiness this time around. Blair asked that we pick up my Mom and we’d meet in Regina to attend an appointment at a bridal boutique. Our granddaughter also had the weekend off, so she met us there as well. We had a fun afternoon. Blair didn’t find “the” dress but she found three possibilities. In my mind, she’d be beautiful in any of them.
(our daughter Blair is in the pink)
We all returned to Weyburn after the appointment and that’s when the little tricks and fibs started from everyone, including our 16 yr old grandson and our daughter’s fiancé.
Together, our little family schemed away to get us to a surprise 40th Wedding Anniversary celebration and picnic in our honour that they had been arranging for several months! Our actual anniversary is in December but we’re in Texas at that time.
The surprise picnic was held on Saturday in River Park and almost all of our friends and relatives were there! Many we hadn’t seen in a very long time. We were hoodwinked right until we walked into the gazebo at the park! I was a puddle of tears for the first 10 minutes or so after we arrived and once it clicked as to what was happening.
Over the rest of the weekend, I kept recalling with smiles and amazement, all of the little tricks that went on to get us there.
I snapped my feature photo in Regina the day of the bridal appointment. As I was looking for a feature photo for this post, I decided that the beautiful distorted reflections in the windows are a good analogy for the beautifully distorted truths that happened here in order to get us to a surprise party.
Photo Note: I just deepened the colours of the original a tiny bit in Snapseed
“Not all tricks are bad”
A.D. Aliwat
Radically Retired 
Oh, I got teared up just reading this! What a wonderful, wonderful surprise. Especially now – after having lived through Covid – we really treasure times like this more than ever! What a very special day. I hope somebody took pictures, so you can relive all the special moments with those you love. The four women in the picture at the bridal shop are all beautiful! Everybody has a wonderful smile. Best to Blair and her future husband! I bet the others had to be so careful at the bridal shop to not accidentally say anything to give away the surprise. But it sure sounds like they pulled it off perfectly! Congrats on your upcoming 40th wedding anniversary.
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Thank you for all of your kind compliments and wishes, Betty! Those at the bridal shop didn’t know about the surprise, so that wasn’t a worry for Blair. The appointment at the bridal boutique was the “only” legit truth before the surprise party. Blair was more worried that friends and relatives nearby might spill in the preceding days, and some of them said they almost did, lol. There were a few photos taken. The memories of this perfect weekend will last a lifetime. We have plans for a special celebration (just the 2 of us) in TX in December, but I know we’ll be reliving our summer surprise party on the actual day. Have a great Monday, Betty!
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Aww! What a sweet family. How nice that they surprised you.
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They sure did! And I’m a tough one to keep in the dark, lol. Thanks for commenting, Jessica. Enjoy the rest of your day!
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It’s tricky to keep parties/get togethers quiet. We managed to keep my husband’s 50th surprise swimming party from him. He was so shocked! Ha ha.
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