Mackay Madness: Happy Birthday to Brandon

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Happy Birthday to Brandon

Today is Brandon's 34th Birthday!

We started it out very special with Easton waking up at 5:30 a.m this morning! Nothing like sleeping in on your b-day! However; tonight is a huge UFC fight, and we will be going to my cousins for a big fight party!!!! Oh what a dream birthday...at least for Brandon.

"Hope you have a happy day hun, I love you to pieces."

Oh, by the way, if your wondering what I gave him....it was a huge Costco size bag of his favorite protein powder!!! What a swell wife I am, right?
Now, if I might take a moment to brag about him on his big day, (HE WILL DIE) but I'm so proud of him....
Did you know that he was just honored in Utah Business Magazine as one of the "Top 40 Businessmen under 40?" And he and my cousin Char were on the cover of Counselor Magazine for the "Power 50." Pretty cool huh. He would not send me the link to these articles for this very reason...I guess he thought I'd blog about it! Go figure.
So, I only found out about one of these articles because a couple of little ladies at church called and congratulated him last week. They had read the article in Utah Magazine. He never brags about these things...silly man. If I was in a magazine, I would certainly LET everyone KNOW! Darn tootin'! In fact, I think "Oprah Magazine" will be calling soon on my Mother of the Year awards and such...so I'll keep you posted.

5 comments:

THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: BRANDON... HAPPY B-DAY DUDE, YOU RIGHTEOUS BUSINESS STUD MAN! WE HOPE YOUR DAY FREAKIN' ROCKED!!!!!

OH, BY THE WAY... NEXT TIME LIZ BIZ HAS A SPECIAL DAY... REMEMBER COSTCO!!!; January 31, 2009 at 6:56 PM
margo said...: We're so lucky to have a FAMOUS friend! Mallory saw Brandon's picture in the magazine and said - "Hey mom, that's Brandon ... do you like his hair?" I said, "yes, do you like his hair." She said, "No, I like Bubba's hair."

Happy B day Brandon!; February 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Scha&Andi said...: Wow. That is SWEET! Congratulations and Happy Birthday!

AND YES LIZ is for sure the BEST WIFE EVER!; February 1, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Bell Family said...: Congrats Brandon and Liz!! That is something to definitely brag about. I have such cool friends :).; February 2, 2009 at 8:12 AM
jenn said...: Happy Birthday Brandon. We hope your day was fantastic!

Liz, you deserve to be so proud of him. Those awards are certainly worth bragging about!; February 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM

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From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!