Day 29 - April 29th

It just wouldn't be a "Picture a Day for a Year" album without expressing our deep love of Chipotle. Russell introduced me to Chipotle about a year ago. We LOVE this place. We visit it about once a week! They don't have much on their menu, but that doesn't matter because we always get the same thing. A Chicken burrito with black beans, rice, cheese, sour cream, a little lettuce, and a dribbling of the hottest sauce. It's SOOOO good!! We eat it there, we eat it at home, we eat it in the car, we've even sneaked it into the movie theater. We went there after our wedding too. Chipotle put our picture up on their website. http://www.chipotle.com/. I don't know why we are addicted to it, we are and it's ok with us. And, we had it for dinner tonight!

Day 28 - April 28th Russell's Birthday!

Today is Russell's 32nd birthday! Happy birthday my wonderful Handsome Prince! You would think I would have a picture today pertaining to Russ' birthday. Nope. Maybe next year. Russ wasn't feeling too well so Ging and I let him take a nap while we mowed the lawn. She helped push the mower for the first time and loved it. That's a good thing, because mowing is in her future! While mowing we found a little Garden Snake. I thought at first I knicked it with the mower, but I think it's probably starting to shed it's skin. Ginger was fascinated with the snake and had lots of questions. She finally touched it, then put her hand around it and felt all the muscles move when it tried to get out of her hand, but she wouldn't hold it. She's fascinated with critters, when she was little she used to bring me spiders that she found. That freaked Mommy out a little. She loves, spiders, bugs, snakes, frogs, all sorts of fun stuff...but that doesn't mean she has to touch them, or so she says.

Day 27 - April 27th

I am in the beginning stages of forming an intense relationship with the new Elliptical machine in my once-before office. So far, Ginger loves it far more than I do. She loves the fan in front of her, it makes her go faster she says. I couldn't choose between these two pictures. The first one is her exercising with her "exercise face". The second one is Ginger going "faster" with the fan blowing on her. Ginger is way more fun to watch working out, therefore pictures of me exercising will never make it to the "Picture of the Day".

Day 26 - April 26th

Before we headed back home we stopped at Ripley's Believe it or Not. That place is wierd and full of "Currioddities". We fit in well. It's so hard to pick a picture for today. Not only do I have a ton of pictures from Ripley's but also a couple of shots from when Russ taught me how to drive a stick when we got back home. I'm a natural...a natural on letting it die. More practice and I'll have it down in no time, 10 months tops.

This is a picture of me. There were so many shots to choose from that I opted for a boring one. You'll have to see a few more on Facebook. This is me. Me in an OLD diver's helmet at Ripley's. It was very heavy and while inside it, I couldn't help but wonder how many people have had their heads in this thing and how often this thing is probably not sanitized.

Day 25 - April 25th

We spent the day at Silver Dollar City! We LOVE rollar coasters!! We waited a long time to ride the Powder Keg and LOVED it!! It was so fast! Russ' hair stuck straight back when we were finished. We had so much fun! We walked all over trying to find Ginger the perfect gift. Russ found it! It's this umbrella! He had a woman hand decorate it and write Love Daddy on it. She also wrote, Ginger, Princess, and Silly Putty on it. It's beautiful. The only catch was it had to stay open to make sure it dried. That was fun! I would have carried it, but the pictures of him carrying it were way more fun.

We also went to the Showboat Branson Belle that night. Great food! And a great show with dancing, singing, comedy, and a talking dog! So fun! When we finally got back to the hotel, our feet were so sore and we crashed hard. If it weren't for the ice machine outside our room, we would have slept all through the next day.

Day 24 - April 24th

SURPRISE!! It's Russell's birthday weekend and after a couple of weeks of planning and deceiving, I pulled it off!! I surprised Russell with a weekend trip to Branson! I was so prepared and everything worked awesome! I didn't forget anything (except my personal unmentionables) but I got all his stuff, including his computer (in case work called) rearranged plans, let "fake surprise plans" slip out to throw him off, and I even let his office know he would be gone all weekend. I DID IT!! I totally surprised him!

You probably thought I would have a picture of us in Branson for my Picture of the Day didn't you? Well, this was one of the first things we saw when we drove into Branson. It was just too good not to put it on here. (The rest of the pictures can be seen on Facebook). This is an OLD guy wearing a Striped Suit, with a Striped Tie, eating an ice cream cone, and driving a little tiny bright yellow Corevette race car. It gave us the giggles.

Day 23 - April 23rd

Traffic was slowed down, not because of this wreck, and not because I wanted to take a picture of it (I pulled into a parking lot), but because everyone else passing it thought they should slow way down to assess the damage of the cars. I don't believe anyone was hurt in this wreck. Every time Ginger and I pass a wreck or see an ambulance we pray for angels of protection, healing, and peace.