The Party was a Success!!!

So here are some pictures of Tim and I before the party. Unbeknownst to to Tim that is. He thought we were heading to Los Angeles to the Magic Castle, an exclusive magician show. This was the most stressful thing and I had the most fun planning Tim's 40th Surprise Party! I could not have done this alone, my mom and my neighbor/friend helped so much and without them this could not have happened. So the day of the party, I was fielding phone calls in the closet, trying to fill my mom in on where I hid all the party stuff around the house, clean (a little). I didn't want to give anything away so I took my friends advice and left things out so he wouldn't suspect anything. Later Tim told me he was leaving stuff on the bathroom floor to see if I cleaned around him. Ha...the only thing he did see was food in the bottom crisper and I just told him it was the next day's family get together. God, forgive me for all the lying I have done.

So, off Tim and I went to have an early dinner. I took him out to Ra a trendy Sushi house. Ohhh, what great place to drag out dinner over a couple hours. Meanwhile, my mom, brother n law's family, and neighbor set up our house for the party. I mean moving furniture to make way for casino tables, margarita machine, dj, food, and putting finishing touches that I didn't even talk about with them. It was absolutely beautiful!

The hardest part was getting Tim back to our house to surprise him. Once we were in the car and driving toward L.A. I pulled off the freeway. Freeked him out and even more so when I asked him to wear a blind fold. I felt soooo bad, but it was all in fun. He was really quiet and nervous for 20 minutes to our house. Not to mention him almost getting sick from the motion of the car. I was also advised as I approached our neighborhood to make random turns to confuse him. So we arrive and I park in my neighbors driveway. Turn off the engine and it was all I could do to not rip the blindfold off of him. I was sooo emotional and started to cry. He gets out of the car and we walk down to our driveway. All the while the photographer is snapping pictures of this. Then as we approach our door we are greeted by a friends wife say"Welcome to the Magic Castle where all your dreams will come true." Before you can enter you need to say "Open Sesame" (that's what they say at the Magic Castle) She had him say it 3 times loudly as we walked in. And I took the blindfold off and there were all our family and friends shouting surprise. They were on the balcony and staircase so he could look up and see all the faces. It also became a reception line too when they came down. I was crying and Tim even welled up too. So then from there there were beers, margaritas, and wine flowing. Lots of laughter, games, and food. The music was great too. I was glad I burned his itunes on discs. The night flew by and before you know it the night had ended. What a blast!!!!! Tim is now having to top that for my 40th in July. Ha... no way am I expecting to have anything because I am fine with that. I would love to go on a cruise or travel to Italy.
My photographer took over 400 photos and is working on editing and getting them back to me. She is awesome! I get the disc and get to develop the photos that I want.

As far as my weight, I am at a plateau and kinda unsure if I should go in for a fill. Sometimes I am tight and sometimes I can eat a lot. I have had a lot of stress with the party and starting my new school year with 24 first graders. So I will wait till things calm down. I am still working out 3-4 times a week. I will post more later. Have a great weekend everyone!!!!