Weekend Update

We went to celebrate my birthday in Rockford with my parents and Aaron's parents this weekend.  I was so excited to go home and feel good and be able to eat anything without feeling sick.  And my two families did not disappoint :)

Friday I left work early for the sole reason that I just wanted to be home with my parents.  Little did I know, that the weather was going to decide to dump 5 inches of snow along our drive.  Thankfully, we left early...it took us over 4.5 hours to get there.  My mom had burritos ready and waiting for us when we walked in the door.  Then we had ice cream cake for desert.  We finished up our night with a few rounds of Skip-bo (or dumb-bo as my dad refers to it...he hates the game :) ).

Saturday my mom and I got up and walked Wally in the freezing cold...she kept warm by wearing the most non-matching articles of clothing she could find :)  At least she was warm though.  Then we got ready and headed to the mall to shop for my b-day present from my parents.  Of course, the day was all about my mom and not me :)  Just kidding!  My mom and I have this outstanding joke that every time we shop for me, she's always the one that finds everything and I walk away empty handed.  My parents ended up getting me an Amazon gift card so I can buy books for my kindle.  At night, we went to church and then to a great Chinese dinner.

Sunday, Aaron and I went to his parent's for brunch with his parents and my brother and sister-in-law.  It was great to see everyone I was so grateful for the delicious breakfast and fun presents!

Then it was sadly time to head back to Detroit.  I love living here and love all the friends we've made, but I definitely wish we were closer to family.  My parents currently think we aren't coming home until Easter.  But, my mom is having minor surgery at the end of this month, so I'm going to go home and surprise her and stay for a few days.  I plan to do some cooking this weekend that I can freeze and take to them for meals.  I'm going to call my dad the day before to give him as little time as possible to spill the beans to my mom.  Fingers crossed the surprise works!! :)