Eric's Surprise

June has been quite a busy month – especially June 14^th-16^th!  My parents love to make things special, and this time they wanted to really surprise Eric, just for fun.  On the 14^th, my momma’s birthday, they threw the poor kid in the back of the truck and said, “here we go!”, and I am sure he was excited for the first hour, maybe two.  But after 12 HOURS of driving he got a little less patient and a little less excited. 

We all met up at the USANA Amphitheater, and seeing Eric’s confused face made me realize he still didn’t know what was happening.  We walked through the gates, and made our way to the pre-show dinner.  He still didn’t know.  Then, we finally let him have it – “ERIC!! We are here to see Tim McGraw!!”  Sadly, the hours of anticipation and frustration wore on him, so his reaction was a little disappointing.  Luckily, by the time Tim started singing some of Eric’s favorite songs, the pal started to dance and sing and the drive he said was “pretty much” worth it!

Eric spent the rest of the weekend with Ryan and I, and we always have a good time.  The next morning after the concert, Ryan and I rode in our bike race while Eric spent time with our good friend Natasha.  When we finally met up with Eric, we were toast but had promised we would see the new Man of Steel movie he had been dying to see!  The only showtime not sold out was the 10:40pm showing...so, we all set our alarms and decided to take a nap before the movie.  After snoozing the alarms one too many times, we shot out of bed, saw it was 10 minutes to show time, ran out the door and made it just in time!  We magically stayed awake until 1:30am to finish this great show, and made it home alive.

The next day (Father's Day & Alison's Birthday)was probably our favorite day with Eric – especially our Sunday lunch.  Ryan and I really enjoy loading our meals with veggies and eating wraps and salads, but I knew Eric was not as big of a fan.  So, I decided to do Hawaiian Haystacks.  Bad idea.  When Eric bit down on a piece of celery, you would have thought he just bit down on a bug or a rock! His face was priceless, and luckily, we caught it on camera.  Since he is a stud, he managed to choke down the rest of the meal (and let us know several times that he was, in fact, choking it down) after he dowsed it with a few healthy capfuls of ranch.  

Gotta love him.