Happy Birthday, Brian!!!

Today is my brother-in-law, Brian's, birthday. I'm going to steal an idea from my friend, Beckie, and for his birthday make an acrostic for him.

B-Bald (Hahaha...hohoho...hahaha)

You know you all were thinking it. Ok...for real though...B is for Bob the Builder. Can Brian fix it? Yes, he can! Brian can fix almost anything. That's his job in real life too...fixing things. We call on him when most things in our house break. He also does woodworking...like making things out of wood. He's very handy!


R-Ribs

Did you know that this boy can make some ribs? I'm not a big rib eater, but Brian's are really something. I had only ever had my parent's ribs and wasn't really interested in trying anything else because while I don't mind ribs, I don't go searching for them. I tried Brian's one day, and I was hooked. Seriously.


I-In To Something

Brian is always in to something...R/C Cars, Helicopters, Beer, Bikes, name it and he's probably had a passion for it at some point. He gets into these hobbies..obsessed and then moves on. It's crazy. Sometimes I think he has a certain dollar amount that he has to spend before he allows himself to move on to the next venture. :)

A-Actor

:) Did you know that he was once on America's Most Wanted? He portrayed this guy who shot someone. Even when he's not on TV, he's quite entertaining all the time. :) Plus, he has his dramatic moments too.


N-Niiiiiccceee

This is Brian's favorite word. All drawn out like that too. He says it in response to almost everything, if he likes what you're saying. For instance, here are some examples.

Nana-"And then this tufted titmouse (it's a bird, people!) swooped in and knocked that male squirrel off the fence!"

Brian-"Niiiiiccceee."

Kevin-"And then I was like, come on, guy. Of course you don't connect the UC cable to the AB drive. It'll ruin the failover."

Brian-"Niiiiiccceee."

Jerry-"I lost 11 pounds this week. Nanananabooboo." (ok, he didn't really say that, but he did lose 11 pounds this week)

Brian-"Niiiiiccceee."

Nora-"So I told her that she could buy this tote for this price and get this one half off!"

Brian-"Niiiiiccceee."

Paula-"Brian, stop saying ""Niiiiiccceee. It drives me crazy."

Brian-"Niiiiiccceee."

Happy Birthday, Brian. I hope you have a great one!

970-961

970. Father's to wish a happy day to
969. One of them being my husband (who is a great father by the way)
968. Marley being ok after a tumble
967. clear messages
966. quiet time
965. successful ventures
964. celebrating another's success
963. cool breezes through windows
962. unscheduled days
961. motivation

What's something you're grateful for?

A Bucy Graduation

Did I catch your attention? Who's graduating? It's MARLEY!

Marley has graduated from using the high chair to a real chair. To top it off, it was Kevin that graduated her. Yeah...the guy who can't stand messes. Nope...I don't know what he was thinking. Instead of a messy tray, there's a messy chair or chair pad, depending on what mood she's in. She doesn't normally eat her breakfast in her high chair or her lunch for that matter, so I guess it makes sense. Here's an action pic.
Congratulations, Marley!

Park Days

The weather this week has been wonderful. I love days like these when it's not too hot and not too cold. Jeans, t-shirt, and flops is my most comfortable uniform. We went to our normal park the other day, and it was overtaken by public middle schoolers. It was too much and we ended up leaving immediately. On the way out I stopped and asked a couple if they knew of any more parks in the area. They mentioned the Old National one. I knew of it but had never been there.

It was awesome! The kids loved it and the best part was that there were no middle schoolers there. Here are some pics of the good time.
Future blogger taking pics.
It was a great day!

Gratitude 980-971

I haven't done this in a while...

980. successful weight loss
979. intention
978. being right in trusting
977. receiving love
976. polite children
975. the door being opened for me still..after 9 years
974. complete openness
973. new play date mates
972. clean floors
971. date night

Fresh From The Morning Blog

For Logan's birthday last year, I bought him some GI Joes. Not the little plastic ones, but bigger than Barbie and mobile like her too. He plays with them on and off. This morning he came into the kitchen and asked Kevin to take the pants off of one of the men. Kevin said no because, "I don't like you disrobing your GI Joes." Logan says, "But I like them naked with only their boots on. See?! This one's naked with only his knee pads and boots on!

The End

Nana Has A Secret

She is a closet Wii-er. At Rory's party the kids had some time in the "Yard" which has Wii, Kinect, Basketball, Dancing...etc. While the kids were running around, I looked for Nana. Here she was...
In case you can't make it out, she's bowling.
Look at her face...that's concentration, folks!
Unfortunately she found it late in the party, and it was time to pack it up. Here's my thought, Papa should buy a flat screen TV for their living room and then Nana can get a Wii. I guess she could just go next door whenever she wants too and use their Wii, but that wouldn't be as fun.