Friday, June 27, 2008

My husband is awesome!!!!!

For those who know me well, know that I have a few things I am passionate about.

1. My family
2. My dogs
3. My friends
4. and My Braves

So for two months my husband has been telling me he had a business trip to Atlanta and I would be joining him. I do not enjoy the business side of these trips. I do not like having to sit at dinners with the firm partners and clients, pretending I know what they are talking about. I stress about what to wear and where we will eat. So for two months I have been stressed out. John then tells me, that not only am I going to hang out with the partner's wife all day while they are in meetings but Kevin, the firm partner, had gotten his wife and I a day at the spa. Well that just sent me overboard. Do not get me wrong, Kevin's wife is very nice but I do not know her that well. While the spa would have been great, the idea of going with someone I hardly knew bothered me. I knew my Braves would be in town and I kept begging John to take me to a game. How could we go all the way to Atlanta and not see the Braves? Well with all the meetings he would be in, he did not think we would be able to fit it in, and besides he had taken me the week before to the Braves/Rangers game in Dallas. For the two months of knowing about this trip, I begged to go to the game but John stood firm and I was not getting to go.
Well, this past Tuesday was the dreaded trip. Some of my closest friends were not even going to be in town. I tried to get out of going but I was stuck. So on the way to the airport Tuesday afternoon, John talked about all the stuff he would be doing and clients he was meeting and blah blah blah... He then gave me an envelope to see what time my spa treatment would be and then how much time I would have to get ready for the ever so important dinner. When I opened it up.......there were two Braves tickets. I looked at John very confused and then hit him a few times for saying we would not have time to go to a game. Then he laughed saying that was the reason we were going to Atlanta. Well in the moment, I did not catch on. I thought it was still a business trip and we just were going to the game also. Which would have been all I wanted but John went beyond just the game. When I finally realized the whole business trip bit had been a lie to get me to Atlanta, I busted into tears. You see, he had planned this whole trip so that I could go to the game and get a Brian McCann bobble head doll (the promo for the day's game). Brian is the catcher for my Braves and I adore him. My sweet, wonderful, amazing husband tortured me for two months to give me the most amazing trip to Atlanta. We stayed in a beautiful bed and breakfast, sat by the Braves dugout at the game (they won 4-2), went to a great restaurant with friends and spent time together without kids. In August we will celebrate our 11th anniversary. John has never in these 11 years been able to surprise me with anything (EVER). He got me so good on this. I was so not happy about this trip and I had no clue what he had planned. I am amazed he would go through the trouble of taking off work and planning ever thing just to see me smile. Now, I realize some of you are thinking, I am crazy for being so excited about a game but I am just trilled that I have a husband who knows my joys and would be willing to do something so goof as to go to Atlanta just so I can have a McCann Bobblehead. We got back yesterday and I am still in disbelief that John fooled me.

a very lucky Jenn

Sunday, June 22, 2008

catching up on the past week

Wow! We have had a long week. We had VBS. there was a total of 3500 kids that came daily. My head is still trying to stop the noise and VBS ended Friday. Anyway, Mary and Chandler were in my group. We had a lot of fun. Next year Wesley will get to be in my group. And yes as of now I am doing it next year. It was a great way to spend time with the kids.
On a different note, Chandler ended his baseball season finally. He got a hit in his last two games. I think he was finally get back to being comfortable at the plate. He will be trying out for another team in the next few weeks, so I am hoping he gets to hitting fast. He starts baseball camp on Monday. I hope he can learn great things to help him improve. We will see. He may have one more tournament in July but no word yet as to if we will be playing in it.
John to Mary and Wesley playing golf today. John said Wesley was doing really well. We got him a new club and Wesley went right to swinging away. I think he may have done better than John but John won't admit it. Mary was supposed to play as well but instead rode in the cart and took a nap. She said it was fun. She will not do anything that takes effort. She might break a sweat and she can not have that happening.