07 July, 2010

surprise to us!


levi's cousin threw us an amazing engagement party last saturday...complete with the best surprise ever.

the back story: levi's dad lives in oregon, and levi hasn't seen him in 4 or 5 years. none of us ever have enough money to visit each other. so that also means that i've never even met him! we assumed that i wouldn't meet bill until our wedding.

we were wrong!

one of levi's relatives found out that bill wasn't able to make it to our engagement party, so they gave him the money to drive down and visit us! and he brought levi's step-sister, riley, with him. (his step-mom had to work and stay at home with all their pets.)

this was all a total surprise to us.

when we showed up at robin & david's house (levi's cousins), robin took me upstairs, saying she wanted to show me something. i walked into the master bedroom and saw a 12 year old girl pointing a camera at me. confused, i turned to my right, and there was bill! i immediately started crying and threw myself at him to hug him.

and, of course, i wanted to show him the ring that he bought for levi's mom so many years ago.


the plan was for bill to walk me down the stairs to surprise levi. he was so shocked when he saw us. and guess what? he started crying too. more tears all around.


it was perfect and amazing. we were able to spend the whole night with them and all day monday. they were even able to meet my mom and sister. we were really sad to see them go yesterday morning. little riley started crying, and the rest of us quickly followed suit. hopefully, january comes quickly.

(this is riley. isn't she cute?? we took them on the queen mary to show them where we got engaged.)

i love bill and riley and am so grateful to be able to call them family. i can't wait to meet the rest of levi's family!

24 comments:

  1. Oh, that's gorgeous. So fantastic that those moments were able to be captured.

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  2. Oh my gosh. I almost started crying when I read this! That is so amazing. Levi looks just like him! I'm so happy for you both :) Love you!

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  3. that is the sweetest thiing ever. i almost am crying!!!

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  4. Amazing...I started crying too! I'm so happy for you guys!

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  5. Amazing...I started crying too! I'm so happy for you guys!

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  6. haha everyone ..in tears. me too!
    wonderful jasmine :)

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  7. i started tearing up a little reading this! what a precious moment

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  8. I *may* have started tearing up too :) So glad to know I'm not the only one! What an AMAZING surprise!

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  9. Oh I love this! That is great that you have pictures of the special moment.

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  10. Family is what it's all about. You even made me cry! Love the pictures.

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  11. The photos alone got me all teary! I fully relate with being far away from family. I am so happy for both of you. :)
    xo

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  12. Oh my God. That makes ME cry! What a lovely, special night :)

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  13. even I cried! What a fairy tale!

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  14. this is sooo sweet!! it made me want to cry too! so happy for you guys. xoxoxo

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  15. Hehe...i WAS crying, but after reading everyones comments, I had to laugh! Isn't life funny? And good? Yay...I'm glad you got to meet....Happy day for all of you!
    dawn:)

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  16. this story makes me so happy! hooray for you! can't wait to see how everything goes, it's just a series of unexpected, wonderful things. it's so fun to watch!

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  17. How do I explain tears of happy at work when I should be working?

    Awesome post! :) I'm so happy for you!

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  18. These pictures make me happy, so i can only imagine how you felt! :)

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  19. Awww!!! I got sooo teary-eyed reading this... Sooo glad they were able to come down for the party... And, yes.. Riley is adorable... !!! Great fun!!

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  20. what a great surprise!! sounds like they really care about you... wonderful that you guys have such a great family!

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  21. Yeah! That's such a nice surprise! That's really great that you got to meet them now and spend a little time with them when you're not stressed and busy on your wedding day.

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  22. that is so awesome! i teared up too! ;)

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  23. That is the sweetest surprise EVER! Levi's face when he saw his dad come down the stairs made my eyes well up.

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  24. so sweet, these pictures are so pretty. I especially love the 3rd picture because you look like your 12...Very Cute! hahaha

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