Live. Laugh. Love.: Chadd's 30th Surprise

After much preparation, I was able to pull off (as Chadd says) "the BEST birthday surprise EVER!" I planned a ski trip to Angel Fire NM with some of our closest friends; Tracy, Eric, Nicole, Travis, and Shane. 01/03/09 - 01/07/09

Here's how the surprise went down:

Chadd knew I had a surprise for his birthday but he thought I was throwing a party or having something in town. He knew he needed to get into work early cause we were doing something for his birthday that evening. Sat morning, after he left for work I packed our suitcases and got everything together. Nicole, Shane and I went and picked up the 15 passenger van we were driving to NM. Of course only the guys were allowed to drive. We drove out to Saginaw to pick up Tracy, Eric, and Travis then headed to the airport where Chadd works, which isnt far from their house. When we got to the airport, I called and had someone open up the gate for me.. we drove around to the back of the hanger and had the same guy tell Chadd he had needed to go outside. When he walked out the door we were all standing by the van with our ski coats, goggles, and other ski wear on and yelled "surprise". He was so confused just looking around.. We said "we're going skiing!!" His response was "when?" ha ha.. We told him the van was packed, ready to go, and we were leaving right then. He hopped in the van and we were off.. He said it was the best birthday EVER and was SO excited!!

*I had magnets on the van that said "we're going skiing" and "happy 30th" :D

We stayed in a beautiful cabin called The Elk House, which was only minutes to the bottom of the mountain where we skiied. http://www.elk-house.com/

The skiing was AMAZING!! There was SO much snow when we were there. The 1st 2 days we skiied, it was SO cold and like a blizzard on the top of the mountain, but it sure made for good snow. The 3rd day we skiied the sun came out and it was a beautiful day to ski and wasnt as miserably cold. There isnt much nightlife in Angel Fire but the girls enjoyed making "gourmet" dinners at night and we had so much fun hanging out at the cabin together. Here are some pics to enjoy: