Birthday lake weekend

We had sooooo much fun this past weekend at the lake celebrating Brad's 30th birthday. We had some friends over on Saturday and had a great time...hanging out on the dock, throwing the football, tubing, fishing, throwing rocks in the lake (Brad's favorite), eating (my favorite)...it was great. This is a hastily put together video from the weekend....and after watching it, it kind of looks like it was Luke's celebration instead of Brad's. What can I say....he's the easiest one to get pictures of and always steals the show! (He even donned his birthday suit for the camera...something Brad wasn't so agreeable to ;))

Thanks, Chief and Kikye, for such a fun weekend!

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Happy 30th Brad!

Ok, so I feel a little horrible that I was not more on top of this post. I realize that it looks bad that I gave my cat a nice, long, lots of pictures, on time post....and my poor husband gets the "Uh-oh. It's 10 pm the day AFTER Brad's 30th birthday and I still haven't mentioned it on the blog....and I just got home from my marathon tennis match, and all I want to do is take a shower and go to bed, but I'll do something real quick" post. So sorry honey. But those who know me might not be too surprised that I gave the four-legged creature in the family better recognition. Maybe Brad should start walking on all fours if he wants to get some respect around here ;)

We had a pretty low key celebration for the big 3-0. Brad did get to spend it at home, ALL DAY, with us...so I'd say that was a pretty big celebration, actually. I made him a big breakfast (his favorite meal of the day), we opened presents, ate cupcakes, and went to dinner with his parents. And probably the biggest surprise of the day was the gift from them....7 day passes to Disney for our family!!!!! We can't wait to start planning our trip! Here are a few pictures I took just to capture that the day did, in fact, occur :) We are celebrating more this weekend at the lake with some friends and I'll post those pics later. Happy Birthday, honey! We love you!

The lame-o cupcake with a tea light because I didn't have any candles

Daddy with his precious boys

Chief, Jackson, and Daddy...wearing the ties Jackson made them for Father's Day

And Happy Anniversary to my parents....38 years of marriage!

Happy Birthday Annibelle Tortoiseshell!

My sweet little Annibelle is 6 years old today. Brad and I got her right after we got married, from someone who found her abandoned on the side of the road. We joke that Annibelle's circumstances of 'being raised on the streets' have helped to shape her tough little personality (We also joke that she might be a catnip dealer). One of the fondest memories I have is Ann having her kittens, Panda, Patches, and Biscuit, in our little house in Augusta. What an awesome thing to experience and how fun those little kittens were! Annibelle is so funny....she's very protective of all of us, has beat up many a dog, is spunky, an avid huntress (understatement), and is the only one who seems to have any power over Gus. And I have to acknowledge that she must have some luck too, as many other cats have gone on before her from our family (Biscuit, Boomer, Izzy, Max). We love you Belle, and hope you're around for a long time :)

Happy Father's Day/Anniversary!

Our 6th wedding anniversary happened to fall on Father's Day this year, so Brad had a double celebration yesterday. And what better way to celebrate being a wonderful father and husband than to spend it working at the hospital :( We did have a nice mini celebration last night before bed with a few gifts made especially for daddy.

We love you so much! Thank you for being a wonderful husband for 6 years, an amazing father for 3 1/2, and my best friend for 13.

My little engineer

It is an understatement to say that Jackson loves trains and loves Thomas the Train. Here is a sweet video that barely scratches the surface of his obsession :)
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Beach pictures...FINALLY!!!!

Ok, so I FINALLY got this thing figured out. I have never spent so much time in front of a computer. Thanks so much to my brother, Nicholas, for all his help over the phone. And thanks to Rachel for helping me to finally figure out a way to share my hard work with you all :)
Soooo, I hope you enjoy. There are 3 slideshows...to watch them in order, start with the most recent post and go from there. The quality of the photos and videos isn't great once it's put in blog form, but you'll get the idea.

Such wonderful memories...I hope my brothers and sisters-in-law realize how lucky we are to have the opportunity to create them in such a special place, and with the best parents/in-laws/grandparents in the world :) (tied with Chief and Kikye, of course)

Thanks, Mom and Dad.

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Yes, we are back.

We are back from the beach. We have been back for almost a week now, and I know I haven't posted any pics yet. I haven't even unpacked my suitcase yet. We had such a wonderful time and I can't wait to share the pictures. But I have a problem. I have been working all week trying to get the 300+ pictures and video clips arranged into a slideshow set to music. There were many bumps along the way, and countless conversations with my brother, Nicholas, for tech support, but I finally got them done. (Yes, them...there are three) And they turned out sooooo good (at least I think so)! But now the problem is that I cannot get them to upload to the blog :(
So, in the meantime, you can at least enjoy the new beach background and the picture in the header. And if you're really itching to see the slideshows, come on over and I'll be happy to share them :)
Keep checking back...I'm determined to figure this out.

And until I do...my suitcase will be waiting :)