Birthday Shenanigans

So, as many of you may know, I had a birthday on Saturday. YAY... lol.

Brad came up to NW Iowa for the weekend to spend time with me since it had been nearly 2 weeks since we had last spent time together. He wanted to be here for my birthday, and to come see the new house. He arrived home late Friday night, and we were both shot!

Saturday morning Brad and I woke up around 8 AM. I quick ran out to the barn to check on the calves, and to make sure everything was going good, and it was besides one heifer that had scours. I texted my boss, informing him that she needed to be treated (since it was my Bday and I had the day off...).

At 9 Brad and I ran to Wal Mart in Sioux Center to pick up a few things for the house, and then we headed off to Orange City for the city wide Garage Sales!! Woop! At one of the garage sales we found a HUGE sale and found a brand new set of women's golf clubs, still in the box, with the plastic still around the clubs. It was 1/3 the original price at Scheel's. So... that was Birthday Present #1 from Bradley Jay.

Later on in the morning Brads phone started acting up, and my phone was to the point where texting was impossible and I couldn't stand how it would randomly take screen shots and it would freeze. CONSTANTLY. I was due for an update on my phone so we went to US Cellular (also because we had to pay our bill), and I got present #2... A NEW PHONE! :) ... We also got one of those new 4G Internet compact Wi-Fi things for around the house... so I now have internet!

Brad and I came home after we ate at Pizza Ranch, my favoritest place to eat EVER, and we did some things around the house. I got all of our decorations for the basement hung, and a lot of the other picture frames hung above the stairs. I will soon be posting photos of the house and giving you all a virtual tour of our new place. My favorite word to describe it is "Huge."

We made supper, grilled, and dug into the sangria. Mmmm. The Sangria was TO. DIE. FOR! My favorite!

Anyways. I had invited some friends over for a bit of a birthday/new job/new house celebration. Mike and Tiff, Cory, Tay, Logan and Danielle, and Tracy and Allen all came to help me celebrate. And. We. Had. A. Blast!

It was too wet and soggy outside to really have a bonfire or anything... and the wii games we had just weren't very exciting. Instead the boys decided to play Bocce Ball... in the basement.

Tiffany and Tracy also had a great time in the garage, playing a CD from their high school days, and looking up the songs on their iPhones and making a new playlist for themselves. While they enjoyed their time doing that, Brad was showing off his fashionista characteristics with MY leopard print slippers. What a man. 

 The four of us ladies had a BLAST. It was a great time getting to know Tracy a little bit better, along with Danielle. I have spent many nights with Tiffany, and have really been happy to meet new people and welcome new ladies into our circle of close friends. We decided to chillax on the floor while the boys played with their balls. :p

I had asked Brad to take a picture of Maddie and I. ... Mike was in charge of the ears... and Tracy was in charge of getting Maddie to look at the camera.... I'm sure many of you have no idea as to why this was comical... unless your in the show calf industry.

Overall, my birthday was a fantabulous night. I had a blast spending time with our friends, eating great food, and drinking a little bit too much. 

Needless to say. Brad and I spent the entire day on Sunday laying around the house, sleeping, drinking lots of water. Oh, and don't forget about the advil...