I have the most amazing husband in the world.  Brian worked all last week on a big surprise for Mother’s Day.  He kept telling me how it was going to be all about me because he’s messed up enough in the past, and he is much wiser and older now.  🙂  For instance, he assured me that we weren’t going to go have brunch.  (Honestly, I can’t stand brunch—or should I say, I can’t stand how I feel AFTER brunch.)  He said it was going to be a Me Ra day; outside, in the fresh air, with foods that I love, oooohhhh…Oh man, I felt so cherished.

Without me knowing, he asked around and found a super cool park along the waterfront that we’ve never been too!  The weather decided to be perfect not only for Blaze’s GI Joe birthday, but for Mother’s Day too!

They even had a dog park area.  So Rosie got to come along!  🙂

And there was a moment when I thought it was “Rosie Day”.  I mean really, what the heck is wrong with this picture.  And will someone wipe that big smile off Rosie’s face!  🙂 Just jokin.  I love that smile!  (Click on any of the photos to see them larger.  I know you all want to see Rosie’s smile at it’s largest size!)

It was the BEST picnic ever.  Brian brought a handful of my favorite foods like; Pot sticker spicy salad!  He even made homemade tuna fish with capers and fresh dill!  I know!  Amazing!

We spent the afternoon in the sun playing together.  This is one of my favorite images from the day.  The kids were playing Frisbee with Brian.

I looked at the photo above and this next one and started crying.  To see Pascaline running so strong, be flipped around by Brian, hear her laugh—after all that we went through with the Dengue Fever.  To be back, safe and sound, healthier and stronger by the day…it was a very special Mother’s Day.

Brian practiced serious Photo Coaching with me and the kids.  We weren’t allowed to show any teeth when we smiled.  🙂 Yep, the kids are still wearing their GI Joe Pilot glasses!

I love this guy!  And I want the whole world to know it!

Pascaline took this!  Not bad use of the Third’s Principle, don’t you think!

Brian, to try and say what you mean to me is impossible.  There is simply no me without you.   I love you honey.  I love my life with you—all the tough stuff has been worth the endless good stuff.  Thank you for all the secret planning you did to make Mother’s Day Amazing.  Thank you for making me laugh.  Thank you for always giving me a safe place to cry. Thank you for seeing in me, so much more than I see in myself. Thank you for appreciating and cherishing the mom that I am to the kids.  I love you, love you, love you.

Love Always,

your Me Ra