The Payne's want to wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS. It has been busy busy at the Payne house. Filled with baby shower, shopping, decorating, and going places like parties and to Botanical Gardens.
Cuzz Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. BP is pumped. It is going to be fun GALORE. BP and Erin both already bought their gifts.
The tree is up and the house is 90% decorated. Brandon and Erin are heading out tonight to buy some decoratoins to finish it off. One decoration is a reef. They are going to copy the crafy Bowenowens reef.
On a sad note, BP bought lights for the outside of the house but then found that there are no outside plugs. This problem can be fixed (worked around) but not this year. Next year he is planning on an all out house lighing to compete with National Lampoon Christmas Vacation house.
The Payne's are anticipating Rowan's arrival more everyday. His room is almost complete. The glider is ordered and clothes are being washed.
This past weekend had great and sucky moments. Great moments of a Christmas party Friday night and then SNOW Saturday morning combined with Erin's Baby Shower (we are so THANKFUL to everyone!!) A sucky moment when Bama won and then Sat night was great with a Botanical Gardens visit along with Bridge Street. The Paynes love the cold weather we are having.
Last night, C-Dawg and BP rang cable in the atic so that the living room DVD player could be moved to the master bedroom so that Erin could control it when Rowan arrives. Before this it was hidden behind the wall in the living room and it was hard for Erin to get to.
Also, BP refs his first basketball game tomorrow night (2 to be exact) so wish him good luck.
Merry CHRISTMAS to ALL. BP LOVES THIS TIME OF YEAR
Cuzz Christmas Dec 19th at 6:00.....
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Can you believe Thanksgiving is here. What a great week. The Payne's love the holidays!!. This week especially: 1) short work week, 2) Thanksgiving Day, 3) BLACK FRIDAY, 4) Weekend of putting up Christmas decorations.
Brandon loves this time of year and this is the opening week of the MAIN stretch of the holiday season. There is nothing better than staying up late on Wednesday night because of no work and then getting up and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with your wife. Brandon loves that parade. Thanksgiving is not Thanksgiving without it. It is pretty much like Christmas and the 24 hour marathon of The Christmas Story (what a great idea that was!!!).
So The Paynes we rise and turn the TV on before heading to his parents to eat turkey with the grandparents. Then they are off (1:30ish) to eat with Erin's grandparents. Granted BP won't eat since he just got done eating. Then the rest of the day is free to relax. Thursday night will involve going to the movies with Chad and Kayla and getting the Christmas decorations down (not putting out) to just see what decorations they have. The Payne's forget what they buy on the day after Christmas so before heading out Friday they need to see what decorations they already have.
YES THAT IS RIGHT. The paynes will be out Friday. Heck, BP is planning on going to Wal Mart at 3:00ish if for nothing esle to get in the Black Friday spirit. He can't wait. Sat will be a put Christmas Decorations out and also possibly a Farm/Cattle day. Could you ask for anything else. Farming and Christmas, 2 of BP's favorite things. Sunday is possible Christmas Tree day and that day is in BP's top 15 list of favorite days. Nothing better than smelling the newly cut tree and loading it up.
Man, BP loves so Christmas. Happy Early Birthday Jesus.
Cuzz Christmas is tentative for Dec 19 so stay tuned on that
The Paynes are also wanting to go to Rock City to see the lights if anyone is up for a day trip!!!
War Eagle
Brandon loves this time of year and this is the opening week of the MAIN stretch of the holiday season. There is nothing better than staying up late on Wednesday night because of no work and then getting up and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with your wife. Brandon loves that parade. Thanksgiving is not Thanksgiving without it. It is pretty much like Christmas and the 24 hour marathon of The Christmas Story (what a great idea that was!!!).
So The Paynes we rise and turn the TV on before heading to his parents to eat turkey with the grandparents. Then they are off (1:30ish) to eat with Erin's grandparents. Granted BP won't eat since he just got done eating. Then the rest of the day is free to relax. Thursday night will involve going to the movies with Chad and Kayla and getting the Christmas decorations down (not putting out) to just see what decorations they have. The Payne's forget what they buy on the day after Christmas so before heading out Friday they need to see what decorations they already have.
