Brandi's Visit/Bryce's Birthday

Brandi is my mom's first born from her first marriage. Her dad and step-mother were the people who raised her so I did not grow up with Brandi. Last time my younger sisters and I saw Brandi was in the early 90's.. like 1991. I'm not quite sure.

We lost contact after we saw her last until Brandi found me on MySpace about five/six years ago. I knew that we were going to get in contact one way or another, just didn't know how it was going to happen. For the last few years, we've grown close.. well as close as we can get since we only communicated through e-mails with occasional phone calls and cards. The last few months, my two younger sisters, Becky and Janet, started to communicate with Brandi as well.

Brandi's birthday is in January. Her fiance, Paul, decided to send Brandi here to visit us as her birthday present! We all decided that February, around Bryce's birthday, would be the best time to have her visit us. February 11, 2010, Brandi came in Denver and saw her for the first time in about 18 years.

I'll be honest, we were aaaaaaaaaaall nervous, but that's normal and human, right? I think so. She stayed with Becky since she had a guest bedroom and her own bathroom. We all went to Chili's the night she came in. Chris joined us after we got back into the Springs. We had a lousy server, but the food was good!

The next day was Bryce's birthday. Wow, he is now five years old.. he's getting to be too big too fast. We all went shopping to get stuff for his party and then hung out at Becky's house. Bryce and Abagaile then finally got the chance to meet Brandi. They stayed with Becky's friend, Kyle'ea the night before.

Bryce had a blast for his birthday. Got pretty awesome stuff like books, clothes, soccer ball and pads, blankets, and bed stuff *mainly Thomas the Tank Engine*

On Saturday, Brandi, Becky, and I hung out for the day. I don't even remember what we did. I know that Chris made dinner for us that night.. and we all went to a special store.. that's all I'm saying about that!!

Sunday morning, all the sisters and cousins went out for breakfast. Brandi was leaving that afternoon so we decided to eat breakfast. We wanted to go to IHop but they were so darn busy, so we ended up going to Village Inn. It wasn't too bad. We had to drop Janet and Abagaile off, just in case we couldn't get back into town in time for Janet to go to work.

We said our Goodbyes at the drop-off at the Denver Airport. We are now planning on seeing her and her family at the end of May. She is getting married in Illnois.. since that's where she lives, so we're flying out there for her wedding. I can't wait to meet my niece and nephew, Eileen and Brennan and to meet her future husband, Paul!

There you have it folks. I hope you enjoy our little reunion!

~Tammy