Today's Groupon Deal

So has anyone checked out today's Groupon Deal?

Brush Buddies – is selling:

$14 for Two Justin Bieber Singing Toothbrushes ($29.90 Value)

I kind of want to buy these for my girls. Just hearing my Little Lilly try and sing, " Baby Baby Baby, Oh" makes my heart melt. My sister has them hooked on JB. They practically scream his name every time they see his picture.

I think I can part with $14.00 plus it reiterates good dental hygiene.

Anyone else need a JB toothbrush? Anyone???

Florida

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year's Day. Right after Christmas Danny and I packed the girls up and headed South. Way south, 18 hours south!!! We left our house at 330am the 26th and arrived 9:45pm in Florida. The last 5 hours were what Hell must be like. The girls honestly did a great job. We had tons of activities, dvd's and such for them to enjoy.

We needed a mini vacation and decided to visit my dad's Florida house in Port Charlotte. He and my brother Charlie were there while on their Christmas break. We all had a great time together.....

Port Charlotte Beach, Florida

My dad

Lilly bug enjoying the sand

We only got to play in the pool one day b/c the temp has to be above 65 degrees in the morning for the club to open the pool. My little girls take after me and love the water.

Danny fishing in the backyard. He found it very relaxing and not can't wait for the 4 of us to fish in the spring/summer.

It was cold and rainy one day so we took the girls to the mall. They had a cute raceway track. The girls were excellent drivers.

Lilly loved throwing the sand, I however however was not to fond.

By the end of our vacation it was really warming up, high 70's. At first the water was cold but we got used to it.


This is Gracie with her friend Maximilian. He spoke English but has his second language. They were so cute together.

I asked Gracie if she introduced herself to him. She said, "Yes, I also told him this was Lilly, and she doesn't really talk to people she doesn't know but that's ok!"
And she really didn't talk to him, she just followed Gracie and him around, always a few steps behind.

Once we were back home as I was tucking the girls into bed I asked each of them what their favorite part of the vacation was. Lilly said the Beach, even though she got dirty. Gracie said the hotel ( on the way home we broke the drive up and stayed in a hotel.)

We had a wonderful trip. We enjoyed spending time with my dad and brother Charlie. We enjoyed all the activities and now feel refreshed for the new year.

Thank you Florida for you sunshine and beaches, but I have to say you have nothing on the Hampton INN in TN.

As you can tell Gracie got a nice glow, Lilly and I of course left as white as we came.

Happy New Year everyone.

Funny things said

The other day after church I took the girls to Once Upon A Child. We arrived a little early so I decided to go and get the girls a quick snack to hold them over till lunch. There was a White Castles very close, I thought that would be fine since they have little hamburgers. I pulled up to the window and ordered 3 single sliders 2 with no onion or pickles. When pulling around to the window Gracie asked me why I hadn't ordered anything. I told her I did. She said. "Well did you order in Spanish?" ☺

October wrap up

Not sure if I am been busy or just not motivated. I have been neglecting my blog because I just haven't had the extra energy. But I missed you all and thought I would catch you up.

My Birthday(s) were all great. My husbands side of the family through me a great birthday. It was called "An evening in the field" You all know by now that my husband grew up on a farm, well this also comes with eating a lot of family meals in the field out of the back of a pick up. My SIL thought it would be nice to recreate this for me. It was so much fun and kind of hope we do it every year. My BIL, her husband Brian, did a nice post that I will add here. You should check it out. Thanks Butlers for all you did, I had a wonderful time.

The only other big event was Halloween. We took the girls to our Church on Saturday. I don't have a lot to say because it was kind of a dud. I don't say this to be mean but since my girls are 4 and 3 they honestly could only do 4 games and 2 of the games I had to "help" Lilly. Good news I did, I mean Lilly, won a fish! His name is Hal short for Halloween. The girls love it. I think Danny is hoping we keep the fish and get rid of the cat. Or hoping the dog eats the cat. ( j/k)

Maybe next year I could volunteer to help think of games for the younger children. But in all actuallality we thank them for their efforts.

Halloween night was awesome. We took the girls to my dad's neigboor hood to go TOT. All of my immediate family met at my dads, we had Awesome Chicken chilli, cornbread, and my mom's famous pumpkin bars and a pumpkin roll.

My Dad and Lilly





After dinner we went TOT. Gracie of course loved it. She took charge and wanted to ring every door bell. Poor Lilly, after the second house she asked for her stroller. She is tiny and always feels she needs to remind us she has tiny legs. She got carried a lot.

Gracie was Sleeping Beauty and Lilly was Tinkerbelle

Aunt Marica helped a lot! She is an awesome Aunt

Gracie asked if the skeleton was real, still not sure she checked it out with her wand.

After we went TOT we sat outside and passed out candy to the rest of the neighboor hood.






October was great. Now I am excited for November and Thanksgiving! Yummy.

The New Mom Jeans

Today we were allowed to wear jeans to work if we paid $5. All the money was going to the Breast Cancer walk some of our employees are participating in tomorrow. We all love jean day so of course I participated. Well I also had to be at work early today to open the front desk which means I work up at 5:15am. I only got 6 hours of sleep.

