My tredmill swag and more...

 

I am including this video because I made this EXACT same mistake at the gym yesterday. The only difference between this man and I was that I didn't swag-it-off.

On to less embarrassing things...like October.

• Abby and I were lucky enough to rock out with cousins at an Imagination Movers concert. 
• Celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving with our good friends (I guess Max Smith is half Canadian, who knew?)
• I directed and have a cameo in Capstone Capital's new commercial. I also wrote the content for the webpage. Not that I'm tooting horns...*TOOT!!!* capstonecap.com *TOOT!!!*
• We had an 11-year-old boy dance party at my house. I mistakenly served mini marshmallows for an ice cream topping. I'm still finding them in the strangest places. 
• Abby started hip hop dance.
• We went to the haunted harvest at springs preserve and had a frightfully good time. 
• We had harvest festival and this was my first year volunteering. I had a few things on my list, but the one I failed most miserably at was the gift basket for the silent auction. It was a fabulous basket by virtue of the nice donations....but who knew I couldn't wrap a gift basket worth beans? It had a very homeless shelter chic to it. 
• I was taken on the most awesome of anniversary dates (11 years my friends!). He surprised me with limo service from our house to Andres restaurant and to see Ka. I'm still very much in love.
• We had a Leavitt family halloween party which was one for the record books.
• Primary was in charge of the most epic of trunk-or-treats. I'm guessing by next year there will be media covering the event.  
• We tried to go to the outdoor movie at the District and all of us realized that we hate sitting on the ground in the cold. We're going to rain check that until next year when we invest in some lawn chairs. 
• I had a fantastic birthday and we partied up on Halloween like nobody's business!

 The Giffeth's had their annual (and awesome) Halloween party with a tasty dinner and trick-or-treating in their super fun neighborhood. (If you can't tell, Abby is Christine Dae from Phantom of the Opera in the Masquerade Scene. She's known she wants to be that since July.)

 We also were able to walk as an extended Leavitt family (by extended, I mean there was 114 of us) in the Juvenile Diabetes Research fundraiser walk. I think I should have won a prize for best accessorized. My scarf looks jaunty.

Goodbye October! You are a favorite of mine!

33 things about Brandon-ie Baloney

My stallion of a husband turns the ripe age of 33 today and it has become my tradition to share little tidbits about Brandon on his birthday.With no further adieu, I present 33 things you may not have known about Brandon K. Leavitt:

1.) He wants Lasik so bad he can almost taste it.
2.) He regularly fantasizes about being on the Oregon Coast and eating clam chowder.
3.) The final scene in Tangled...the one where Rapunzel finds her parents again....yeah, he cries every time.
4.) He's trying to grow out his hair...
5.) ...because he's growing out his hair, when he wakes up in the morning he looks exactly like Flint Lockwood from Couldy with a Chance of Meatballs.
6.) He loves to hear his parents and grandparents tell stories of their growing up years.
7.) He has a favorite flower, but it's so girly I won't put it on here. (cialis lilly)
8.) His new favorite show is Duck Dynasty on A&E.
9.) One of the most hilarious moments of my life was watching Brandon unknowingly eat a dollop of wasabi mustard. He made a lot of barnyard animal sounds and drooled openly.
10.) He loves to get the mail.
11.) His current favorite snack is Morning Star vegetarian corn dogs. He calls them "Corn Doggies."
12.) If the movie Rocky is on (whether Rocky 1, 2, 3...50), he will watch it.
13.) He has a slew of regularly used nicknames: "Brandony Baloney," "B-Cakes," "B-Diggs," "B-Dog," "B-Boney-Bone."
14.) His favorite pet name to be called is "Sweetheart." He melts like butter when he hears it...which isn't often, because it's a mouthful and feels old fashioned on the tongue.
15.) He talks during movies.
16.) His favorite soda is Squirt.
17.) He can parallel park anything, anywhere.
18.) Every time he gets a new cell phone, it's the best-thing-in-the-whole-world-look-at-all-it-can-do, and then two weeks letter he's on CNET looking for his next acquisition. 
19.) He has seen every episode of Downton Abbey.
20.) When he complains, he sounds exactly like Napoleon Dynamite trying to feed his llama Tina.
21.) His big fear in life is to be maimed by a wild animal.
22.) Every year he starts wanting it to be Christmas by June or July at the latest.
23.) He does an incredible interpretative dance to Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' "I'm Just a Mean Ol' Pole Cat."
24.) Being a Family Law attorney has made him an even more awesome husband and father. Instead of getting cynical and numb he's gotten protective, loyal, and dedicated.
25.) He can fit it all into the dishwasher and I don't care how full that sink was.
26.) He likes to have his toes cracked. The big one on his right foot is his favorite toe.
27.) Abby has a boy at school she likes. Brandon is in a dither. Best part? He looked her straight in the eye and seriously asked her, "Is he planning on a mission?"
28.) He likes to look over my shoulder at Pinterest. He's a closet Pinterest stalker.
29.) Pumpkin Walnut cookies with cream cheese frosting are his favorite.
30.) He's unapologetic about wearing a zebra print Snuggie when it gets cold.
31.) He got the flu once and he's been the first in line for the flu vaccine every year since.
32.) He explodes out of his clothes the moment he walks in the door.
33.) I keep thinking that no one loves their husband like I love mine...that more love couldn't be squeezed from a relationship...but as cliche as it sounds, every year I love him more. He's everything I want and he's the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!