YES THAT IS RIGHT. The paynes will be out Friday. Heck, BP is planning on going to Wal Mart at 3:00ish if for nothing esle to get in the Black Friday spirit. He can't wait. Sat will be a put Christmas Decorations out and also possibly a Farm/Cattle day. Could you ask for anything else. Farming and Christmas, 2 of BP's favorite things. Sunday is possible Christmas Tree day and that day is in BP's top 15 list of favorite days. Nothing better than smelling the newly cut tree and loading it up.
Man, BP loves so Christmas. Happy Early Birthday Jesus.
Cuzz Christmas is tentative for Dec 19 so stay tuned on that
The Paynes are also wanting to go to Rock City to see the lights if anyone is up for a day trip!!!
War Eagle
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Paynes at Mid-Week
Brandon and Erin both wish they were off this today like the other Gov people.
Anyway, what has happened in the past week with the Paynes? Not much. Friday they watched Guntersville beat Rogers in the 1st round of the playoffs. This week it is North Jackson. Probably will be the 2nd biggest game ever at Chorba Lee Stadium next to the 2006 Alexandria vs Gville Homecoming game. Brandon has never seen the Gville stadium SOLD OUT besides for that game. Alexandria won in double overtime but Gville met them again in the semi-finals..and well we all know what happened then.
Saturday, they woke up and headed to Auburn with Erin's mom. Kathy (Erin's mom) is the lone Auburn fan in her family and hadn't been to Auburn in 20 years so they loaded up and headed out. No tickets in hand no problem right. Wrong, no scalpers were to be found (another first) but luckily the box office still had tickets left so they set beside the Alumni band and rocked out.
Sunday after church Brandon and C-Dawg (Chad Bates) went to a Refereeing meeting for Arab Rec ball. Yes, that is right, BP is bout to be a ref. He loves kids and the extra cash is a plus also. One thing BP and C-dawg did find out though, this is not the old school rec ball where teenagers refs as they thought it would be. Arab rec uses Alabama High School refs so BP is going to be decked out in the zebra costume. BP was worried he was going to be too old but he and C-Dawg were in the minority on age.
After the meeting, Erin and Brandon jetted to Fyffe, AL to see Momma (spelled right, who knows) and Papa. Erin became sick Sunday night and layed out of work Monday.
They also got Rowan's dresser ordered.
Tuesday was their doc visit. Rowan measures 30 weeks but Erin is only 28 (work that math). After the doc visit they headed to Dr. Fields and signed him up to be Rowan's doctor. After that is was off to look for a recliner for BP and a glider for Erin.
Now BP is getting into the Christmas spirit and is searching Amazon to buy up several Christmas movies that he desires on this slow day
BP's Recommended Christmas Movies
1) The Santa Clause 1-3...his favorite Christmas movie series
2) Home Alone 1-2 (3 sucks)
3) Fred Clause - BP was delightfully entertained by this one
4) Prancer - OLD BUT GOODY
5) The Christmas Story
6) Family Vacation Christmas
7) Polor Express
8) Jim Cary's The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Almost time to start SHOPPING!!!!!
And has BP mentioned how ABC Family ROCKS
Anyway, what has happened in the past week with the Paynes? Not much. Friday they watched Guntersville beat Rogers in the 1st round of the playoffs. This week it is North Jackson. Probably will be the 2nd biggest game ever at Chorba Lee Stadium next to the 2006 Alexandria vs Gville Homecoming game. Brandon has never seen the Gville stadium SOLD OUT besides for that game. Alexandria won in double overtime but Gville met them again in the semi-finals..and well we all know what happened then.
Saturday, they woke up and headed to Auburn with Erin's mom. Kathy (Erin's mom) is the lone Auburn fan in her family and hadn't been to Auburn in 20 years so they loaded up and headed out. No tickets in hand no problem right. Wrong, no scalpers were to be found (another first) but luckily the box office still had tickets left so they set beside the Alumni band and rocked out.
Sunday after church Brandon and C-Dawg (Chad Bates) went to a Refereeing meeting for Arab Rec ball. Yes, that is right, BP is bout to be a ref. He loves kids and the extra cash is a plus also. One thing BP and C-dawg did find out though, this is not the old school rec ball where teenagers refs as they thought it would be. Arab rec uses Alabama High School refs so BP is going to be decked out in the zebra costume. BP was worried he was going to be too old but he and C-Dawg were in the minority on age.
