Surprise!

About two months ago, while I was still watching Eddie everyday, he was building a "pillow castle."  I noticed that the edges of the frame of the couch was getting pretty frayed.   We gave them our old furniture three years ago when we returned from our mission.  It was in satisfactory condition but far from excellent.  The love seat needed to be taken to the dump before they ever moved into their new home but with nothing to  replace it, it came along.  

Andrew has been looking for a couch for their basement and hasn't found anything in his price range that he liked.  There are chairs in the basement so it is usable but I can see how a couch would be preferrable.  

Pat stopped by after seeing his mother and I made a comment about the state of the furniture.  He had been talking about replacing ours and I just didn't see the need.  On this day, I saw a need.  We went to the furniture store and they were closed.  The next day we went back and picked out our new couch and love seat.  

Erin was with us and Jacob was just getting home from work so we went home, got the truck and trailer, moved our furniture out of the livingroom and took it to Andrew and Cierra's home.  We moved their old couch into their basement and hauled the love seat away.  Erin and I stayed with Eddie while the men picked up the new pieces and took them to our home.

When Cierra came home Eddie ran and told her.  I told him, "Tell Mom 'Surprise!'"  He did.  She walked in their livingroom and couldn't believe what she saw.  She was so appreciative!  She even tried to send us some money as a thank you.  On Sunday, Pat told her he would not accept any payment and she protested saying that it was worth far more than she could give but wanted to give something.  An explanation followed telling her that we are in a place in our lives where we can help our children and that one day she would be in that same place.  Tears and hugs followed.  

How I love giving surprises!