Surprise! :)

This last weekend, I had the privilege of surprising my family and most of my friends by going to Mesa for the weekend! It was SO fun! The only people I told were my friends: Kelcie, Nick, & Nick. (And Spencer...who told Hamilton. Who told Kyle. Anyways...ha) So, when I arrived in Mesa Thursday morning (about 11:45), I got dropped off at MCC & just called my mom. The conversation went like this:

Me: "Hey Mom! Funny story! Guess where I am right now."
Mom: "Uh...BYU Bookstore?"
Me: "Nope. Kind of aaaalmost close. Try again."
Mom: "Uhhmm...the Hinckley Building?"
Me: "Nope. Come on. One more try. You got it!"
Mom: "Your apartment? I have no idea. Where are you??"
Me: "Nope! I...am currently walking across MCC campus, headed to the music building!"
Mom: *Starts balling* "WHAT!!??!?!?! YOU'RE HERE?!?!?! OH MY GOSH, ERIKA!!! HOW?! WHY?! I'm at home right now!!! I don't have to be there till 12:30!! Can you just wait there until then?! I'll hurry!!! All I have to do is drop off Joseph at pre-school then I'll be there!! I LOVE YOU!!!! See ya in a bit!!"

We hung up & I got to the music building to wait. Saw my friend Joe, who didn't even seem to notice I was there. Ha. "Hey, Erika. How's it going?" "Good! You?" "Good! Nice shirt! See ya!" "See ya!" *kept walking* Haha it was great! :)

Anyways, long story short--sent out a mass a text, told the majority of my friends that I was in town, posted it on Facebook so the rest of them knew, and had fun the rest of the weekend!

Highlights of the weekend:
-Surprising my Mom
-Surprising the rest of my family
-Got to hug all of family (especially my siblings--I love those kids!)
-Saw Mesa High's "Oklahoma!" (which won STATE!!! AHHH so cool!!)
-Got to hug a lot of my friends! (Didn't realize how much I missed hugging people...is that weird? Haha)
-Hung out with my best friend!
-Hung out with a BUNCH of my friends! (I think I counted like 26?)
-Saw Spencer before he left on his mission
-Had friends come over for breakfast
-Got to cook/bake in my own kitchen
-Got to go to Wal-mart (THREE times!)
-Went to Target
-Got to shower in my own shower
-Slept in my own bed
-Visited Mesa High
-Visited Poston Junior High (& saw Mr. Bisanz)
-Saw "Wreck-It Ralph" (SUCH a cute movie!!! Go see it! Seriously!)
-Got to DRIVE!!!!! (Felt SO good!!!)

Anyways, there was much fun to have in Mesa! :) Loved every minute of it! So grateful to the girls I drove down with--that was an adventure in and of itself!