Happy Birthday Gary

Gary's birthday is always an extravaganza. He likes to stretch it out as long as possible. During his birthday week (yes I said week, I told you he likes to stretch it out) we went to a BBQ at his boss's house, spent a rainy night at the Armada Fair, he took a trip to the casino with his parents and had a birthday dinner followed by his favorite, Boston Cream Pie.

Happy 35th Birthday Gary!!!

Some Re-Modeling Pics

Just thought I would share some pictures of the remodeling project so far. Tom was over this weekend to help Gary out and they got a lot of the demolition done. We decided to raise the ceiling in the bathroom up to 8 feet, these crazy cottage ceilings are so low. Gary and Tom framed in and insulated for the added height and then busted out the old plaster ceiling.
 
 
 
There is only one wall left to knock down and that one is drywall so hopfully it won't be as messy as the plaster. Once that wall comes down I'll have a huge bathroom and we can start the tiling.

A New Walkway

We got an awesome deal on some brick pavers from Gary's friend Luke. He has had them for a year in hopes of putting a patio in but now is moving to China for work. We had Mom and Dad out over the weekend to help get us started on the new walkway.

Gary dug out the old patio squares and pea pebble that was there...
 
Dad showed Gary how the prep everything for the pavers, I think Gary thought you just dig out the grass and lay them down. There was lots of measurments involved...
 
Owen decided to help, he thought the rubber mallet was the best...
 
All the whole pavers have been laid. We just have to make all the cuts and cement the edges in.
 

Happy Birthday Gary

Happy Birthday Gary!
Gary turned 33 on Thursday but we celebrated with his side of the family on Saturday. We got to his parents house only to find out they didn't have power, add to that it was the hottest day of the year so far. We waited it out about an hour, hoping the power would come back on, but no luck! So we packed it all up and headed to his brother Tim's house. It was also Lauren's Birthday ( Gary's youngest brothers girlfriend) so she got to share the cake with Gary.Aiden helped Daddy blow out the candles and made sure to sneak a bit of frosting.

Stress/worry

We all handle stress/worry in different ways and I've learned over the last few days how Gary handles it......

He eats.....

If you couldn't find Gary at the hospital it was because he was at the vending machine, gift shop or cafeteria. I think he gained 20lbs the last 3 days. Here is a list of everything he ate, I'm sure he snuck some things I didn't see also.

Chicken pastie (2)
tortilla soup (2)
Ice cream
Oreos
Hershey bar
12 inch sub
Beef soup
BBQ chicken
corn muffin
breakfast burrito
bacon egg and cheese bagel
package of powdered donuts
twinkies
chicken sandwich (2)
fries
pot roast w/ potatoes
pizza
Hershey's bar
Hershey's bar
omelet
powdered donuts
suzie q
salmon
rice
corn
breadstick

Happy Birthday Gary

Gary is the big 32 today. We went to dinner last night with the McFarlands and then back to Gary's parents for cake. So what's the big guy doing today on his actual birthday? He took the day off of work and went to the casino with his parents. Lets hope he wins big!

Gary's Birthday Cake


Gary's favorite cake is Boston Cream Pie. His Mommy makes it every year but I volunteered this year. Wow, what a pain it is to make, now I know why his moms asks me to do it every year.



Blowing out the candles...





The three of us...

Focus: UPDATED

We finally got a chance to see the car after the accident. Gary went to the tow yard yesterday to get his personal things out of it. The insurance company is looking at it today and will let us know if it's totaled or not. I have a feeling it is, what do you think?








Update: Well the car was indeed totaled. The insurance company called today. I think Gary is going to stick to a bike for awhile, such a long ride to work!

Fishing

On Saturday evening we dropped Aiden off at Grandma & Grandpa's and went and did some fishing with Gary's best friend Tom. We got there get all set up and start fishing, right away Gary goes around the corner and leaves Tom and I. We are joking around throwing our lines in a few times when we hear Gary yelling for us. We look over and he's holding a HUGE bass. Well after that he was done fishing, we packed up and took the bass home. Apparently it's big enough to mount, so guess what will be hanging in the living room soon.



The bass measured 22.5 inches and was 5lbs. We looked up the record in the state of Michigan just to compare. The current record was set in 1956 at 26 inches 11.94 lbs.