6th Anniversary

We celebrated our 6th anniversary last week. One day, Bryson came up with the idea of spending the night away. I didn't think it would happen but it did! After bribing our friends, we dropped our kids off at their houses. Akoy had a sleepover with Cole. He did great. They loved it so much. Akoy was soo excited! Lily slept over at Gracie's house. She did good too. I was a little worried about her because she had been having accidents and crying in the middle of the night. Lisa told me everything went well. We will just go with that :) 

 

Bryson and I headed to Omaha with Graham. We ate dinner at PF Changs. We used to frequently eat there before kids and law school. Back when we had more money :) Graham slept through all of dinner. It was great! It was so nice to enjoy dinner with just the two of us. After dinner we headed to see Tron. We entered the theater and the worker warned us that the movie was LOUD. It was LOUD but didn't seem to bother Graham. He ate a couple times and went back to sleep. I admit, I took a quick nap in the beginning. It was a 10:00 show and I don't get a lot of sleep... After I woke up, the movie was great! :) We got to our hotel around 1:00 am. It was a good nights sleep. Nice to not have kids coming in early. Graham was up a little bit but better then all three kids. The next morning (our actual anniversary) we stopped and got Mimi's Cafe for breakfast. While Bryson was inside getting the food, a two year old door dinged our van pretty good. I was so sad. First dent in our new car. Apparently it'll cost 860 to fix it completely. We will probably just pull the dent out and not repaint it. We also stopped and got Cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory for dessert. Half of mine did not make it home....
It was a quick overnight trip but it was fun to just spend time with Bryson. He has been so busy and with a new baby, we don't get much time together. Happy Anniversary babe! :)

5th Anniversary!

I know this is late, but I did want to post something on our Anniversary. I had big plans. I thought it would be fun to go spend a night in Omaha but it just wasn't happening. I was afraid of leaving Lily, and there were other things going on and the list goes on. SO, Bryson and I went and saw the new Twilight movie and then went to dinner at Lazlo's. I'm pretty sure we were forgotten about in the corner of the restaurant  We literately could have left with out paying and no one would have noticed. We did pay though:) It was a really good day. Thanks Nikki and everyone else who offered to watch the kiddos.

I'm so grateful for Bryson and my decision to marry him. Neither of us are perfect but we try and that's all that matters. He is such a great dad to the kids. Akoy and Lily scream in happiness when he walks in the door to scare him. Then scream in tears when he leaves. Akoy always says "but daddy I'll miss you, don't go" and then cries for awhile after he leaves.

Before we left the movies

waiting 45 min for dinner

See Good dad: took them the next morning to a workshop while I went to a baby shower!

I love him, and he loves me and we are a happy family!

A two year old and a permanent marker

Today is my anniversary. It started out feeling good with going to our apartments gym. (trying to get a few pounds off before we head to Disneyland next week, with Akoy everything just fell right off, I miss that) I found Bryson had changed my desktop picture for our anniversary. I got busy making him a candy bar poster. In which I left Akoy in his room so he wouldn't want all the candy. He started out the day with lots of time in his room, which may be the cause of tonights actions. We took the poster and left it in Bryson's car for him to find later. 

After we got home I checked my facebook and had noticed Bryson changed my status and did a blog post. It was so sweet of him. I don't care who you are, it's always nice to hear sweet things about yourself. I didn't think Bryson knew how to write a post. :) It was a nice surprise. This year for our anniversary I surprised Bryson with a picture of Christ for our bedroom. I love it. Every year we try and do something for our house in honor of our anniversary. 


Bryson came home a little earlier today which was also a great surprise. He has a class tonight. It was good to see him for a couple hours before his class and afterwards I am going to help make some decorations for a ward Christmas party. 

I forgot mention Akoy didn't go down for a nap today. He had lots of spankings and me trying to be nice to only fail for a nap time. More time just sitting in his room/playing in his room. 
 
Onto the title of this post. We were on the phone with Bryson's parents when I noticed it was a little quiet in our house. I went to find Akoy and found out that he had gotten into the permanent marker (remember me making the poster earlier? yeah, I left the marker out on the counter) 

Akoy had drawn ALL over my computer. We have been working on circles and clearly he is getting them down. He colored just about everything down to the keys. Thanks bud. He also colored the table, his toy cars, his place-mat and his cousins Christmas present that he had found and got out. 


