Anniversary & Unveiling

Last Thursday was our fifth wedding anniversary. The last couple of years we weren’t able to celebrate on the actual day of our anniversary because of football and work. Brianna still had to go to clinical in the morning, but afterwards we were able to go out on the exact day. We went to a movie, hit balls at the driving range, and also went out to dinner.

These are the flowers I sent Brianna while she was at clinical. They are similar to the roses we had at our wedding.

Brianna surprised me with my present while we were hitting balls at the driving range. I was just about done with my bucket of balls when I noticed that I had two new clubs in my bag.

For the past month or so I have been putting together pictures and writing a book for Brianna about our first three years in Buffalo. I used the same program (Blurb) as I did a few years back when I made our blog into a book.

The next day we unveiled our new uniforms to the public. Since we couldn’t have the players model the jersey (because of the lockout) we had members from different divisions of the armed forces wear the new uniforms for the grand unveiling. Click the link below to see photos from the event.

http://wgr550.com/Buffalo-Bills-introduce-new-uniforms/10200180

This is the only picture of me at the event that I could find. The paparazzi are always trying to snap photos of my backside….

So far the response to the new uniforms has been pretty favorable. If you ask me, they’re a lot better than our old ones.

Old:

New:

We look forward to seeing everyone later this week!!

Brady and Mia are a little miffed that they have to stay home again.

See you all soon!!!

We're Still Alive

It’s about time that we updated this blog….

We have decided to make a renewed effort to blog more often. Here’s a quick update on what’s going on with us:

Brianna is in the midst of her CRNA graduate program at the University at Buffalo. Four days a week she does her clinical work in the OR putting people to sleep. She goes to class one to two days a week, and then on weekends she has been picking up a couple shifts at Mercy Flight. Needless to say, she’s real busy.

As for me… I’m not so busy nowadays. Usually I would be having mini-camps and OTA’s with the Bills, but with the current lockout I have been given some additional time off. I’ll go into work two to three times a week based on what events we have going on. For example this Friday we are launching our new uniforms.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Bills-to-unveil-new-uniforms-at-Uniform-Launch-event/04ea0376-c126-407d-b9c6-9ab1ce0e9f6e

I finished my MSA graduate degree about a year and a half ago. I am currently in my summer break, but when classes resume in the Fall I will only have three more courses and my capstone project before I’ll be done with my MBA. Earlier this year the Bills signed me to a contract through February 2013.

Brianna will graduate from her program in December 2012. She’s really enjoyed working as a flight nurse for Mercy Flight. The pictures above are of some of the kids she helped save during one of her calls. They came back to visit the base at Mercy Flight to thank the crew that helped rescue them.

Our fifth wedding anniversary is this Thursday and next week we will be traveling to Idaho and Utah to visit family and friends.

Well, that’s about it for a broad overview. Like I said, we’ll be trying to update this blog on a more consistent basis from here on out.

Oh yeah…. Brady and Mia are doing just fine too.

Brianna's 27th birthday, January 2010

Spencer sent me flowers at work for my birthday. It was the most beautiful bouquet that I have ever received. This is a picture with my phone at work.




Spencer got me a really nice camera for my birthday. I always wanted a professional camera that I could change lenses on and do neat things with. I love this camera.



Here are pictures with my new camera. I was so excited with my camera's quality pictures.



Gerber daisies are such fun flowers. I had them at my wedding shower.




I love yellow roses with pink tips.

I love lillies. They smell divine. They were one of my wedding flowers.

Spencer got me a cake from Butterwood, a fancy dessert restaurant in western New York. The night of my birthday, we went to a Sabre's game. It was a really great game! It went into overtime and they won in a shoot out.

Spencer worked really hard to make my birthday special, and it was wonderful. He is such a sweetheart. I just love that man!

Buffalo Bills, Fall 2009

Here is Spencer's official name tag.



This is a picture of a huge lizard that Spencer saw a the hotel he stayed at in Miami last year at an away game. Isn't it ginormous?



I think that it is neat that Spencer gets to go to all of these neat places.

He also has the opportunity to meet some interesting people. Here he is with Jim Kelly (on the right), the star quarterback for the Buffalo Bills in their glory days in the 80's. On the left is Matt Hamil. He is a UFC fighter. I think that his story is neat. He was born deaf and has still been able to achieve his dreams in mixed martial arts. Spencer and I love to watch UFC. We have a lot of red-neck and white trash in us. We embrace it.

Fall 2009

Last fall was very very busy for us. Spencer and I were both working full time and attending school full time. We were so busy and that is why we weren't blogging. Sorry! Although I think that only 1 or 2 people even look at our blog. I have been back-blogging just so that I have it recorded for us. I am trying to catch up because school starts again on Monday.

This is Brady. He is such a good companion. He loyally follows me everywhere. He is watching me study in this picture.



Here are my cute puppies hanging out at the foot of the stairs.



Brady is all curled up in a ball with his head resting on his back feet. It is adorable.



When Brady and Mia play, Mia will pull her feet under her body so that Brady can't bite them. We call her a Mia-Worm.




This is a picture from Christmas. Spencer got coal. And a new electric razor and a nice jacket. Spencer spoiled me rotten. He got me a laptop computer so that I would quit using his for school. We also got some great gifts from family and friends. Thank you all!

We both had to work on Christmas. It kinda sucks to work on Christmas, but at least we are both working and we don't have kids, so it's better for me to work than someone who has little kids.

Sorry these pictures aren't great. Again, we only had pictures from our phone because our camera broke.

Another Game, Fall 2009

These are pictures from a game last fall. I went with my friend Cortney. She loves to tailgate. We play tailgate golf and grill burgers. It's tons of fun. I really do love that girl. Here I am in my Freddie Jackson jersey. This is an authentic jersey. I felt special because they don't sell the white ones. Freddie Jackson is a running back for the Buffalo Bills. He is a really great guy. He has had to work really hard to get where he is. It wasn't easy like it is for a lot of players. He is also a family man. So I see him as a real role model. This picture is from my phone, so it isn't very good quality.




At this game, Bruce Smith was honored. He was a defensive end for the Bills. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year. Ralph Wilson, Jr. the owner of the Buffalo Bills was also inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.

At this game, my camera got smashed by the crazy fans. So we didn't have anymore pictures until Spencer got me a camera for my birthday. It was sad to lose that camera. It was a good little camera. We bought it with gift certificates from our wedding.

Football, Fall 2009

These are pictures from football games last fall. We had a rough season. The head coach Dick Jaron got fired and at the end of the season, most of the coaches and staff also lost their jobs. It was a scary time. But Spencer still has a job with the Buffalo Bills. I am so very proud of him. He loves his job and he is good at it. He does a good job at everything he does.

Here are some pictures. He is wearing white with a white had and his cool shades, of course! He is just so handsome!







You can see T.O. in this picture. He was a lot of fun to work with. He isn't back this year, thank goodness.