Todd and I had been holding a secret from everybody for quite a while(no i am not pregnant). We had decided to go to Texas for a family vacation and spend time with Uncle Nick and Aunt Katie. We were so excited because it was a BIG surprise for Nick and for the girls. They had no idea. They had been wanting to go see them so bad, but we just kept telling them it was to far to drive and that there was no way we could afford the plane tickets. Well, about three months ago we found some good deals on tickets and we made arrangements to go to Texas. We decided not to tell the girls until the week before we left, because they really don't have any concept of time and I knew that 3 months was too long for them to count down the wake ups, and I didn't want them to tell Uncle Nick on the phone. Here are some pictures of how we told the girls. We put a big envelope in the mailbox addressed to each one. Those of you who really know the girls, know that they love to get stuff in the mail. Inside were 3 things for them to open in order. First, a matchbox airplane. Second, a pretend airline ticket addressed to each one for the date that we were leaving. And then third, a picture of Texas. Emma had it figured out at this point, but Leah was just playing around with the airplane. I didn't figure she would get into it that much, but I was sure Emma would play along. Last, I had put a letter in Emma's envelope for her to read, telling them about what we were doing and when. They were so excited, they could hardly contain themselves. Then we started counting down the wakeups.
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