Red Carpet Treatment

About a month ago, John mentioned that he had never ridden in a limousine and thought it would be fun to do so, and an idea formed in my head. However, because my brain is so filled it took a while to get my idea in motion, and at the last minute I got some friends to join me in surprising our husbands with a fun evening out in honor of Father's Day. On Monday I presented John with this card,

(We made the red carpet out of felt, and it rolled out at them once they opened the card. So cute.)

So, yesterday we meet at one of our friends houses, and our husbands still don't know what is going on. We said we were waiting on one more person. A few minutes later, John was looking out of the window and said, "Are they coming in a limo?" It was fun to watch their faces as they figured out that it was for us.

We bought some sparkling cider to have in the limo, and we made some appetizers to eat in there too. I made one of my new favorite appetizers, a different kind of bruschette. We then ate dinner at Carrabas.

It was a fun evening with friends and good food, and fun to surprise John with something like this. I love giving experiences instead of gifts.

The outing ended with us in the back of a police car, but not because of the picture below...

(Sorry, I couldn't resist) (We did also have glasses to use in the limo. Just in case you were wondering...)

We came home, got our kids from the neighbors house (thank you!) and put Mallary to bed and snuggled with Trevan for a little while. Then John went and put him to bed. A little while later I went to find John, and found him asleep next to Trevan who had fallen asleep with his arm around his dad.

An appropriate ending to an evening celebrating fathers.