Surprise party~sucessful!!

So my husbands surprise party was a total success on Saturday. Thanks to my sisters, my brothers in law, & my parents for helping me out with all the set up.

The day started off with me pulling out the blower to blow all the trash from the patio!
Hector went to pick up some flowers to take to the cemetery. I knew I wouldn't get any other chance to do it, so I had my baby in one arm and the blower in the other hand! It wasn't the best job, but that was all I could do as he would notice I cleaned it!

We left the house at 11:55am to pick up Erik from Catechism. We then headed to the cemetery to visit Diego. We cut the grass in his plot since it had grown quite a bit and we still have a some time before the cemetery gardeners take care of it.
We were there about 45 minutes or so.

We then headed to Van Nuys Airport for Hector's flight training.
It took us longer to commute there than the entire time we spent there. He got about a 10 minute class, then he got taxied into the runway.
I thought we would be able to view the entire flight, but we didn't. When they called Hector in, I asked if we could view. The receptionist told me she would walk out in a bit and we (me and my kids) could go outside with her.
As she started to walk out, she invited us. I saw the small airplane and thought "oh my, am I sending my husband on this crappy airplane"? All the airplanes were kind of old. I just hoped that he would get back safely! She and I took pictures of him standing by the airplane. She then told me we couldn't stay there. What??
She told me there was a viewing area where we could see a glimpse of the airplane. She also suggested I take a good look at the airplane as there are a lot of similar ones. So I did better than that, I wrote down the number on the plane!

So she gave me directions on how to get there. Anybody that knows me well, KNOWS I am NOT good at directions. I got the keys from Hector and off my kids and me went. It was really easy to get there though (thank God) and the street is kind of hidden, so thank God I found it!!
We then parked and walked to the viewing area.

We saw Hector pass by driving the plane to the runway.
Then all of a sudden, we see him taking off! I was really excited. I took a few pictures, but it's not the best pictures since the viewing area was not very close. But 3 of us viewed him for a bit. About 30 min later, we saw him land.So exciting.




I then called my sister Jolene to see how things were going with the setup of the party.
She told me they were ok, however when her and her husband Gerric arrived, she thought she had the right keys and um, she didn't! She tried to open the door but the key would not go in. So Gerric had to jump the fence. He then went through the garage and opened the garage door to get the things in through there. Jolene had to drive back to their home to get the right keys!
She told me not to worry, they were not done yet, however, everything was going ok.
Then grabbed the kids and back to the car we went and drove back to pick him up.

I was feeding Adam in the car and Erik said he was hungry at that point so we stopped by Burger King in Glendale. Hector wanted to go through the drive thru, but since it was still early (about 3:15pm) I told him we should just stop and have Erik eat his food in the restaurant! So we did.
We then left about 4:05 pm or so (I was stalling). We were getting ready to leave and I noticed my baby had a little accident. He pooped all over himself! So that was good. I killed more time in cleaning him and changing him completely.. Good job Adam!
We then left and I sent my sister a text message telling her we just left Glendale and should be home about 35 min. I was thinking we'd catch traffic like always, but there was no traffic at all! As we were getting closer and closer, I kept text messaging her to let her know where we were at.
I then called her at my home ( pretending to call her on her cell phone) to let her know we were almost reaching there . Her and Gerric were supposedly going to watch our kids as we went out to celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary. My sis has a key so she said she was already inside waiting for us. So I told that to my husband.

So as we got home, we got off the car, I let him open the door. My sister was there and she greeted us. and as soon as my husband walked in, everybody yelled "surprise". OH MY GOD. Was he surprised!!! I think he was confused a bit. He saw one some people there that really caught him off guard!

Everybody greeted him and wished him happy 40th b-day. Then we went outside to party! My family did a very nice job in decorating. I had bought all the stuff with my sister's help in color coordination and it looked really nice.

I got a taco caterer since that is my husbands favorite food.

as the day/evening went by, some people showed up . People that he's known for years, but had not seen in years. Others that were suppose to show up, didn't after all as family tragedies happened unfortunately.

It was fun, nice and memorable.
My husband thanked me a lot of times as this was far beyond to what he expected.
I have never really planned a party for him, so this was a real real surprise.

He said this was going to be something very memorable for the rest of his life.
I am glad I could make him happy.

Thanks again to my family, I was able to pull it off.

the end. :)

Sunday: HIS REAL BIRTHDAY
We got up to clean up a bit. Well I did most of the cleaning. I didn't really want to bother him since it was his b-day. Actually he also shares his b-day with his late sister. So I did the bit of cleaning.

We then went to run some errands and stopped by my parents house to drop off a few things.
We then went to the cemetery and the kids stayed with my dad. So it was only my husband, my mom and me.
When we arrived at the cemetery, I was a little bummed.
Where Diego is burried, right next door is the son of my cousin's friend (major coincidence). We were pregnant at the same time, except she was ahead by like 2 months. The last time we saw her was back in October 2007, right before she delivered her baby. She still goes to the cemetery, but we kept missing eachother.
Anyway, finally after almost 1 year of not seeing her there, she was there with her husband and baby girl. The baby 11 months and she is so cute! But I was bummed because we didn't take Adam so she could meet him! She only saw pictures of him.
Hopefully we will see eachother soon again.

We then took my mom back home and we picked up the kids.
We then went to eat at some restaurant that my husband wanted to try. La Minerva.
It's known for tortas ahogadas, Guadalajara style. I went for the Milanesa torta though. We really enjoyed our food. Erik also took part in the eating as he is a VERY picky eater. He had quesadillas.

We then went home and my husband decided to change the spark plugs on my car. I told him not too, just relax on his b-day, but he said it had to be done.
ok.. So I started to do laundry.
Then the evening approached soon. Did my normal routine, prepared lunch for both of us for next day. Got the kids stuff ready for next day. Was a tiring day from the after party clean up, so I went to bed early. About 9:15pm. THAT IS A RECORD FOR ME. I normally don't go to bed until past 11:00pm.

And here I am today working again. I hate working and hate my job!
until next time.