After the meeting, Erin and Brandon jetted to Fyffe, AL to see Momma (spelled right, who knows) and Papa. Erin became sick Sunday night and layed out of work Monday.
They also got Rowan's dresser ordered.
Tuesday was their doc visit. Rowan measures 30 weeks but Erin is only 28 (work that math). After the doc visit they headed to Dr. Fields and signed him up to be Rowan's doctor. After that is was off to look for a recliner for BP and a glider for Erin.
Now BP is getting into the Christmas spirit and is searching Amazon to buy up several Christmas movies that he desires on this slow day
BP's Recommended Christmas Movies
1) The Santa Clause 1-3...his favorite Christmas movie series
2) Home Alone 1-2 (3 sucks)
3) Fred Clause - BP was delightfully entertained by this one
4) Prancer - OLD BUT GOODY
5) The Christmas Story
6) Family Vacation Christmas
7) Polor Express
8) Jim Cary's The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Almost time to start SHOPPING!!!!!
And has BP mentioned how ABC Family ROCKS
Monday, November 2, 2009
Oh yeah, ABC FAMILY ROCKS
Brandon wanted to share this also. This weekend ABC Family advertised its countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas. So basically ABC Family is have a 30 day November countdown to the 25 day December countdown. A countdown to another countdown. BRANDON LOVED THIS. What Christmas Spirit ABC Family is displaying. GO ABC FAMILY!!
The Halloween Payne Weekend
So Halloween Weekend has come and gone for The Paynes. Brandon was a little sad as he put up the Halloween decorations last night but this morning he realized that Christmas is even closer now.
The Paynes went and ate with Kyle and Celeste Stapler Friday night before the Guntersville/Albertville football game. They then headed to the game and around halftime the heavens opened up and rain poured onto the field and fans. Guntersville dominated the game. Erin and Brandon got a little wet but we all must admit, there is a little fun/excitment watching a football game while trying not to get wet. Good times.
Saturday came and after Auburn regained their dominating offense and won, Brandon started preparing for the Trick or Treaters. This meant running to Wal Mart to get more candy because he saw a neighbor who had a trailer with hay installed ready for kids. Brandon knew this was a clear sign of the number of kids to come (and he was right). So on the way home from Wal Mart a VERY WIERD thing happened to Brandon and Erin. They got hit by a DRUNK DRIVER. Not much damage to the car but the woman got handcuffed and carried off. Brandon knew something was up when as he was about to get out of the car to assess the damage the woman continued to hit them in the rear end. He got out to hear the woman say "I am hung on your car". Brandon quickly realized she wasn't but that she still had the car in drive. The woman thought she had the car in reverse. It was then that he smelled the alcohol on here. If you want more details on that situation email him at brandonpayne77@gmail.com. But Brandon and Erin are ok but the Honda does have a little bumper/paint damage.
So the kids started coming at 5:30 and boy did they come. Brandon was pumped. He estimates around 50 kids showed up. Next year he is thinking of making the woods behind his house a haunted forest that kids must walk through to get candy. HE CAN'T WAIT.
Sunday came and after Church, The Paynes ate with Erin's family and then Brandon headed off to the farm to round up cows. After 3 hours of cows, they sold 50 cows and Brandon was beat. He headed home.
Great weekend but now on to Thanksgiving. (and BP's birthday which he considers another HOLIDAY).
The Paynes went and ate with Kyle and Celeste Stapler Friday night before the Guntersville/Albertville football game. They then headed to the game and around halftime the heavens opened up and rain poured onto the field and fans. Guntersville dominated the game. Erin and Brandon got a little wet but we all must admit, there is a little fun/excitment watching a football game while trying not to get wet. Good times.
Saturday came and after Auburn regained their dominating offense and won, Brandon started preparing for the Trick or Treaters. This meant running to Wal Mart to get more candy because he saw a neighbor who had a trailer with hay installed ready for kids. Brandon knew this was a clear sign of the number of kids to come (and he was right). So on the way home from Wal Mart a VERY WIERD thing happened to Brandon and Erin. They got hit by a DRUNK DRIVER. Not much damage to the car but the woman got handcuffed and carried off. Brandon knew something was up when as he was about to get out of the car to assess the damage the woman continued to hit them in the rear end. He got out to hear the woman say "I am hung on your car". Brandon quickly realized she wasn't but that she still had the car in drive. The woman thought she had the car in reverse. It was then that he smelled the alcohol on here. If you want more details on that situation email him at brandonpayne77@gmail.com. But Brandon and Erin are ok but the Honda does have a little bumper/paint damage.
