Surprises

Let me tell you, it's hard to keep presents from your husband. You have the problem of the price and description showing up on your bank statement, ordering it and hoping it arrives when he's not home (didn't happen), and hiding it away before he can open it. Not to mention, he badgered me to give it to him early. I was only able to accomplish the former... plus a little more. So on Saturday, I decided that since the smarty pants figured out what I got him (a disc golf bag), I would send him on a scavenger hunt to find it. I also took pictures for your enjoyment. :)

Disclaimer: the clues are cheesy. I made them up in a very small amount of time. Also, they rhyme (Mitch didn't figure this out until I told him.)

muhaha! I put the old bag he was using to hold his discs in the box. Inside was a clue. It read something like this:
'Ha! You thought you had me figured out!
Start looking where instruments of manuel operation are about.'

So he went to what we call the 'tool room'. Right now he's cold. 

Warmer...

Bingo!

Clue #2:
'That was an easy one.
You figured it out fast.
So here's another clue,
Look for what cuts the grass.'

I had to speed the process along and tell him it wasn't the lawn mower.
It was in the weed eater.

Clue #3:
'Woohoo! Hurray! Good Job! Way to go!
You're getting closer to the goal.
The next clue can be found
In the front yard, close to a pole.'

 He found this one pretty quick with no help from me.

 Clue #4:
'You can take me to a park for a thrill.
It will be so much fun.
If you want to strap with on, look in the _____.'
*hint: what rhymes with thrill?

GRILL!

Sportin' it. What a cutie!

And he has plenty of room to add more discs. 

I had to add another surprise that he would actually get on his birthday. Since he doesn't like cake, I made him grape salad which he LOVES. So I'm going to share the recipe with y'all! And of course there are some visual aids.

Ingredients:

4 cups red grapes
4 cups green grapes
8 oz cream cheese
9 oz sour cream
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Mix all ingredients except for grapes and pecans in a bowl.

Then add the grapes.

Pour in serving dish and top with pecans.

Delicious!

I added a note and told Mitch to look in the fridge when he got home. He seemed just as excited about the grape salad as he did the bag.

Here's to many more birthdays to celebrate together! Hopefully, I'll get better at surprises along the way. :)