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Surprise Travel to Europe

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:27:04 +0000

So, my friend Justin and I planned a trip to Europe and we decided to do it secretly…meaning, make it a surprise trip for our wives. It was my 10th anniversary with Erin this year, so I decided it would be worth making it happen.

We started by making up a story that we were going to an internet marketing symposium in New York. We went all out! We created a website for it (see it here: http://affiliatesymposium.com ) and we even created our own fake itineraries for the airlines. Justin’s company, Liquid Apogee Designs, was nominated for an award at the event.

Some of you might feel that we went a little overboard, but it only would have been a surprise if we went to great lengths to preserve the surprise…trust me…

It was great, we were planning on seeing a Broadway show in NY, as well as some other things. Dinner reservations were even made for a restaurant. We were planning our days and what we would do there and it was all in vain

The day we were supposed to fly to New York, we decided to break out a camera (my phone) and record a video of them learning about the surprise. Here it is:

If you’re wondering, we went to Paris, France; Rome, Montepulciano, Siena, Florence and Venice, Italy. We had a blast. I’ll try to get some pictures up here soon. Otherwise, you can see some pictures on Facebook already at http://www.facebook.com/chadneth

Birthday Surprise – Part II

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:23:55 +0000

So, not only did Erin throw a great party at the park, but she also rented a room at a place called Noah’s in Lindon where me and the boys ate pizza and I did horrible at pool and then got to watch myself act like a dork on old videos. We had a blast! Thanks Erin!

The Birthday Surprise!

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:43:48 +0000

I couldn’t believe it when all the horns were honking at me… No, I’m serious. I got out of the car at the park and a lot of horns were honking, then people started yelling at me. I had no clue this was going to happen at all.

All Erin and I were going to do was go to the park with the Dorton’s for a picnic. It was a little chilly so far, but the sun was shining and I was excited to see my friends and have a good time at the park.

When we turned the corner to go to the park I noticed that there were a lot of cars at the park, but there were only a couple people walking around at the park. I made a small mental note that it was odd that there were cars there, but then wrote it off when I decided that one of the people across the street was having a party at their home and their friends parked their cars at the park. Besides, it was a little cold outside… Who in their right minds would be at the park, besides us, anyway?

That’s when it happened. I parked the car and started getting out and was about to help get the kids out when all the cars that were parked there started honking and then people started yelling, “Surprise!” I could not believe it. It had not crossed my mind that there would be a party for my birthday!

Erin did an awesome job with the party. Not only did she keep it a secret, but she was able to get a lot of people involved. The picture associated with this post has most of the people that were there, but we are missing several people. I was impressed at how many people were able to make it to the party. It was amazing and I had the best time whooping some butt at volley ball. Okay… I was a little rusty, but I had a great time. My kids loved it too! It also turned out to be a nice, warm day as well

Thank you to all who were able to make it. I miss and love all of you!