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This by far was one of the funniest day’s. Because it just does not make any sense. Even what he wrote in the card made me laugh. Apparently he was singing the original song in his head to get the wording right. The quote went like this:

On the fifth day of Christmas…. Wait……Birthday Week! Your true love gave to you:

5 Random Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings!

4 cinnabons, 3 venus razors, 2 bags of chips, and a comic of you pinteresting!

Haha did it make you laugh? He actually wrote out that many i’s to sound like the song. And Random things really means as random as he could get? A spray bottle, deck of cards, scotch tape, fruit roll-ups, and sour belts. He did admit that the original idea was to do 5 baby things, and then he realized that baby items are a little more expensive. (might be a little late for that realization, me being almost 7 months pregnant and all.) But its the thought that counts on things like this! And it did make me laugh, which is what he really does best.

Ah yes and again with the dog themed birthday cards. I was never aware they made this many different dog themed birthday cards. Stay tuned for day 6 & 7 I was told they were the best. I was also told he hadn’t yet planned 6 so Im not sure how its one of the best without knowing what it is, but I believe him!

Its Sunday, and I woke up all ready to have my favorite Sunday Breakfast. A Big Flat Danish Pancake. To others this is known as Crepes, but that’s what we all grew up calling them. So for the longest time I didn’t know pancakes were actually fluffy and thick, I thought everyone else was weird. But instead Day 4 surprised me yet again!

On the Fourth day of Birthday Week your true love gave to you: 4 Cinnabons, 3 venus razors, 2 bags of chips, and a comic of you pinteresting!

Yup I may have mentioned how amazing a cinnabon was way back in the calgary trip. He kept that treasure locked away in his mind. There is not one at all close to us so he drove 35 minutes each way to get these babies. Its a pregnant ladies dream! Haha And Lets be clear. I am not receiving all of them again each day. Its one thing per day, so no mom you don’t have to worry that now I will receive two bags of chips and 4 cinnabons every morning to eat!

Its getting super fun to wake up each day. He did slip up a little. He started one day early. Poor guy, I told him that yesterday and he was a little disappointed so now I get my big present one day early. (He doesn’t want to stop it and miss a day.) What could it be? You’ll just have to stay tuned to find out, like me!

Happy Birthday Week Sunday everyone!

And the tradition continued. Today I woke up to yet another card on his pillow. I think there is a theme with the cards. As this one was a little kitty hanging from a tree, and on the inside it said “Some days, its tougher to hang in there than other days.” Haha Its not even a birthday card. But it did make me laugh so that’s a very Brandon thing to do. Might I add the card yesterday was a dog in a lab coat. With the caption “Birthday Greetings from the lab. I cant wait to see tomorrow’s card! This is really starting each day like its your birthday! Love that saying.

And following in the 12 days of Christmas song style todays gift as stated in the card was:

On the third day of Birthday Week, Your true love gave to you: Three Venus razors, 2 bags of chips and a comic of you pinteresting!

Stay tuned for more cuteness through Birthday Week.

In our house we have a little tradition. Birthdays are too special to just celebrate on one day. Thus last year I invented Birthday Week! And how could my hubby forget, I do casually mention it the other 51 weeks of the year. He even got into it this year, but still didnt use it to its fullest like myself. Last year I used it as an excuse to make cake or cupcakes every single day of the week. (I think I need to avoid that part this year!) This year Brandon kicked it up a notch. I didn’t even see it coming.

Yesterday was the first official day of Birthday Week. I woke up to a card on his pillow. Inside it said “On the first day of Birthday Week your true love gave to you: A comic of you Pinteresting!” How adorable is that. He had custom drawn a comic of myself, and my recent addiction of Pinterest. We had recently joked around about starring in comic books and he stated that mine would just be a repeating frame of me on Pinterest. Enjoy!

Today I woke up again to a card on his pillow! Yay repeating theme! And this time it was propped up on 2 bags of kettle chips. Inside it said “On the second day of Birthday Week, you true love gave to you: 2 bags of chips and a comic of you Pinteresting!” See where he is going with this! I did mention if he continued there was going to have to be seven items at some point. Its going to make it hard to go to sleep every day this week. Its like Christmas morning every time I wake up!

