Sshh... its a secret!

I'm telling you all a secret... I haven't had much time to blog because we are preparing another birthday beach surprise, this time for Molly and Katie who share the same birthday, April 3, just 15 years apart! We have been conspiring for about a month, and while Katie is in on the surprise (we so have one up our sleeve for her), Molly has no idea. I am working on menus, trying to pack without arousing suspicion, arrange for the dogs to go to the kennel, find a temporary caregiver for our hermit crabs (the result of our last beach birthday!), clean coolers, clean the house (I can't stand coming home to a dirty house!)....

We are so excited, we are staying at a gorgeous oceanfront home managed by Elan Vacations, and we are expecting all of our family, my husband's brother and his wife and assorted friends to join us at what to us is a mansion!

What am I looking forward to? Good fun, good food, family and friends, and relaxation, a change of scene. I'll try to remember to take pictures, especially of the food, and I'll share. And until tomorrow night when the surprise is sprung, for all of you.... mum's the word!