Not only do I like surprises, I like figuring things out and so it’s often hard to surprise me. I’ve ruined a few good surprises, for example the time when my husband was going to propose to me. I was not expecting him to propose to me after picking me up from my eight day work week at a wilderness camp. It would have been an awesome surprise. Unfortunately I couldn’t get a hold of him before I made arrangements for someone else to take me home ( a 2 hour drive). When I did get a hold of him, I couldn’t understand why he was so upset, because he usually wasn’t like that. Then I figured it out. I wasn’t too surprised a couple days later when he proposed.
I’ve enjoyed quite a few surprises parties . Some for me (one of which I almost ruined because I had to work late) and I’ve thrown lot’s of surprise parties. In fact we had one last night. We threw a surprise party for our bishop (like a pastor). His birthday was on Friday, but there were lots of Halloween events going on. So we invited their family over for dinner and Family Home Evening (family time on monday night that we sometimes invite other families to). After dinner other people just randomly (or not so randomly) started showing up at our house and joining in the fun until we had lots of treats and people in the house. People brought cards and treats. The bishop said “I knew you guys were social and I started thinking…wow do people just randomly start showing up at your house every monday night.” We made him pop some balloons with some get to know you questions. We got to guess what the answers would be and a treat if we guessed right. We sang happy birthday and enjoyed lots of treats. We had a good time and he was surprised. So Surprise someone today with a friendly note. Stopping by their work to say hello or bringing lunch. Or make them a special treat just for fun.