How fun is Birthday Week! And how awesome is my hubby!

Today is a very special mans birthday. He turned 51 and yet I still see him through the eyes of a child. Its how I will always see him. And how my little one soon will too. Because he himself is a big kid too. I have so many amazing memories with him. He was a very hands on dad. From bike rides to a new playground every weekend when we were little, to every cheerleading trip I ever took, (he was a hit with all the other moms, as the only dad along!) And lately to the daily phone calls home. Everyone knows I am very close to my mom but they may not know I am just as close with my dad.

My mom worked full time when we were little so my dad always had every Saturday with us. Its very fond memories from those days. We always did something special. One of my favorites were all the bike rides. There was a gigantic hill in a park. I’m not taking normal gigantic, I mean it took a good 45 minutes to wind up it. And I always thought I was going to die but at the top of the hill there was slurpee’s with ice cream in them! It was a kids paradise!  Plus it was a whole day with my dad. Its whats making me excited to have a little one in a cart behind my bike soon. Did I mention my dad custom build his so that it had Hot Rod flames down the side. And two very pink jackets sticking out of it 🙂

Like I mentioned before, even in high school we some how remained tolerable to each other haha. I’m not saying there wasn’t many many fights and groundings, but that’s because he loved me and cared enough to do both. But we also had good times in between. And Because my mom was very busy with running her own salon she didn’t have the time to go on all the cheerleading trips which were always away form home. But he made it to all of them. Even flew to Vancouver when I joined an all star team after High School. And continued to support me and show up when I wasn’t even on the team but coached for an additional 2 yrs. That’s true commitment to your kid.

He was the perfect dad. And I was definitely Daddy’s little girl. I completely expected him to bawl his eyes out when we got married 3 years ago. I wont even lie I WANTED him to bawl his eyes out haha. But he didn’t, and I asked him why after the fact. He told me he was too happy instead to cry. How touching is that. And he did make the day extra special. We went to our fair share of car shows growing up with him, so naturally I have a dream car in them. A ’57 red rag top BelAir. I begged him to find me one for the wedding. He regretted that he couldn’t. I should have known he was lying! After having my hair done at my mom’s salon that morning we came back to the house and sitting in the driveway was The red rag top BelAir! Its definitely one of my favorite parts of the big day. I truly treasure that moment.

And almost one year ago, as our birthdays are one week apart. I got a little brown package from my dad. Something I didnt expect because I hadn’t asked for anything. Or so I thought. He even got on video chat to be live while I opened it. (I love technology while living long distance.) I’m sure my face was priceless when I opened it. One month prior I had been visiting my best friend in Texas and had found a set of signs in an antique store. Not having an extra 75$ in my back pocket I left with only a picture of them. I put it on facebook and tagged my dad in it requesting he make me a set instead. I do this a lot. In fact there is probably an endless amount if pictures in similar fashion. But when I opened the box The set of them was sitting inside. And I might even add he did a better job of them than the originals! And The set reads “I, Heart, U” Its an unmatchable gift. I get compliments on them all the time. And he even had to make my mom a set last Christmas because she envied mine so much!

And lastly. One last story. Last week while we were home he helped me recreate a photo. A project Ive always wanted to do and what a perfect photo. The one on the left is my mom pregnant with me and our family dog. She is in front of my dad’s first Hot Rod. It was the last picture with it. As having a kid can cost a hefty dollar I am told. So because of me he was selling it. (You can see my mom feels terrible about it 🙂 ) So right before I left he reminded me of the picture and we recreated it with his new Hot Rod. Or as I called it growing up “The tomorrow car” It took him many years to get it up and running. And he finally has one again. Always in yellow. Just in time for a new generation to join him at all the Hot Rod shows. Of course they wont include chasing him in a Darth Vader costume with light sabers with all the other kids, and yelling “don’t hurt him, he’s my dad!” But there will be many, many, many, more memories for him to make with his first Grandson. I know they will be like the best of friends! Sawyer and GranBerry.

