40 By 40 #27: Surprising NC cousins

We had been planning the trip “Operation Eastward” for months and decided that one of our gifts to our nieces and nephews would be to surprise them, by arriving late on Christmas Eve. This was no small feat. They are inquisitive, intelligent detectives. It is five of them – a 15 year old, a set of twins who are 12, and another set of twins who are 10 – (yes, my sister and her hubby have two sets of twins. Yes, it was sort of inevitable for us I suppose…) And, they work together. So, we needed to be alert at all times once they decided to start their investigations on when/if we would finally come to visit. I must say, they are pretty good detectives, and pretty slick – they almost caught us off guard a couple of times. But, the surprise to introduce them to their newest cousins was a success!