The Omness Family!

I must start out this post by saying I have the most amazing, absolutely wonderful, thoughtful husband ever. He always puts such thought and effort into birthdays and holidays. I totally can not compete with him!
I sort of knew Damian had been planning something for my birthday for a month or so. But, he likes surprises, and was bound and determined to keep it one! Now, I hate and dread surprises. I'll give you a really good example of why in my next blog post (and it's a birthday surprise to boot!) Anyway, this year I had no clue. I kept an eagle's eye on our checking account to see if he made an purchases I didn't know about, but nothing.
I awoke on my birthday to a text message from Damian that was my very first clue to a scavenger hunt. This scavenger hunt took me all over our house until finally I found my present hidden in Isabel's toy kitchen's dishwasher. Hidden inside was a card, a beautiful blue topaz ring and necklace set, a gift card to Chili's Restaurant, and 2 Visa gift cards. The punk that I am married to had not only bought me gorgeous jewelry, but had also arranged a shopping spree and dinner out with my dear friend Janette (who totally knew what was going on and didn't tell me even though I told her I was stressing out about it!) So he watched both kids for me while Janette and I went out and had fun at the mall and yummy food at Chili's.
So, I cried. I flat out bawled when I found my present. This was totally not in our budget. We totally could not afford this. Except, this didn't come out of our budget. My sneaky fox of a husband had done some translations on the side and didn't tell me about it. So I had no idea the money even existed that he had used for this. Total punk! But I love him dearly!

So, I had a wonderful birthday, and I am now stressing out over Damian's birthday in November. I mean, really, how can you compete with that? And, I feel a little surprised at being 24 already. The past few years have totally flown by!

The beautiful necklace I received! (The ring is the same stone, but I'm too lazt to take of picture of it, too.)