Ninja-like Surprises

I keep telling Kalyn that I'm a ninja, but he doesn't believe me, because I have to be the least sneaky person on the planet.  I don't have the ability to lie.  I don't really even know how.  I get so excited about stuff that I give myself away miles before I could catch someone off guard.  However, after this weekend maybe he will believe me, because I definitely surprised him.  It was his birthday and I wanted to do something special for the person who is so special to me.  I had planned something days before, but hadn't worked out the kinks until last minute.  Here is how it happened:

I left church early to cook him dinner.  He knew I was making dinner, but he thought we were eating over at my apartment.  Ha! He thought wrong! I sent him a message about the time I would've been out of church saying I wanted to show him something before dinner.  I think this scared him a little.  It was his birthday, after all, and people have weird things done to them on birthdays.  My car was still parked at his apartment complex, but I went to pick it up really quick.  I had a couple of my roommates come with me to help me set out a blanket and cooler full of food in a fort on a small island in a nature park near our apartments. They stayed and watched the food to make sure no one touched it until I sent them a text saying I was on my way back.

I got to Kalyn's apartment to pick him up, and we drove out to the nature park.  I told him that Amy had shown me something the other day that I wanted him to see.  He didn't say much, but I think he was feeling nervous, especially when we got onto the island and I told him to close his eyes.  He did so while I led him to the fort made of large branches.  I turned him so his back was to it and said, "Turn around and look how cool this fort is!"  When he turned he saw the blanket and cooler and it all came together.  "So we are having dinner here?" He asked.  He looked happy, and that made me happy.  We ate dinner in the fort and then I gave him a scrapbook I made of things we have done together.  It has blank pages at the end so I can add to it when we get married and have more adventures.

We went on a barefoot walk after that and spent the evening talking and laughing and looking at turtles and snakes in the park.  I can only remember a few rare occasions when I felt so incredibly happy as I did then.  I think it hits me more and more every day that I am going to marry this man who is my best friend.  I can't wait to spend my life with him.  I hope he had as good of a day as me, because everyone deserves a good day on their birthday.