So Happy 51 years of Birthday’s Dad. Ive treasured all the ones you’ve shared with me, and I expect 51 more! 🙂

Today is a special day for someone I know. Celebrating many years of happiness and memories. Isn’t it amazing how no matter how many years go by you still feel like a little kid when your at your granma’s house. I still feel that even though she has now moved and Im now having my own kid. When she makes me a home cooked danish meal Im transported to five years old again. Her teaching me to knit, making “big flat pancakes,” letting me drive the golf cart.

And yet things have changed. Im not the little girl who refused to wear pants and instead dresses every single day. I’ve grown up and so has she. Life has changed dramatically for both of us. She has come to visit me in the house I own in another country. She is graciously making bedding for her great grandson. And I now get to hear stories of when she grew up and raised a family on a farm in Denmark. I love hearing all these amazing tales from her past. Its like finding an unread book you can’t put down.

Our relationship is ever evolving. I can’t wait to see where it goes next. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANMA!

Happy Canada Day! Always my favorite summer memories. We spent almost every Canada Day in Sylvan Lake at  my grandparents house. Watching the boat parade, and fire works over the lake. Could it have been more cliche. Nope and thats the best part! I hope my kids get to experience the same feeling. Only they will get two holidays!

This year we have planned horribly enough to miss both holidays in corresponding countries by two days. How does that happen? You would think we could hit one of them. But nope in the US for Canada day and in Canada for Fourth of July. Too bad. Gonna miss all the eating crap and fireworks. But thats ok we can still celebrate! And I hope you all do the same. Enjoy the day off and make some memories with your friends and family! And maybe a little cake too!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

This week we got in that dang car again, and started driving. And driving we did. First we decided it would be a smarter idea to take the short cut instead of the interstate. It was not a short cut! We went through Zion National park. Which although beautiful beyond words, much much much much much slower! Our Gps just kept adding the minutes slowly to our destination. We ended up getting finally to Pagosa Springs, Colorado an hour later than we were supposed to. Good short cut! Its a good thing my hubby can make me laugh non stop for 11 hours!

But we got here and thats all that matters. We got to stay in a beautiful little cabin in the woods with our friends. What a fun thing to do. For some reason neither me and Brandon have never done a summer vacation with friends. Im hooked. A tiny little town, four best friends. It could not have gotten better. But yet it did. They have been together for 7 years and on Tuesday he got down on one knee and asked that question every girl waits her whole life to hear. Surrounded by friends and family, it was perfect in every way! I am so touched that we got to be a part of that. Especially since I was int he dark until that very moment too! Lots of love going around this week.

Last night we even got to experience the small town carnival. Which I absolutely loved. Even though I was turned down at every single ride for being pregnant. At least the Ferris wheel operator felt bad for me and let me just sit for a picture or two! Really Its more about the atmosphere and picture taking for me. And the going back the next day for hand dipped corn dogs!

All in all this has been a fantastic week and of course as always gone much too fast! Maybe we’ll be back for round two next year. With a new baby for me and a new husband for her!

If your not a part of it already you probably will be. I feel like this was how people felt when facebook first started. You know a good thing when you see it. In the simplest way its an online site to bookmark your favorite photo’s, links and idea’s. You can share them with all your profile friends. Its also a great way to find amazing idea’s. You can see what everyone is pinning all over the world. I have even read some amazing stories through there. Here is one of my favorites:

I spend a lot of my free time, (and maybe some of the time I should be doing more important things! as my laundry waits patiently.) On pinterest. Its idea’s to inspire creative projects, idea’s for photography, even simple tips for around the house and such. I love everything about it! And its more than a little addicting! Its easily organized in boards that you choose to name. And you can even tag your friends in the ones you want to share. And its beyond easy to use. Great for me and all my long distance friends and family!

So be prepared with me sharing many more posts about pinterest stuff and posts inspired by something on pinterest. And if your now feeling the urge to join just email me at lissables@gmail.com right now the site is still a little more private and you need to be invited to join. But anyone who wants in on this awesome site can just let me know! I promise you cant be disappointed!

Happy Pinning!