We threw my parents a surprise Open House to give family and friends a chance to say goodbye before they leave on their 18 month mission to Cove Fort, Utah. Our family watches "Amazing Race" over at Ryan's house every week and we had been staying after to cook up the plans. Sometimes we had to wait a while for the folks to leave and we thought they were getting suspicious. We had the Bishop set up an appointment to get them to their church on Friday. We saw that they were sitting out in the truck waiting for the Bishop, so finally we ran out of the church and yelled "Surprise!"
We had set up a table with pictures of our family and a cake that I had made. Then we had tables with fishbowls on them filled with goldfish crackers (a long time family joke - for my wedding we had asked Lee to get goldfish and he brought back crackers instead of actual fish.) We had sandwiches, fruit & veggie platters, and cupcakes. The folks had a good time hanging out with family and friends. We are going to miss them and it will be a big adjustment to have them gone. I know that this sacrifice will be outweighed by the blessings we will receive for their service.
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