Lots of Surprises!

This has been an incredible week, and its not even over yet! Yesterday my hubby surprised me at work (via Nikki and my godsons) with a huge bouquet of white and red roses! I was super excited! I had them on my desk all day and enjoyed the sweet remarks and evil eyes of my coworkers! HA HA!

I came home after work, and tidied up around the house until Chris came home. He had asked me to make dinner, but I wasn't feeling really creative so I just moseyed around the kitchen until he decided what HE wanted for dinner. He suggested pancakes, bacon, and eggs to my surprise!! (Side Note: I love breakfast for dinner and pancakes are my FAVORITE food. Chris thinks its weird to eat breakfast foods any other time than morning [unless we are at IHOP], so when he suggested this, I was up and ready to start cooking!) I started preparing the pancake batter and thought cinnamon would be super yummy in them, and also substituted Soy milk for regular milk. Most of you know that I don't drink regular milk that often because it hurts my stomach, so I drink soy instead...and I think it tastes better. ANYWAY, I didn't know how the pancakes would turn out with the soy milk, but they were glorious!!!

So when dinner was ready, Chris asked me if I wanted to watch a movie. I didn't really want to because I was watching "Bridgett's Sexiest Beaches" (which I LOVE), but he proceeded to put a dvd in anyway. I didn't know what movie he put in, I just patiently sat waiting to see what it was. When I did finally realize what it was, I teared up. It was our wedding video!!! My uncle filmed our wedding, but we just had never taken the time to convert it to a dvd, and when we did show interest in doing it over a year ago, we had some technical difficulties with the sound and picture. I just forgot about it, but I guess Chris had been working on it for awhile. He had a former coworker fix it and edit it. It was a beautiful thing to watch together. Chris and I both teared up a few times, and laughed like crazy too. I told him I will probably watch it EVERYDAY for the next few months! HA HA HA. I would love to share it with anyone who wants to come over and watch it!

SO right now I am waiting for Nikki and the boys to come over so we can have a picnic by the lighthouse. I have a bottle of wine, and some fancy cheeses, and some crackers and I am really excited to spend some time with them. Tonight, I am going to the KENNY CHESNEY concert with Mariah!!!!! YAY!! Mariah called me a few nights ago and asked me what I was doing on Friday (today) and I told her about the picnic, and said I didn't have any other plans after that. She then asked me if I wanted to go to the Kenny concert, which I have been wanting to go to for the last few months...of course I said yes!! So that is what we will be doing tonight! I can't wait!

I need to get ready for the picnic now! I will definitely update ya'll on the concert and the rest of my birthday weekend!

Little Update

WOW this has been a busy couple of weeks! I finally have a day of and all to myself today! YAY! I have been sitting on my couch cuddled up in a fluffy blanket all day, drinking pink lemonade and watching trash tv. I have been sooooo exhausted for a while now because of work, keeping up the house and other commitments, and haven't really had time to recharge. Last night I fell asleep at 9:30pm, and I didn't wake up until 9:30 THIS MORNING!!! I can'e believe I slept 12 hours. Needless to say, I feel great today.

Since I last blogged, my godson, Caedmon, had his first birthday, Chris and I spent a blissful day at the Botanical Gardens, and we had a wonderful Easter celebration at my sweet grandma's house with lots of family.

Here are a few pictures from Chris and my little botanical adventure.













Have a Terrific Thursday!

My Mini-Vacay.

This week, I took off Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from work for Spring Break. On Monday Chris and I went to the movies and say "Taken" which was a GREAT movie. Chris and I really enjoyed it. If you haven't seen it, I recommend you go out and watch it. On Tuesday, Chris and I drove up to Fredericksburg. Chris and I have been there a few times together, and everytime we go, we always have soooo much fun!

About five years ago, Matt, Mariah, my dad, and I went up to Fredericksburg and found this little place called Wildseed Farms. They have fields and fields of wildflowers, herbs, and trees. You can even purchase a pail and some clippers, and clip as many wildflowers that will fit in your pail and take them home with you. That day was so special to me that I wanted to relive it with Chris. Tuesday was really dreary, but we decided to make the trip anyway. We had a great drive up there: talking, singing, dreaming, and laughing together. Despite the lack of sunshine, it was a very scenic drive. When we got to the farm, we walked around looking at different kinds of plants and flowers, and played "Guess that herb" (we would rub the leaves and make each other smell them, and guess what they were...don't judge; it was fun!!). They whole time we were intoxicated by the smell of the mountain laurels (which is the kind of tree we planted in our yard on V-Day). They smelled glorious!! As far as the fields and fields of wildflowers, we were two weeks to early to experience their full splendor, but that was okay, we still walked through the fields. After a couple hours, it started to drizzle so we decided it was a good time to leave. We stopped off in Boerne to have a late lunch, and then went to Mom and Rex's for some family time.

Today Chris and I had a lazy day. We held the sofa hostage and watched some movies. I made pigs in a blanket, and we didn't get up to do anything until about six o'clock.

This has been a fantastic mini-vacay, and I'm kind of sad that I have to go back to work tomorrow. Here are a few pictures from Tuesday: ENJOY!