Suprise

This morning Brandon headed off to work so that he could be there by 6. The best part was he was home before 10! He only had to work a little over three hours today. When he hits 40 hours he is off and today that happened early! It was a great surprise for me and for the boys, who were out of school today for Holy Thursday. What I did not know was this was the first surprise today, there are more to come.

I had a photo shoot but thanks to the weather it seemed best to cancel it. I probably was for the best since it started raining around 10 and it was at 10:30. The bottom fell out, but soon after the sun came up which was nice. Since the clouds had been pretty heavy for the past 2 days seeing some sunshine was nice.

UPS came this afternoon and brought me a box from FTD florists. It was from my amazing husband of 9 years and 364 days, tomorrow is our 10 year anniversary. He has always known how to make me smile and today he definitely did that. There was a very cool purple vase and once I finally got to them, the most amazing roses I have ever seen. They are rainbow roses and they are gorgeous! I plan to photograph these babies everyday so stay tuned! Definitely the most gorgeous roses I have ever gotten! I love my man for so many reasons, and these just added to it.

The boys both had games tonight. John Michael at 6:00 and Danny at 7:30. Well, John Michael made it to the second inning and the game was called. The weather got nasty fast, but did not last too long. We ended up getting to come home pretty early which was nice. I love baseball, but tonight I was tired and really just wanted to be home with my three men, and well my roses ;)

So I am off to bed, tomorrow is a day off, but it is a day filled with stuff to do including somehow celebrating 10 amazing years!

Holy Thursday

Today was Holy Thursday and it was a busy day.

This morning of course we woke up late so were running around like some crazy people trying to get out the door and where we needed to be on time. Brandon was off so at least we were all going to the same places.

We made it to Danny's school with just a few minutes to spare. I was taking cupcakes to his class and while his teacher knew his friends did not so they were all quite excited to see me come in with cupcakes. I left them with Mrs. Hayes so that she could pass them out when she was ready for them to have them. I was glad that Danny came home and said that they were delicious! I love it when something works out and I always worry that it will not. He was actually supposed to be out today, but they were making up the Friday that the school lost power so he was out early at 12.

We headed to John Michael's school and made it with a few minutes to spare. He had a regular day so he was there till 2. I made cupcakes for his class too and he said that they were yummy. He was really glad that we had a few left over at the house. When we picked him up they were picking up liter for Earth Day, which I thought was great. Danny wanted to walk down and get him so I stayed at the top and watched and let the big brother have his fun. I felt so bad that I was unable to take pictures for the school this morning, but I had promised Brandon some help in the yard and I also had to be back to get Danny at 12. Hopefully they understand. I did let them know that even though my boys will not be there next year that if they needed pictures all they had to do was call. Hopefully they will, I love doing things for the schools and would love to do even more.

Well, tomorrow is Good Friday, and Earth Day and I am having a scrap night with Amy, which I am VERY excited about. I cannot wait. Today I was also able to get Danny's shoes swapped out so now we are ready for Easter and First Communion! A definite plus and a lot of deductions from the stress levels. We also went by one of the nurseries that is close to our house and we got a tulip tree, FINALLY! I am SO SO excited. We should be planting on Earth Day and if all goes as planned we will be!

Well, I am off to bed. I am pretty tired and tomorrow will be a busy one. I am excited about a three day weekend with my men. Before I go to bed I will be saying a prayer for all of my friends and family. The holidays never seem to be without loss, please remember my mom's friend who lost her brother, and my friend whose husband lost 2 aunts in your prayers as they get through the next few days.