Thankfully I remembered a trick with hair spray. Along with Bryson's hard work and the hairspray, we got everything off my computer. The table cleaned up nicely. Akoy's cheap place-mat from Ikea didn't come clean. Oh well! Unfortunately the present didn't exactly come clean. If I would have scrubbed, it took off the color. So instead, Akoy just added a little character to it. 

Oddly enough, my first reaction was, really? with a chuckle. Then the realization that it was permanent marker and Akoy went to time out.

Akoy normally colors on pages really well and very rarely colors off the paper. I think he just had to much time in his room today and not enough attention. It's easy to just let him play while I take care of Lily. I need to be better about actually playing WITH Akoy instead of letting him play by himself. 


Where does that leave us tonight? Popcorn for dinner and watching Toy Story 3. I can possibly for see an early bedtime in the future after a phone call to my parents where my little brother is opening his mission call! :) More on that later!

Happy 4th Anniversary to the Most Amazing Woman in the World!

In honor of our 4th anniversary today I would like to let all of you know a couple of reasons I am so madly in love with this woman:
1) She is the most loving and nurturing individuals I know.
2) She loves me no matter how ugly I get or how annoying I may be.
3) She is the most beautiful person I know.
4) She never stopped writing me on my mission.
5) She has some pretty awesome brothers, sisters and parents
6) She sees me for who I can become and not necessarily for who I am.
7) She taught me everything I know about kissing.
8) She love my family no matter how many black sheep she comes across.
9) She likes all things Disney, just like me.
10) We both like Hawaiian pizza.
11) She adores our children.
12) She's really good at finding deals on clothes before we ever need them (very good forethought).
13) She will cuddle with me during movies that she doesn't even like.
14) She's organized.
15) She's responsible.
16) She's not the best singer but she tries.
17) She's punctual.
18) She's educated.
19) She makes sure I go to church every Sunday and helps me magnify my callings.
20) She likes parties.
21) She loves children.
22) She doesn't mind spur of the moment vacations or outings.
23) She enjoys reading the same, dorky teen books like I do: Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Fablehaven, etc.
24) Did I mention that she's absolutely gorgeous even when she's just barely waking up in the morning.
25) She's good to reminds us to say our night prayers.
26) She doesn't make me change all of the diapers and throw up.
27) She was willing to put her life on hold so I could go to law school here in Nebraska.
28) She doesn't mind living in the Cornhusker state.
29) She remembers where my stuff is.
30) She's ok with ending our arguments with, "We'll see who's right by watching our celestial videos in the next life."
31) She makes me happy.


Obviously this is a non-exhaustive list. I hope it gives everyone an idea of why I love Breanna Mickelle Gregory so much. I'm excited for what the next 1,234,235 years have in store for us and the eternities afterward.

Happy 3 years!

I have been married to my BEST friend for a whole three years! Together we have been through so much already, and can't wait to see what the rest of life brings us!
Three weeks ago, (even before anything happened with the baby) he texted me telling me to be free November 12th. He said that would be the best day to do something for our anniversary. He said he had everything worked out and not a thing to worry about! The night before, I asked what to wear, he said 'what you would wear to church'. I couldn't figure out what the heck we were doing! We didn't need a babysitter, we were going to Omaha, and we were wearing church clothes. I was also advised not to look at the bank account. ???? I must admit, I was so good at not looking into it! (sometimes i'm not good at that. okay a lot!)
The morning of the 12th I noticed a few things gone. Akoy's shoes, his nebraska sweater, a shirt of his, my jeans, some of his brand new snacks etc. ??? I was thinking maybe the church wear was to just throw us off. We met in Omaha after dropping a car and their were suitcases in the back of our car! He was taking me to UTAH!!! He packed everything. Might I add, he did a dang good job! Of course I would have packed a few more things, but not really nessesary! Remember the church clothes, he didn't want to pick those out! Smart guy!  I found out everything at 11:30 and by 1 we were on a plane and in utah at 3:30! Crazy!
His parents picked us up and we gave Akoy to them and then drove to Manti! We were married in Manti so he thought that would be a good place to go! How awesome is my husband??! Simply amazing!
This weekend was awesome! We enjoyed eating at all the places we missed and spending time with our families. AND he even changed my flight so I could go home Friday instead of Sunday with him.

Which leaves us on our actual anniversary alone. (just a little weird!) I felt bad for staying longer, but I needed some time with my family.

So Happy Anniversary to the best husband in the whole world! I love you Bryson!!