Happy Birthday to My Love

So today is Brandon's 31st Birthday, he is officially an old man, well until Monday when I turn 31 and Brandon becomes young again.
Since we are moving there were no elaborate gifts because we decided that the new house was plenty of a gift and that right now we needed to concentrate on getting all of our finances in order so that we are in a better place this summer.
The boys' were so excited to get up and tell Brandon Happy Birthday. They are such sweet boys and did not understand why he was okay without a present, but he assured them he had everything he needed. It was so so sweet and truly allowed me to understand what it meant to have your heart melt with a few simple words.
The boys' asked if they could give Brandon birthday spankings. We had to laugh and let them do it, instead of splitting it up they each gave him 31...32 if you count the one to grow old on. They absolutely had me in stitches this morning. It was a great way to start the day for all of us. A lot of laughs, loves, and memories! I honestly cannot ask for anything more.
The boys had an out of uniform day today, because we sold 8 tickets to the Spaghetti dinner at St. Francis. If you want to come it is Saturday and Sunday and tickets can be purchased at the door! Great food, entertainment, and items to be won.
Brandon had to work on his Birthday, but he is off next Thursday to celebrate. It was a good day for him though. The producer that he works with James, was out today because his wife was having a baby! So happy birthday to Baby Faulkner. Brandon says the baby is destined for coolness! I have to agree it is a pretty great day to have a baby!

The boys were supposed to have practice tonight, but they are fighting a cold and I am determined to win, so we stayed home. I was not sure until the last minute when it started to rain and I figured that was the answer that I needed.

Well, I am looking forward to going to sleep with the rain hitting the windows tonight. No severe weather just rain, which means I will be able to sleep. Hopefully I will dream about how I am going to come up with $2500. It would figure I would get our income taxes and pay off a good bit, and then when it is all gone remember that I have to pay the lake rent, get the boys stuff for baseball, and buy new tires. I thought I still had about 20,000 miles on them but it looks like it is going to be needed ASAP. We will see what happens. Praying for answers. You know like a check in the mailbox....that is not a scam. One can always hope right.

Well, to my love Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Brandon, Happy Birthday to you!!!

Sweet, Sweet Saturday

So there was a lot to get done this morning, and of course not all of it got done, but progress was made. Especially with my homework and editing photographs from Carrie and Keith's wedding. I am having a blast with getting this completed, but as all photographs are it can be very time consuming. I just hope that the bride and groom are enjoying what they have seen so far. Of course there will be more on the wedding later visit http://www.monicaannephotography.com/ to stay in touch with my photography journey.

Brandon's allergies decided to send him into a serious cold. Of course, my mom telling people yesterday he had one when he didn't probably jinxed it. There was no fever and still is not thank goodness. I just hope that tomorrow he is 100% I do not like it when my men are sick.

Josie's First Birthday Party was today. I cannot believe that she is a year old. It does not seem like it has been over a year that I was at Beth's Baby Shower...or almost right at a year that I was taking pictures of the sweet girl. Now here we are a year later. She is a precious baby. She is so friendly and so sweet and happy! Love surrounds Josie and Josie truly radiates love. We all went to the party. One we love Josie, Beth, and Brandon two I was photographing the special day and Brandon was videoing it. When Beth asked me to do this...all I could think was duh! Well, that was after my are you sure it is that time already? The party was truly a perfect first birthday party. More on this will be on my blog as soon as possible. It was a great party though, Beth and Brandon you should be so proud.

We had to go to my mom's as soon as we left the party. She was calling and texting worried about the fact her television was not working. Brandon got it fixed, well the one in the living room at least. I am glad that we got her at least half way to where she was!

The boys and I took Brandon and the big cameras home and then we went to visit Morgan Makenzie so that the boys could swim. They are always excited to see Morgan and when there is a pool involved they are even more excited! They swam for a couple of hours and then we came on home to check on Brandon.

I also want to wish our Nephew Hudson a very Happy First Birthday! I hope that his day and his party were amazing. We love you guys!

One more thing that I want to celebrate tonight. Alexa Nicole and Amanda are home in their own beds tonight. Hoping that the first night at home is a great one for the whol family. We love you guys and I hope to visit next week!

Well, everyone is in bed now and I am soon to head there myself. Lots to do tomorrow. Hoping that I hear the alarm so we can head to the 8:30 Mass. Good night everyone. I hope that you all have had a super sweet Saturday! It is definitely one of my favorite days of the week! Enjoy your family and the time that you are able to spend together so many times we all take it for granted.