We own a tiny cabin on a lake in Idaho and we always look forward to getting out there to unwind and since the cabin does not have television, we picked up some cheap jigsaw puzzles to take to the cabin with us. My wife and I had often enjoyed working puzzles together ever since we had begun dating, and we had fostered a love of puzzles in our children as well, so they were happy about the idea to get some new puzzles to take to the lake.

I went down to the toy store to see if I could find some puzzles on sale, but sadly none of their puzzles were on sale, and the retail price on their puzzles seemed a lot higher than what I was hoping to spend. Feeling discouraged I decided that we would just have to use our old puzzles and games from previous years.

I got back home and told my wife that there would be no new puzzles for our trip, but she just smiled and said that it would be fine. I didn\’t think there was anything else I could do about the matter, so I set out to get the boat in tip top shape and pack up all of our other supplies. Later, while I was fiddling with the boat, my wife came by and had a funny smile on her face but wouldn\’t tell me what was up.

The week before our vacation went by fast, as we were all busy with last minute preparations and feeling enthusiastic about getting away. The day before we were ready to leave, I went to answer the door and came back with a large package that had been dropped off. I asked my wife if she knew anything about this package, and she excitedly told me that she had gone online and found some fantastic cheap jigsaw puzzles, so she ordered them for our trip.

We waited until we were in the cabin and were deciding how to spend the evening before we reveal the new puzzles to the kids, who were delighted by them. They were really taken with the horse puzzles that my wife had picked out, and they also adored the lion puzzles that she had picked out. She even included some 3D jigsaw puzzles which we had never seen before, and we had a terrific time putting them together, and adored having our quality family time.