{"id":127,"date":"2016-09-04T10:59:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T10:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2016-09-04T19:37:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T19:37:25","slug":"surprise-x-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Surprise x 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had inside information because\u00a0I had been pumping Jesika for several months.
\nI knew that unbeknownst to Evan she was taking Friday off work to pick up his best friend from the airport and to prepare for his party.
\nSo Jacqui and I rocked up at the house early arvo to surprise Jesika only to find the place all locked up.
\nI unloaded and waited around the back, thinking they wouldn\u2019t be long.
\nAfter about half an hour I messaged\u00a0her asking how the party plans were going and I received this photo.
\nShe and Bud were out lunching!
\nGreat ;-\/\"IMG_9191\"
\nSoon after Evan arrived and on hearing me knocking on the back door got the\u00a0surprise of his life to find his favourite mother-in-law on the step.
\nWe had a cuppa and a catch up, then he told me that Jesika was on her way home from work.
\nMmmm, I agreed, knowing the other side of the secret \ud83d\ude09
\n\"IMG_9194\"
\nShe messaged him saying she was going straight to Sam\u2019s to do party prep \u00a0& for him to come there, to which he responded \u2018Come home now! The marquee has been put in the wrong place and I am not happy about it\u2019!
\nUnbeknownst to us his caused a major meltdown at the other end \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

So we hopped in his car and drove round to Sam\u2019s and on the way passed Sam heading our way.
\nEv commented to me that there was a guy in the passengers seat and that it was \u2018probably her other husband\u2019, as he refers to her best mate Blair as!
\nI knew exactly who it was!!
\nSo we ended up at Sam\u2019s with me\u00a0giving Jesika the surprise of her life – she was shell shocked to see me so I got lots of hugs and tears.
\n\"IMG_9199\"
\nThen Sam returned with Bud so there were man hugs and tears when Ev saw him.
\n\"IMG_9196\"
\nWe couldn\u2019t have bettered\u00a0the plan if we\u2019d tried!!\"IMG_9198\"<\/p>\n

Jesika was making the birthday cake and vodka jelly shots so I helped where I could and the guys retreated to the living room with their beers to talk guy talk.
\n\"IMG_9204\"\"IMG_9203\"As it was Evan\u2019s actual birthday I took the opportunity to unpack and unload the excess from my bag.
\nHe loved the tee-shirts\"IMG_9207\"\u00a0\u00a0\"IMG_9209\"
\nAs did Jesika.
\n\"IMG_9208\"
\nHer birthday was a week back so I had bought her over a bone carving made by our friend Fumio<\/a>.
\nIt represents\u00a0& symbolises\u00a0the paua, fern leaf, waves and fishhook.
\n\"IMG_9212\"<\/p>\n

To celebrate we put on our glad rags and braved the torrential rain.
\nTook an Uber ride to Tony Roma’s<\/a>\u00a0for dinner.
\nHappy Birthday ole fella \ud83d\ude42
\n\"IMG_9217\"<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9226\"
\nWe had a great night.
\nFood was really good.
\nOur waiter was excellent, so good in fact that the guys made sure we all tipped him extra.
\n\"IMG_9221\"\"IMG_9222\" \"IMG_9223\" \"IMG_9224\"
\nThe place is a\u00a0carnivores\u00a0dream.
\nI had the chicken salad.
\nIt was excellent.
\nPerfect balance of salad and not too much meat.
\n\"IMG_9227\"
\nThe desserts were not only very good, but they were\u00a0very generous servings.
\nI danced with chance and on the young waiters recommendation ordered Tiramisu.
\nI am very particular with this dessert so normally do not risk it.
\nIt didn\u2019t fail – for once it was nailed.
\nSam had to sample Blair\u2019s sundae with some help from Evan\u2019s finger!
\n\"IMG_9233\" \"IMG_9234\"<\/p>\n

Torrential rain again as we ran to the Uber car.
\nGreat night but we were all too tired to go clubbing so headed back home for some sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had inside information because\u00a0I had been pumping Jesika for several months. I knew that unbeknownst to Evan she was taking Friday off work to pick up his best friend from the airport and to prepare for his party. So Jacqui and I rocked up at the house early arvo to surprise Jesika only to … Continue reading “Surprise x 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybigballofstring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}