Saturday, November 15, 2008

My sweet Jilly Vanilly, the Tissue Fairy



Ok so this is my first post and I am dedicating it to Jill. She has been doing most the work on the blog since we started and she has made me sound totally awesome. It's about time I do the same for her. You all should see how fun she is. I'm sure you have already gotten bits of it, but last night was a night that she wasn't my girlfriend or anything close. She was my buddy/ best friend. We normally are a pretty calm couple that doesn't tease each other or anything. We are cheesy romantics and blah blah blah, but occasionally we just get hyper and do our own thing. Jill's craziness was probably highly influenced by her supercharge Jamba juice, resulting in my own acquired energy. We were singing crazy, dancing, weird voices.... ok now we sound crazy. But don't even act like you don't do it with your friends. It felt so good to not even worry what she thought of me last night. I could do or say pretty much anything and it was ok. Jill is my best friend. She makes me so happy and I am one lucky fella for having her in my life.



Jill does so many little funny things that only I get to see. One thing I tease her a lot about is her habit, which could be consider over preparation, of leaving wadded up tissue everywhere she goes. I find it in my car, in my pockets, wedged in cracks and crannies of the couch, etc. We refer to it as the tissue fairy. The Good part about it is, when we are sitting somewhere, and she needs a tissue, I don't have to get up and get her one, she can just search through the multiple locations and find one.


We both agreed in the beginning of time that we would stay away from cheesy lovey names. We remain faithful to that agreement, but that doesn't keep us from referring to each other with other names. I try to call her something different everyday. McGyver, scuba diver, Sloth..... I know so romantic. Well a few weeks ago, she made and adaption of a potentially threatening name of sugar, and called me shug night. For those of you who don't know, Shug Night is a thug rapper producer who has jacked people up.... bad stuff (he produced Vanilla Ice, we owe him a lot for that at least and you know it!). That has become her favorite title for, with accessorising adjectives as Shug Night killer. I sure love Jill and am glad I have her. We just made it to our 9 month anniversary, cute huh. So as a tribute to her I write this blog. I love Jill, she is beautiful, and my best friend. Sorry to my homies whom she has replaced you still have a place in my heart.



Sunday, November 2, 2008

HALLOWEEN!!!























Halloween is my second favorite holiday (Christmas is the first) and much anticipated every year, no matter how old i get. I do have to say, being around little kids makes the holiday so much more fun! My family that lives here in Seattle has a tradition of going trick or treating together with the kids, and then coming back to the Bradbury's to eat Jodi's famous, "Dinner in a Pumpkin". This year Jodi made us each our own individual pumpkins with a rice and beef stew inside. I had a blast last Halloween and I could not wait for Dane to spend this Halloween with me and my family. Dane and I got the 31st off months in advance. We started the day by going to out to a REALLY yummy breakfast with my friend Alex (it was supposed to be a double date, but her boyfriend didn't show up). Then when we were driving home Dane and I saw piles and piles of leaves covering the sidewalks by my house. I think Jan (Dane's mom) has influenced me a bit with her passion for leaves, because I just could not pass the leaves up. Dane humored me (as he always does) and pulled the car over. We grabbed my camera and jumped out in the pouring rain. We took a bunch of pictures with the leaves beneath us, but it still wasn't enough. I looked at Dane and said, "Dane, can we please lay down in the leaves to get some really fun pictures"? I think Dane thought I was kidding at first.... I was not. We counted to three and laid down on the FREEZING sidewalk. Rain was pouring down on us (which is why we look like we are sweating). My teeth were chattering like crazy and I kept putting my freezing hands on Danes neck to keep warm. Cars passing by must have thought we were crazy. As we headed back to my house I saw another really enticing pile of leaves that we just had to take pictures in. So, Dane pulled over again and we took more pictures in the leaves. We could not stop laughing. Then Dane and I went back to my house, dried our clothes, watched movies, carved our pumpkin, baked pumpkin seeds, and then spent the rest of the evening with my family and the kids! Halloween was my favorite day with Dane yet!


































DATES!





































Ever since I moved to Seattle I have taken my niece Isabel, and nephew Luke on what we call, "dates". Dates usually consist of me and the kids going to Ice cream, a park and a bookstore. The kids have a blast, and I get to spend quality time with them, without being distracted by their parents who usually dominate my attention. Ever since Dane moved here he has been a part of our dates. Anytime I pick up the kids for a date or call them to set things up the first question out of their mouth is, "Will Dane be coming?!" They are all in LOVE with him. However, they are confused at our relationship. They don't understand that we love each other, but are not married and do not have kids, and do not live together. They are always curious about when we are getting married. My niece Isabel has titled Dane my "Almost Husband". We think it fits well.... boyfriend just doesn't seem enough. These are pictures from our most recent date with the kids. We had a mini Halloween party at my house. We had music, decorated cookies, wore masks, decorated pumpkins, made lollipop ghosts, read Halloween stories, and wrote our own stories. Great memories! Dane and I want to continue to do dates with any niece or nephew on either side we get a chance to live by. :)
















Always a Gentleman
















Dane and I have been together for what feels like a LONG time now, and we see each other everyday. Every day I know I will wake up, go to work, come home, hang out with Dane, and then go to bed. Simply put, Dane and I have unspoken plans with each other every day for the rest of our lives. However, Dane, being the gentleman that he is still likes to ask me on official dates every now and then. For some reason I get so excited when he does! These are pictures from one of our "official" dates. Dane called me that morning and asked if he could take me to dinner that night. I looked forward to our date all day (even though Dane and I go out to eat often, him asking made it so much more special). After a really LONG day at work I got home re showered, curled my hair (cause Dane likes that) and my roommate helped me pick out a rocking outfit. We went to Outback and had a blast. :)










We love being silly together






















Anybody who knows Dane and I well, knows that we are total goof balls. Here are some pictures of us just being...us.