Brad's 40th friends party..FINALLY!

My two favorite girls forever! Kaylee and Emma..so they are so adorable together. Emma had dance class and Brad's parents were babysitting her after class was over, but Kaylee said where is Emma Tara, I want to see her. So, we had his parents bring her out for a bit, it was so cute! They sat together in the same chair, and just hugged all night. Kaylee was just giving out hugs galore, and well, I just can not get enough of these girls. Love them both with all my heart!

Brad and his cake...yummy! Got it at ribbon box...so good!!
I always tease Brad because he loves Elvis music...cracks me up, so I had to get an Elvis themed cake...

Margo, Eric and Chris...what a hoot!

The Micheal's..forever buds of ours!

Ken and Kendy..I am so glad that they came. Brad and Ken have been buddies a long time!

I had to have a pic of Brad and Christy together....they both turn 40 and celebrate there birthdays on the same day. Crazy! Still looking good!!

Karol and Brad....there is a bond there that I think will never go away. I know they will be forever friends.

The Smith family with that precious baby Caroline...what a blessing they are to us. I just love Laurie's whole family.

I always am able to capture an awesome shot of my sister Jody with KK...I love this pic..so cute!!

Brad and Ken...they have been buddies for a long time and will always be forever friends. My favorite of the night, Ken brought a bunch of old pictures of them together with friends, and well, let me just say, they cracked me up!! Memories...I can do without the underwear shot though Brad.

Cheers to the crew and good times by all!

Ann and Trisha came a little later, but let me tell you..we had a blast with them. We ended up going to the elks with Ann, Trish, Karol and what laughs we had...my goodness.

So we were finally able to have a get together with some of Brad's friends at Benny's to celebrate him turning the big 40. We were suppose to have it last week on his actual birthday, but with the nice snow storm mother nature blessed us with, we had to reschedule it. We had a blast. I got a cake for him, Elvis theme, and a few decorations. We had food, friends and drinks. Who could ask for more! Of course someone had the brilliant idea that we could go to the elks for a bit. We have not been there in forever, so the faithful followers, Karol, Ann, Trisha me and Brad went to the elks and before we knew it, midnight had arrived. Ow dear...let me just say that when the alarm went off at 5:30, I was not a happy camper! I hope that Brad enjoyed all his fun and that I made his 40th a good time.

Brad turns the big 40!

On Saturday night Brad and I had our first big getaway night away from Emma. It was a combination of him turning 40 and Valentines day. Emma spent the night at the Wellers and had a great time. We ate dinner at spagetti warehouse and then went to check into our hotel at the Hampton Inn. They were really busy, and asked us if we minded a free upgrade...of course we said sure. WE WERE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE...talk about nice! I about died. Then we went to the Blue Jackets game, they won 4-0. After the game we got another surprise, a favorite band of mine the Reaganomics(they play 80's music), were at Frog Bear Bar so we checked them out for awhile and then stopped at Barley's next to our hotel for a beer before heading back to the hotel. It was awesome and I really enjoyed my night with Brad. Happy Birthday!

On his actual birthday today, I got the day off work because of this blizzard we seem to be having...so I hung out with Emma in the morning and then we met his parents at Old Town for lunch and presents. He came home a little early from work and we headed out to play in the snow for awhile. Wow, did we get a ton of snow, I could hardly walk in our backyard..Emma had a blast in the snow. The night ended good...Brad said his birthday would not be complete without pizza, so we headed to family pizzeria. We were suppose to have a gathering tonight with some friends at Benny's, so we got that changed due to the weather to next Thursday.

Snow, Snow and more Snow..I've had my fill now..

My girl all bundled up!

I sat down in the snow and it didn't even budge! she definatly realized it would be over her head if she sat all the way down in it!

Her favorite part, going down her slide 3 times!

I am so done with this snow now. Please bring on spring! Mother Nature decided to dump the big one on us..in union county especially because Brad said we got the most of any county in Ohio..how is that possible??? 16 inches!!! The only positive..I doubt that they will have us plowed out my Monday to have school..we shall see. That is a good thing with the super bowl on Sunday night..we all will be up late. Emma and I ventured out for literally 5 minutes today. It was almost too much for her too. I could hardly walk in it and she definantly couldn't. Brad has been out since the crack of dawn transporting people, and with Emma napping right now I am definantly ready to get out..I am not a coop me up in the house person for very long..and it has been 2 days..that is about my limit. Now..if I can get my husband to come home long enough to shovel our drive and sidewalk some...I see all the neighbors out with there snow blowers..I can't see spending all that money on something you use a couple times a year..but right now I would love for one of them to come to my rescue!!! Some snaps of our 5 minutes of fun...

OSU basketball

What a fun day. Brad's dad has season tickets to the OSU basketball games and Brad and I are blessed to be able to take turns, and sometimes go together to the games. I got to go Sunday with Marvin and loved it because they were honoring the 50th reunion of the 1960 national championship team. Bobby Knight spoke and the buckeyes won big, and I captured some cool shots of players..so it was a great day!

COSI

I don't think that you can ever go wrong with a trip to COSI. It is so nice because I get in for free with my ID and so we just had to pay for Brad. Emma had a blast!! The upstairs little kid area was a big hit with her. She had no problem just running around and seeing everything and playing in the water, the blocks, the dress up areas, the slides... you name it she did it. I can't say that mommy and daddy had as much fun because all we did was chase her around...but it was all worth it because she would not stop saying,"This place is awesome". I definantly will take her back again to play sometime this winter. Well worth the trip for a winter saturday activity.