the surprise

so my mother-in-law and i were talking one day, and she was telling me how much she hated the old ugly carpet in the hallway, and how she wished she couple replace it with the flooring that matches the rest of the house. how's she gonna do it though? she needs a big saw, tools, supplies, the know how...things she is without. i told her we could help her with it someday (my hubby's a pro at putting flooring in), and the subject was dropped. so she goes out of town for a week to visit robyn, and we had this great idea...we'd do it ourselves and surprise her with it when she came home! so we went to work (mostly freddy, but i helped where i could). van helped rip up the old carpet, and we borrowed a saw from my brother-in-law (thanks tom) to do the cuts.

of course we had to take before and after pictures...

i'm all about the presentation of things, so of course it had to be a big production with the red bow and all:) needless to say she was completely surprised and excited when she got home.

look how cute she is...she got right down on the floor to unwrap her "present". it was even more fun doing this for her because we knew how excited she would be. one of the best things about this woman is her joy and excitement for life.

you can't help but be happy when you're around her, and i'm so glad that she's the grandmother of my children so they can see her wonderful example of how to love life. we love you vovo! (grandma in portuguese)