Oh "K" Already: I was surprised. . .

I don't even know where to begin with this post. . .

so I'll begin with the END!

This is us in San Francisco last year for Spring Break!

How we got there is the real story. . .

And it's a good one!

Long story short. . . (or as short as 20 pictures can show)

Kyle began telling me that he was going to go to a conference for work in Portland and he wanted me to go with him.

Now while I will jump at any chance for a getaway with my husband I did my best to thwart any surprise he had planned.

His conference happened to be the same week as Spring Break, so I got mom guilt that we were ditching our kids during their break so I tried to convince him that he should go to his conference then I would drive the kids up and meet him and we could make a family trip out of it.

He continued to tell me he had cleared it with his parents. They were on board to watch the kids and everything was taken care of. . . besides he told me "the tickets have already been bought".

Then I started thinking about it more. A week. He would be in meetings 8 hours during the day. . . what was I going to do for all those hours? As much as the getaway was wanted I just kept thinking that's a lot of time to spend alone in a city I didn't know. . .

He assured me we would have fun and to just go with it.

So I went with it until the night before we were to leave.

He asked me if he thought we could pack together in one suitcase?

For 8 days?

Are you crazy?

He explained he was worried because the only rental car he could get was a smaller car and he explained that his friend from Utah who attends these conferences as well wanted a ride to the hotel from the airport. He wasn't sure if all the suitcases would fit. I assured him I would sit on a suitcase if I had to and besides I would sit in the backseat and there was still a seat available for a suitcase if we needed it. He then informed me that his friend was bringing his "significant other"/ "girlfriend"/ "concubine". . . he seriously used the word concubine.

Needless to say that got me worried. I started to think. Wait. He's bringing someone too and they are sharing our rental car. . . do I have to hang out with this "concubine" all week???????

Oh boy. Now I was worried.

We get on the plane.

We fly to Portland.

We get off the plane and Kyle tells me we are going to meet his buddy at their gate.

"Why?" I ask. "Why can't we just meet them at baggage claim and get the rental car?"

At this point I was being bratty. I could tell Kyle was getting annoyed.

We walked all the way across the airport and are waiting for the plane to arrive.

As people are exiting the plane I am pretending to be on my phone - dreading the moment where I have to meet the "concubine"!

And then I hear it!

The best sound in the world!

"Oh my HECK!"

I look up and there is my best friend, Lyndsey from growing up and her husband Chris!

I still didn't put everything together! Chris is a cop in Utah and I thought he was attending the conference with Kyle. . .

Then I realized.

THERE IS NO CONFERENCE!

Our husbands had spent months planning this little getaway for us.

And they pulled it off!

Neither one of us had any idea!

So we packed up the rental car (which they upgraded to a minivan)!!!

And headed down the Coast!

FIRST STOP

Astoria, Oregon

And the most famous landmark in Astoria. . .

THE GOONIES HOUSE!

Astoria is at the very top of Oregon. In fact we drove across a bridge into Washington State, just so we could say we travelled across three states!

It is the cutest little city built on the side on a hill overlooking the bay!

From there we headed down the Coast to Cannon Beach!

The absolute best Beach Town ever!

Cannon Beach is famous for this!

Again, all I have to say is GOONIES!

We stayed in the cutest little beach hotel and watched what else but GOONIES while eating popcorn and drinking hot chocolate!

Perfect Beginning for the Perfect Road Trip!

We drove down the Coast staying on Highway 1 the entire time!

I was so impressed with our "guys"! They had everything planned out including where we were going to eat! They seriously researched the best places to eat every place we stopped!