It's Finally Here!

Last Sunday, we celebrated Brenton's 41st birthday here at home.  We woke up to a winter wonderland, after thinking, the storm wasn't going to hit us.  It did! It was good though, we were prepared and ready to go.  Ethan and I, Saturday night, made Brenton his favorite cheesecake and since Ethan doesn't care for cheesecake we also made a chocolate chip cookie cake.  I love birthdays, so this was a fun night of preparation.  I was really excited to give Brenton his gifts, too.  After not knowing what to do for him, it all came together last Friday on my day off.  Brenton has been wanting a Bluetooth speaker for the pool area, the house, etc.  So, I found a tower one that he can take wherever he wants to, lol!  I also did a basket full of his favorites, put in an Old Navy gift card, and the practicals underwear & socks. LOL! Funny thing, Brenton loves getting underwear and socks! However, I was really excited for him to open his last gift and this one was totally my mom's idea. We went in with her to get an engraved brick for the walkway around OSU stadium. Brenton is a fanatic when it comes to Ohio State football and he loves to go walk around the stadium, so this was perfect. This summer his brick, that is engraved with "Brenton Shroyer and Family, Go Bucks", will become a permanent piece at his favorite place to visit! How awesome is that?! It'll be so fun to go and visit that every time we go to Columbus!  Brenton LOVES Columbus, so it was a perfect gift and a great idea my mom had. As you probably guessed, he loved this gift! It took him by surprise and one he never expected. LOVE it!! Overall, it was a great weekend we had together as a family...snow and all! 

After our fun weekend, the week got started off perfectly....well from my boy's eyes that is. LOL! Monday was MLK day, so they had the day off and then a snow day on Tuesday.  We had school yesterday, and poor Colin, had another rough morning. He just can't catch a break with all these days off; however, Mrs. Jones said his anxiety was again brief and he was "perfect and funny" all day! Thank God for that, but poor little guy and his morning anxiety.  Guess what though...another SNOW DAY today! I've never seen Colin so excited!☺ He jumped right out of bed, like the Charlie Brown crew, so excited to get the day started.  I'm never going to get him back on track, I swear! LOL!!!  Oh well, it'll be ok!  For now, I'm embracing this winter. It's finally here and I'm really enjoying the extra time, at home, with my boys! Winter truly is a beautiful season and this year, I'm really noticing it!