One year for halloween we were going as prisoners. we were going to give our store manager a badge as the jailer. all was good untill i got to Dianes house to pick her up when she came out I was so happy to see her it did not even dawn on me. I forgot my costume at home... she was mad at me.

She got me...  Well, our Mom got me first, Diane wasn't far behind.

In the summer of 2013, I was caught completely by surprise when Mom showed up in NJ for a visit.  She was driven cross-country from AZ by her grandson Jon, and coordinated her visit with my brother Doug, and my girlfriend Lorri, making sure I wouldn't know a thing about it.  It was a great surprise!  Several days into her visit, Lorri had gone to a concert with friends, but the rest of us went out to dinner.  Mom said a few people she used to work with here in NJ were going to join us, so the 4 of us got a table for 7.  Shortly after we were seated (me with my back to the door), I felt a kiss on my neck and turned around to see Lorri standing there.  As I stared at her in surprise asking what happened to the concert, another face caught my eye.  There was my sister Diane, standing behind Lorri, smiling ear to ear - and Jenny was with them too!   I hadn't seen Diane in well over 20 years, and had never met Jenny.  Circumstances and distance had kept us apart for far too long.  But when Mom said she was coming to surprise me, Diane decided to get in on it too.  She worked with Lorri to arrange airport pickup, and I had no clue they were coming!  Her visit was only a coiuple of days long, but it was so good to get most of the family together again!