So the kids started coming at 5:30 and boy did they come. Brandon was pumped. He estimates around 50 kids showed up. Next year he is thinking of making the woods behind his house a haunted forest that kids must walk through to get candy. HE CAN'T WAIT.
Sunday came and after Church, The Paynes ate with Erin's family and then Brandon headed off to the farm to round up cows. After 3 hours of cows, they sold 50 cows and Brandon was beat. He headed home.
Great weekend but now on to Thanksgiving. (and BP's birthday which he considers another HOLIDAY).
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Happy Halloween
Lets get first things first here. Happy HALLOWEEN to ALL!!
Brandon and Erin apologize for not posting lately because they know the 2 people who actually read it were extremely depressed over it (jk) but Brandon's 5% desire to blog went back to 1% for some reason in the past couple of weeks.
Anyway, this being Halloween week (one of Brandon's top 4 holidays), he thought a blog post was needed.
Not much has happened with the Paynes in the past couple of weeks. They did go to the beach (Destin, FL) last week for a short October vacation. They enjoyed some football on the beach, some shopping, and best of all NO LINES FOR FOOD.
The shopping was for Rowan. Brandon and Erin found some tight onesies at Baby Gap that him and Erin just had to have. His favorites have the following text on them: 1) "Lock Your Daughters Up" 2)"Ladies Get In Line" 3) "Natural Born Cutie".
Besides that trip, Brandon and Erin have just been enjoying the fall weather and watching Auburn suck it up for the past couple of weeks. Brandon did get to spend some valuable time on the farm this past weekend ear tagging some of his calves. This coming weekend, some of them are going to be sold so they had to be ear tagged. This year Christmas is being brought to everyone by Shasta's, Autumn's, and Savanha's bull calves. Thanks ladies.
Anyway, Brandon and Erin (Brandon more than Erin) is PUMPED for Halloween. They bought their 2nd pumpkin to carve for the big weekend. Candy is bought and loaded. Brandon loves watching scary movies October and even loves watching ABC Family's 13 Night of Halloween shows. Last night he did both. However, because Erin hates scary movies, he had to watch his scary movie that he rented while Erin was taking a bath. He will hopefully finish it tonight. He is watching Quarantine. He would watch it in the living room but the DVD player is not hooked up to the TV yet and yes there is the basement TV, but come on, BP in a dark basement watching a scary movie in a new house NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
So anyway, Brandon and ERIN wishes everyone a HAPPY HALLOWEEN. What other month can you have a good excuse for dressing up and just letting your kid out. What other month do kids just stop by with huge smiles on their face to ask for CANDY CANDY and more CANDY!
Brandon will be the dad who decks out his yard in smoke machines and confins and dresses up like a vampire to jump out at kids as they walk up to the spooky decked out house in the future. It will be great!!
BOOOOOO!!!
Brandon and Erin apologize for not posting lately because they know the 2 people who actually read it were extremely depressed over it (jk) but Brandon's 5% desire to blog went back to 1% for some reason in the past couple of weeks.
Anyway, this being Halloween week (one of Brandon's top 4 holidays), he thought a blog post was needed.
Not much has happened with the Paynes in the past couple of weeks. They did go to the beach (Destin, FL) last week for a short October vacation. They enjoyed some football on the beach, some shopping, and best of all NO LINES FOR FOOD.
The shopping was for Rowan. Brandon and Erin found some tight onesies at Baby Gap that him and Erin just had to have. His favorites have the following text on them: 1) "Lock Your Daughters Up" 2)"Ladies Get In Line" 3) "Natural Born Cutie".
Besides that trip, Brandon and Erin have just been enjoying the fall weather and watching Auburn suck it up for the past couple of weeks. Brandon did get to spend some valuable time on the farm this past weekend ear tagging some of his calves. This coming weekend, some of them are going to be sold so they had to be ear tagged. This year Christmas is being brought to everyone by Shasta's, Autumn's, and Savanha's bull calves. Thanks ladies.
