Secrets

Oh my word, on one hand I LOVE a good secret.  On the other, keeping a secret gets harder and harder the older I get.  When I was little I could easily keep a secret.  I prided myself in keeping a secret, unlike my sister Carolyn. I wrote a post about that here.  The reason I wrote that post was because I knew a secret.  I knew that my son was going to propose, that he'd already asked her parents permission for her hand in marriage.  All the remained was the actual proposal.  He did NOT share that information with us.  It would be a surprise.  So I had to wait with the secret knowledge until the event happened and I could share the great news.

Okay, I did post once that I HATE keeping secrets, but that was different.

Another secret I kept, but posted about it on my blog, was a trip we took to surprise my inlaws.

Last week, I took Hilary to Arizona to celebrate her 21st birthday.  My mother had planned dinner at her home to celebrate my birthday, Hilary's 21st, and my brother's wife Kathleen's birthday.  My sister Carolyn, her husband, Larry, and daughter Cara even drove down from Flagstaff ( a nearly 3 hour drive) for the event.  It was so much fun to see family.  Towards the end of the evening, my niece (I can't mention names just yet) passed out colored Easter Eggs for a game we were to play after dinner.  When she said we could open them I squealed when I saw what was inside.

I was so excited for them I squealed.  Then I ran to the happy couple and hugged them both.  Somehow I missed the bigger surprise.  I hadn't thought anything of the TWO eggs inside.  I heard my sister, Laurie ask if they were having twins.  Yes, they are expecting twins.  Talk about keeping a secret!

Anyway, I am thrilled for the happy couple, but since they haven't made it public on Facebook, it is still sort of a secret.  I know some of my kids claim I can't keep a secret, but they will realize that I can keep a secret.