Michael's Surprise 30th Birthday Party!!

Ok, so i know i have been a very bad blogger this semester, but when things are too busy to get everything done, I think blogging is one of the first things to go. :) well, we have a little less than 2 months left in the semester, so that is good. i think things should be much better this summer as far as school goes. so, i have been gone way to long to sum up the past few months, lets just leave it as BUSY. I will start with Michael's surprise birthday party. It was awesome!! my parents, michael's whole family and i have been planning this for months. I sent out the first email in september of last year. I am such a crazy planner. well, i told michael that my parents wanted to take him out to dinner for his birthday, so the plan was to go to my parents house and get some dinner with them. but, when we showed up michael's whole family (i mean just about everyone) was there, my siblings and my parents. it was perfect. michael was completely surprised. the company was wonderful and the food was also quite delicious (thanks to fadi's and my mom :). also, since it was the beginning of our spring break, michael's family stayed with us for a few more days to hang out. it really was wonderful. thanks mom and dad for all your hard work, we could never have pulled this off without you. here are some party pics.

One party table

Another party table

The food. delicious!!

Michael blowing out the candles


Michael and some of his siblings in front of the best birthday gift ever
(the portrait of will ferrell)

In other news, spring break is over and now we are back to the crazy schedules. we are both feeling rested and ready to punch out this last month and half till summer.

More big news is that I found out the week before spring break that i am being laid off from work. the good news is that i have 60 days before i am unemployed there and then another month of pay before there is no paycheck coming in. so, hopefully i will be able to find something new and possibly even better in the next few months. it is another added stress that we weren't planning for, but i think that it will all work out. as everyone keeps telling me, i need to stay positive and things will fall into place. i guess i am so busy right now that i don't have much time to stress. :) anyway, please keep us in your thoughts and if you hear of any great social work positions in the area, please let me know. :)

well, it is late and i am need to get to bed to be rested to start another week. will try to post again soon, but i can't make any promises. :)