At 12noon I took my lunch break and went to use the little girl's room. And in there I noticed that my jeans were just horrible, I hated the way the looked on me and the way it made my figure look. They weren't flattering at all, they were actually quite boxy. I remember them being a boot cut, I didn't realize though that was term for boyish. As I am stretching, which by the way is completely normal thing for me to do in the bathroom, squats, leg lifts, a little Tae boe, Anyway that is when I realized...................I had on freaking MAN jeans. Are you serious, I have on Danny's Jeans? Which actually is quite awesome because if anyone has ever met Danny he is a little on the skinny side.

I was so embarrassed that I immediately told at least 5 of my friends, who were also amazed. One of them said, Hey at least he wasn't wearing yours. Now that I would like to see! Nevermind, I wouldn't

So about a month ago, my mom made a silly fashion error and wore her shrug upside down, to a very nice restaurant. We all made fun of her and I said to her quote " How could you do that and not notice" Touche Breanne Touche.

Note to self, no matter what time you get up in the morning, please make sure you grab your own jeans!

My Birthday, Bonfires and Books

2 weekends ago we celebrated my birthday with my side of the family. We had a bonfire, roasted marshmallows made dough boys and ate chili. We started the weekend off by attending the Franklin City Fall Festival. This is a cute picture of the girls with Danny, they thought they were hiding from me but I had my camera ready. You should have heard their squeals (especially Danny :) )

My mom has a tradition where all of us have to take a picture with our cake and candles. 28 about sent to Pumpkin Pie on Fire.

Did you see that cute little girl trying to blow out momma's candles.....

One of my presents was a Nook. I was so excited. I still haven't quite figured everything out but I love it. I am having a hard time figuring out what book to buy. I definitely want to add the KJV Bible but would like suggestions on anything else you think I need to have!





Here I am roasting a dough boy. Thanks to the Butlers for that Tradition. It is basically just a biscuit wrapped around a stick, toast it in the fire then add butter and cinnamon and sugar. Delish!

Lilly kept trying to roast a marshmallow but the smoke was too intense for her, so my sweet aunt shielded her eyes for her.

Here is my mom and pops. They sure know how to throw a great party.

Mommy!

As you can see from her hoodie and sun-kissed tan, she just got back from Hawaii.

By the end of the night the smoke was definitely playing with my eyes too. This is the best of 3 pictures.

On my real birthday my work friends took me out to lunch to Scotty's Brewhouse. The have the most amazing Fried Dill Pickles. Yummy. Well the servers also brought me out a birthday ice cream with a candle. Thankfully they didn't sing or embarrass me!

This weekend we are going to hang out with Danny's side. We, Elaine, are cooking in cast iron skillets over the fire. I am making my hot apple cider and carmel apple salad. I will post those pictures later. Have a great weekend everyone. P.s. I am going to the Colts game on Sunday. Yeah Yeah I know, they are 4-0. But people I am a true Colts fan, not some band wagoner! hehe

Get to know me a-z

So I totally stole this from one of my blog friends who stole it from one of her blog friends.... Just thought it was a neat way to get to know your blog friends. Enjoy.

A. Age: 27 ( only for a few more days)
B. Bed size: King - Love it and could never go back to anything smaller.
C. Chore that you hate: Dishes and folding laundry
D. Dogs: Marley - black lab - goes to work with hubby everyday - great with kids
E. Essential start to your day: Coffee & News
F. Favorite color: really depends on the season
G. Gold or Silver: Silver
H. Height: 5'8 (at work I wear heels 5'10)
I. Instruments you play: I can play the recorder, In Middle school I played the Clarinet
J. Job title: Administrative Assistant to the Campus President
K. Kids: 2 - Gracie and Lilly - 4 1/2 & 3
L. Live: Franklin, Indiana - born in Indianapolis - Yes we are hosting the Superbowl which is just a few blocks away from my work.
M. Mother’s name: Gina Maria Lamberti - Yes she is Italian.
N. Nicknames: Bree, Bree-Bree, Breezy, Momma, Sissy, Baby, BriannA Sugarpie honey bunch - haah J/k on that last one.
O. Overnight hospital stays: For my pregnancies
P. Pet peeves: I have a lot, I hate when people read over my shoulder, I hate the way ice sounds in a glass cup, I hate when people make messes in the work break room and don't clean it up.
Q. Quote from a movie: I am a princess all girls are - The Little Princess; Look Away!!!
R. Right or left handed: I write right handed but in dance and gymnastics I did everything left handed
S. Siblings: 1 Sister, 1 Brother, 3 Step brothers - I am the oldest
T. Toothpaste: My husband only uses one brand, either Colgate or Crest, I on the other hand will use anything as long as it has "whitening" in the title.
U. Underwear: Yes- that is a weird question, wish I could have thought of another U word.
V. Vegetable you hate: I like all vegetables if cooked just right, I don't eat raw vegetables though
W. What makes you run late: everything, I don't have a good sense of "time" or how long I think things will actually take me to do....
X. X-Rays you’ve had: My sophomore year I was in a bad car accident. The Emt's thought I broke my arm so I had it x-ray, but it wasn't broke, It was slammed against the door/window, the windshield actually broke and there were pieces of glass in my hand, I was in shock and couldn't remember to move it.
Y. Yummy food that you make: I hate to brag, but God has blessed me with the ability to cook. :) My Grandma, mom and aunt were all delicious cooks so I guess it is just in my blood. I recently have talked to my friends about starting my own basic cooking classes...
Z. Zoo animal: I love the Elephants and the Monkeys. I really just enjoy the whole zoo.