Anyway, Brandon and Erin (Brandon more than Erin) is PUMPED for Halloween. They bought their 2nd pumpkin to carve for the big weekend. Candy is bought and loaded. Brandon loves watching scary movies October and even loves watching ABC Family's 13 Night of Halloween shows. Last night he did both. However, because Erin hates scary movies, he had to watch his scary movie that he rented while Erin was taking a bath. He will hopefully finish it tonight. He is watching Quarantine. He would watch it in the living room but the DVD player is not hooked up to the TV yet and yes there is the basement TV, but come on, BP in a dark basement watching a scary movie in a new house NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
So anyway, Brandon and ERIN wishes everyone a HAPPY HALLOWEEN. What other month can you have a good excuse for dressing up and just letting your kid out. What other month do kids just stop by with huge smiles on their face to ask for CANDY CANDY and more CANDY!
Brandon will be the dad who decks out his yard in smoke machines and confins and dresses up like a vampire to jump out at kids as they walk up to the spooky decked out house in the future. It will be great!!
BOOOOOO!!!
Friday, October 16, 2009
New House Pics
Here are some pics of The Payne's new house. Only inside pics for now because Brandon hasn't finished all the outside upgrades and probably won't until spring. That is short for come and visit to see the outside. Inside is pretty much done for now. Still have to finish hanging pictures and mirrors and installing some more light fixtures and a fan..but geeezz, give Brandon a break. He been working hard and least let him sale the other house first. So enjoy!!!
Note: A very special thanks to the following for all your help and hardwork. Brandon couldn't have done it without you. The lovely and talented Erin Payne, Belinda Payne (aka Brandon's mom, that woman can work), Jack Payne (aka Pokey), Jonathan and Bridgett Payne (Brandon's brother and sister-in-law AND Erin's cousin), Robert Bates (aka Daddy Rob, Erin's dad), Kathy Bates (Erin's mom), Chad Bates (aka C-Dawg, Erin's brother and Brandon's main man, this boy can work also), and finally Paisley and Cooper for staying up late and keeping Brandon company on those late nights!!
Living room before. Notice the TV cubby hole because it will soon be GONE!!
Living room after
Living room after (with a side of Paisley).
Paisley says "Check out the TV that is now mounted where the TV cubby hole use to be. Brandon's brother (Jonathan) filled in the big hole and then mounted the tv. You may ask where all the TV/Cable boxes and the DVD player are.....BEHIND THE WALL...PRETTY SWEEETTTT....RUFF RUFF"
Note: A very special thanks to the following for all your help and hardwork. Brandon couldn't have done it without you. The lovely and talented Erin Payne, Belinda Payne (aka Brandon's mom, that woman can work), Jack Payne (aka Pokey), Jonathan and Bridgett Payne (Brandon's brother and sister-in-law AND Erin's cousin), Robert Bates (aka Daddy Rob, Erin's dad), Kathy Bates (Erin's mom), Chad Bates (aka C-Dawg, Erin's brother and Brandon's main man, this boy can work also), and finally Paisley and Cooper for staying up late and keeping Brandon company on those late nights!!
Living room before. Notice the TV cubby hole because it will soon be GONE!!
Living room after
Living room after (with a side of Paisley).
Paisley says "Check out the TV that is now mounted where the TV cubby hole use to be. Brandon's brother (Jonathan) filled in the big hole and then mounted the tv. You may ask where all the TV/Cable boxes and the DVD player are.....BEHIND THE WALL...PRETTY SWEEETTTT....RUFF RUFF"Kithcen before BP's (BP is the nickname of Brandon) hands of magic.
Kitchen after Brandon performed his magic. Check out the backsplash that was put up by B&B Remodeling (Brandon and Belinda). Thanks to Kathy for taking down the wall paper.
Brandon figured you want a closer look.
Dining room before....
...and dining room after. Love the color. Check the table out that Luann (my brother's mother-in-law, so is she Brandon's mother-in-law-in-law????) redid for us.
A little closer look at the refinished table. That color is called "Luann should do this for a living".
Rowan's future room. Still has a lot of work to do in it. Brandon picked the color out..GO BRANDON!!
Guest bedroom (no before shots on this one). Why you ask? Brandon says ask you why.
Kitchen after Brandon performed his magic. Check out the backsplash that was put up by B&B Remodeling (Brandon and Belinda). Thanks to Kathy for taking down the wall paper. Brandon figured you want a closer look.
Dining room before....
