Thursday November 27, 2025 – The Surprise

Ben decided to take the whole day off for American Thanksgiving and watch football all day. Derek joined in the second game and I came over in time for the last game of the evening. We decided to surprise Ben at halftime. Lora pulled out a Minnesota Vikings jersey – a Christmas present from Jessica and Lora. That was confusing enough. I got to tell him he could wear it when we went to the game. Then I gave him our tickets and itinerary. He was confused looking at the itinerary because he didn’t have any context for how he was going to get to see the Vikings. Everyone in the room knew except Ben and Ellie.

It took a few minutes for the light to come on and he understood that we were taking him to see the Football games for this weekend – leaving the next day!