The "Uncle B's" Come to Town!

Okay, I know this post is long over due, but I mistakenly saved these pictures to some random folder and couldn't find them anywhere. I thought I had deleted them somehow. Thank goodness I finally found them....

A few weeks ago, three of Andy's very good friends - Brian, Brian, and Brad -came to visit. Andy met these guys about 5 years ago when he began working for Synthes. They all started around the same time and met at their first training session in Rochester, New York. They became very good friends and since then have remained close friends. After five years of friendship, I had only met Brad. In May of 2003 we went to Disney World with Brad and his girlfriend at the time, Dena. Other than a few brief phone conversations, I had yet to meet Brian or Brian. Andy had gone to visit these guys a few times and always talked about them, but I had never met them personally. Well, I finally got to meet Brian and Brian. Brad, Brian, and Brian came to visit for the weekend. I now know why Andy has such a great friendship with these guys. They truly are GREAT guys....that and, well, no one else could put up with them the way they do. The guys, aka Uncle Briddle, Uncle Brian, and Uncle Brad, were lots of fun and were GREAT with the kids.....except for putting the dinosaur under Brady's bed....he was not very fond of the idea that the dinosaurs were going to hatch and jump out of the water and run around his house. That's not something you tell a very nervous and anxious four year old. Thank goodness Andy found the dinosaur under his bed before Brady saw it. (Sorry, Briddle for making you think he really had to get stitches....I thought Andy told you the truth). We spent most of the day Saturday at Chuck E. Cheese. I wish you could have seen us in that place.....we definitely stuck out there. We really didn't fit in anywhere we went that weekend.....can you picture four adult males, one adult female, and three children ages four and under. I wish you could have seen the looks we got as people we're trying to figure us out, especially since my kids were calling everyone "uncle". Needless to say, lots of stares came our way.....not to mention we were probably louder than anyone else wherever we went. But hey, we had fun and we didn't care who thought what.....especially our friends from Stone Cold Creamery!!! (ha,ha Brian and Brad). Hudson actually woke up Monday morning asking, by name, where the guys where.....it was too cute. Each of you are going to make excellent fathers one day. Thanks for making the trip. It meant alot to Andy. We had a Blast!! Please come visit us again!!

Brad & Brady wrestling on the couch



Brian Deustch, Brady, Brian Briddle, Ella, & Brad



Hudson, Brian Briddle, and Ella (they had just awoken from a nap...it was really sweet)



Ella, Hudson, & Brady at Chuck E. Cheese





Brian Deustch, Andy, Brad, me, & Brian Briddle