brett and his parties

brett turned another year older on monday.  26 years old, in fact.  he had to work on his birthday but took tues and wed off.  he has a few paid days off left so taking a few days off for his birthday seemed to be the best time to use em.

monday morning started as present time!

i got brett the movie, the lion king.  and everton got his daddy this super cute picture.

i always joke that ever since we cut everton's hair he's pretty much a man now and that he's gonna go on a mission like, tomorrow.  and i'm just always feeling like it really is gonna happen soon.  and maybe i get sad already just thinking about it.  and getting married?  oh heck no.  i'm going to be forever the love of his life.

but this picture warms my heart.  i really hope everton does serve a mission for our church one day.  ok stop talking about it.  shut up.

but what did we do to party it up for brett's birthday?  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  ok well we did go out to dinner just us two but that's pretty much it.  brett often doesn't want a big hoopla for his birthday.  i sometimes feel bad not throwing him an awesome party.  i mean, last time i did i ended up setting the apt complex's fire alarms off, causing the cops and firemen to come.  mayyybe that's why he doesn't really like to party.  but do you think that's a "man thing?"  saying they don't want you to make a big deal for their birthday when in reality, they want you to go all out?

idk.

i wanted to respect the man's wishes and just chillax for his birthday.

so on his days off we slept in, which actually meant waking up when everton did, feeding him, playing with him, then setting him down for his naps, watched our fav show how i met your mother all day, farted around and cuddled around.  we ate red velvet cake his co-workers got him and then watched some more how i met your mother.  us caldwells sure know how to have a crazy time.

but brett was starting to get a little burnt out from work so i think it was just what he needed.

happy 26 years brett.

let's go buck wild for your birthday next year and maybe go to a movie?

then on saturday brett's work had their annual Christmas dinner/white elephant party at his boss's house.

it was so freakin fun.  and a lot of brett's co-workers aren't LDS, which made the party have quite a few hilarious drunk people.

i brought my lumpia, which was a hit if i may say so myself, and we had a mexican dinner.  it was delicioso.  and the white elephant part of the party was very eventful.  gifts consisted of chocolates, cash, gas-x, hot cocoa mixes, bark-off alarm, picture frames, and other random items.

our winnings of the night?  a GEORGE FOREMAN GRILL!  which brett won from a raffle.  and i got 5, count em, 5 bucks from white elephant, and brett got some cup with freezable gel inside.  i guess he really needed it.

it's been a pretty good week.