Well my 27th Birthday was a good one. The cats got me cat books and a calendar. Jackie made me breakfast. The French Toast was really good. I got a Rib grillin basket and a BBQ mop with a smoker cookbook(to go with the smoker I got for Christmas). Cant wait for the BBQ party this summer. Jackie also got me Piston tickets to go see the Pistons take on the Indiana Pacers. It was awesome because it was the first time I went to a game and it was a blowout. Jackie even got my name up on the board at halftime that said it was my birthday. Jackie bought enough for me, her, my lil brother and a couple other friends so it was a good time. Also, the crew came by Boston Pizza for a birthday dinner for me. Thank you all for coming out. I really enjoy spending time with all of you.

And of course.. … Pictures..

Christmas is probably one of my favorite times of the year. This in particular was special. Both Jackie and I have been extremely blessed this year and we had opportunities to give back. For the Frei family Christmas party we sponsored a family. It was Aunt Julies and Nicoles idea, but it was a good one. We bought quite a bit of stuff for the family, I hope they had fun. Also for everyones gifts, we ended up going over on everyone or we woke up at 3am to get to the stores to get good deals so everyone could get more.

Then for my gifts. Jackie also went overboard on me. I got my Weber Smoker Grill. I can’t wait to put some ribs in there and smoke those up. I also got an Xbox 360 with an HD DVD Player and let me just say, “Transformers in HD is AWESOME!”. I got a couple other games, some other movies, grill accessories and sports memorabilia for the basement. Pretty enjoyful.

We also got the cats some new toys and they really liked them. It was so cute. It was like kids on Christmas morning. They were running all around them and playing in them as soon as we let them out of the room. It was a good time.

Of course we visited with both sides of the family and got to see everyone which is my favorite part. I love spending time with my family. Gifts or no gifts. I love this time of year. (Except for traffic).