fish eggs.

the other day i counted the balloons in the bathroom while i used the facilities.
13 orange balloons watching me. uncomfortable? yes.
i open the closet door and they are covering my shoes.
i open the hall closet to get a tv blanket and one falls out.

they are everywhere!! whose idea was this??

so most live in our office now.

caviar anyone?

100 days of bradley

i gave him a list of 100 things we've done/laughed/remembered/broken/made since we got married. 

and about 140 balloons. in our room. all over.

just because it was fun to surprise him.

we shouted. and cheered. and stayed up til midnight everyday.

gosh i love the olympics!!

one week down. one to go. hooray!!

love

besides pyrex measuring cups, mr barttels gave me the best valentine's present: 

going to vegas to visit the crazies.

he held new born babies, got killed at mario brothers (wii) by a 4 and 7 year old, babysat, babysat again during church, played with kids, watched the olympics, stayed up late, and drove for all 8 hours.

.

while at my sister's babysitting, i went to the bathroom. i came out to find this:

okay, so i posed matthew. but the other 3 REALLY WERE all over him!!

my favorite was hearing lil maren say "brat, brat!"

:)

a good man, that brad barttels.

Go Mesa!

last night we went to costa mesa's final boy's basketball game. it was GREAT! i cheered til my throat was sore, we got white & silver beads to wear to show our support & hoorah!! they won :)

conclusion: something out and different and sporty with bradley = way fun. supporting the kids we love at church = awesome. high school basketball games are about 3 hours shorter than professional ones= perfect :)

cinderbraddy.

today i came home for lunch to a spotless kitchen, and lunch hot & ready on the stove. he also vacuumed the other day, picked up everything off the kitchen table, made everything neat and tidy. did i mention he grocery shops, washes dishes, takes out the trash without asking & makes our bed (almost) every morning bc he's the last one out of it. all without prodding. mostly. :) happy tuesday!

cinderbraddy cinderbradday night and day it's cinderbraddy- do the dishes and the washing, she always keeps him hopping! he go around in circles til he very very dizzy, still she hollers "keep a busy!" cinderbraddy.....