Happy 30th Birthday Brad!

With much help from family and friends, I legitimately pulled off a surprise birthday party for Brad's 30th! Anyone that knows my husband, would know that it was no easy feat.I kept trying to get him to commit to having a party at our house in September to throw him off course and it actually worked. He didn't even get suspicious when Danielle, Matt, and my Mom came into town for the weekend.

We rented out the bar at one of our local favorites and had a great night. I think the drinks were flowing a little heavy though because we had the bar until 1:00 a.m. and I'm pretty sure the last people left at around 11:30, Brad only made it till around 11:00, guess that's what happens when you get old ;-)

Surprise!

Brad's second surprise of the evening was Brett! He flew in from Florida that morning for the party. Love ya, Brett!

Trick candles, hahahaha!

Apparently Brad was not getting the job done...remind me to think twice about trick candles next time! Let's just say not too many people wanted cake!

It has kindly been brought to my attention that I have yet again become a blog slacker.

So much has been going on in the Gillam household these past couple of months, I don't even know where to start. So, here we go from the beginning I guess!

Brad had knee surgery in early August. His right knee had been bothering him for quite some time and after a couple of visits with our GP, some prescriptions for anti-inflammatories and advice to stay off of it for a few days, he decided he better go to a specialist. After an X-ray and MRI, it was determined that he had torn his meniscus. The orthopedist wasn't 100% sure how badly it was torn from the MRI, so he said he would have to do some exploring once he was in there to see.

Upon initial inspection, he thought it wasn't too bad, but then realized that what he was seeing was part of a flap of meniscus that was tucked up underneath, showing that the tear was pretty substantial. So, he resorted to cutting the torn part out. Brad is still having some pain from time to time but now that the initial recovery period is over, he seems to be doing much better!

He is not going to be too happy about me posting this pic, but I can't resist...

a little pre-surgery happy medicine!

Don't worry, even though he was not at work, he was still working...phew, close call AB, close call.

I am surprised that the place was still running when he got back. Just kidding honey!