Surprises

So much has happened since I last updated that I'll need to do this in stages!
I kept quiet on purpose, because I was keeping some secrets! It was hard!
Noelle and I flew out to Medford,Oregon on September 11th. My sister, Tresa, was turning 40 on Saturday the 13th, and we surprised her. It was so much fun! We were able to use our miles accumulated from our trip to China, so we flew for free. We did have to go from Lincoln to Minneapolis to L.A to Medford and it took a long time (we arrived at 10:50 PT - which was 12:50 AM to us). On Friday we went to lunch and hid behind a column while my brother, Adrian, said to Tres - "I'm going to give you one of your presents right now" and out we popped from behind the column. She was quite surprised and happy to see us, especially Noelle, since she hadn't met her yet. We spent just a couple of days with them - and it was awesome. We also got to meet my new nephew, Keith Joseph. My sister Sherri and her husband Russ also flew up from L.A., so there were four of the six of us siblings were together, along with spouses and all the kids, except for Sher's. Noelle got a big dose of the Sue family, and she got everyone straight by the time we left (a big job!). She loved playing video games with Chandler and Carson, Adrian and Loralee's boys - and she really fell hard for MacKenzie, Tresa and Carl's little girl who just turned two. Actually, we all did. She is such a little doll, and we celebrated her birthday along with her moms. Adrian and Loralee have just finished doing their back yard - it is beyond awesome - and Adrian (the greatest USC fan of all time) watched SC beat Ohio State (sorry Eric!)
I'll post a few pictures - and tell more of the story later!
Lisa