Best Laid Plans . . . Jerry's Birthday

Jerry's Birthday was this week and because we just went to Disneyland, we decided to not spend a lot on birthdays. But, I still wanted to do something special for him. I decided I would try to plan a little surprise party for him. So I had requested the day off from work, and I thought we should go to a session at the temple and then go eat at Matta's. And I would have everyone meet us at Matta's to surprise him. All Jerry knew was that we were going to have a "temple date" and then go eat at Matta's because he loves that place. (what is funny is that Jerry asked me if I was just tricking him and really setting up a surprise party, so I had to lie and said that I wasn't) I contacted all our family and a couple of friends (who couldn't make it) and I told everyone to be at Matta's by 6 p.m. We were going to the 4 o'clock session so I figured we'd be done around then. Well, whenever you plan a surprise, it rarely goes how you plan it in your head. Our session was so small only about 20 people there, so it went a lot faster than expected. I tried to take as long as I could getting out. I told Jerry's sister I would text her when we were leaving so that everyone would know when we would be getting to Matta's, so I did that. Then we saw the Temple lights were already on, and Jerry tried to make me go see them. But I knew that people were waiting for us, so I had to tell him that I was starving, so that we would go. When we pulled into Matta's, his mom, stepdad and sister just happened to be walking up, so that kind of gave it away. So Jerry went around the parking lot seeing who else was there and saw my parents car too. So the cat was out of the bag there. Anyways, we get inside and they hadn't even sat us yet. And I find out that half of the people weren't even there yet. Especially his sister who I had texted, she thought they were supposed to be there at 7 p.m. instead of 6. Anyways, even though it didn't go as I had originally planned, he was still surprised and that's all that matters. We had a nice time with all our family. Food was okay, company was great! He said it was a great birthday, so I did my job! I just want to say that Jerry is an amazing husband and father and I am so glad that I married him. I love him so much and look forward to spending the rest of our lives together and throughout eternity! I love you, babe!