...and dining room after. Love the color. Check the table out that Luann (my brother's mother-in-law, so is she Brandon's mother-in-law-in-law????) redid for us.
A little closer look at the refinished table. That color is called "Luann should do this for a living".
Rowan's future room. Still has a lot of work to do in it. Brandon picked the color out..GO BRANDON!!
Guest bedroom (no before shots on this one). Why you ask? Brandon says ask you why.Anyway, check out the antique nightstand that Erin refinished. Oh you want a close up, then COME VISIT THE PAYNES!!
Another guest bedroom pick with Erin's purple dresser that she did by herself. Good job Erin!!
Back porch before (dog butt not include in sale of house).
Back porch after (in the dark). Hey if you want to see it at daytime...COME VISIT The Paynes.
Back porch in dark again with a little Halloween decor. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Another guest bedroom pick with Erin's purple dresser that she did by herself. Good job Erin!!
Back porch before (dog butt not include in sale of house).
Back porch after (in the dark). Hey if you want to see it at daytime...COME VISIT The Paynes.
Back porch in dark again with a little Halloween decor. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Master bedroom before..
Master bedroom after. Not Brandon's shoes. Blame Erin (her house shoes) and Paisley (her flip flop).
Master bedroom again.
Basement before........
Basement after with Brandon's magic touch. The basement is more commonly called BP's Place!!
BP's Place after
Check out the mini buffness gym. Paisley is getting ready for her work out.
Can you see Paisley toned legs and ears...NICE PAISLEY
Master bedroom after. Not Brandon's shoes. Blame Erin (her house shoes) and Paisley (her flip flop).
Master bedroom again.
Basement before........
Basement after with Brandon's magic touch. The basement is more commonly called BP's Place!!
BP's Place after
Check out the mini buffness gym. Paisley is getting ready for her work out.
Can you see Paisley toned legs and ears...NICE PAISLEY
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Pumkin Bash Pics
PUMPKIN BASH 2009 PICS
Brandon is sorry that they are out of order. He still new to all this blogging jargin and didn't feel like rearranging the pics
Pumpkin Bash 2009!!!!!!
Jake and the Coopster!!!!
Shane and Adrian, one of the last weekends before marriage!!!
The returning champs taking home first place again with the pumpkin with a bat on top of it
Sorry Jake, the new 2nd place champs with the WITCH pumpkin
The champs hard at work
The slow pokes who are crazy in love
Jake the snake trying to reclaim his 2nd place prize from 2008, he didn't win anything :(
Erin doing some hard pumpkin cleaning work and her sister finding what would soon be the 2nd place pumpkin sketch.
Back porch all decked out: Brandon, nice job
Oh Brandon, there are spider webs all over the back porch table. HE KNOWS!!
Back porch all decorated - Brandon hooked it up. Look at the cool lights around the top!!!
The spooky drink cans - Brandon did the spider webs!!
Decorated dinning room table - Brandon did the decorating!
Brandon is sorry that they are out of order. He still new to all this blogging jargin and didn't feel like rearranging the pics
Pumpkin Bash 2009!!!!!!
Jake and the Coopster!!!!
Shane and Adrian, one of the last weekends before marriage!!!
The returning champs taking home first place again with the pumpkin with a bat on top of itSorry Jake, the new 2nd place champs with the WITCH pumpkin
The champs hard at work
The slow pokes who are crazy in love
Jake the snake trying to reclaim his 2nd place prize from 2008, he didn't win anything :(
Erin doing some hard pumpkin cleaning work and her sister finding what would soon be the 2nd place pumpkin sketch.
Back porch all decked out: Brandon, nice job
Oh Brandon, there are spider webs all over the back porch table. HE KNOWS!!
Back porch all decorated - Brandon hooked it up. Look at the cool lights around the top!!!
The spooky drink cans - Brandon did the spider webs!!
Decorated dinning room table - Brandon did the decorating!Monday, October 12, 2009
Pumpking Bash and An Auburn Loss Equals.....
Well another weekend has come and gone for Brandon and Erin. Isn't it funny how people (including Brandon/Erin) want the week to fly by for 2 days of freedom (weekend) but at the same time we desire for life to slow down so we don't grow old so fast. Just a random thought from Brandon.
Anyway, back to the weekend. Brandon and Erin had a fairly busy weekend. Thursday night the garage door broke which meant "garage door fix time" had to be planned. Brandon got home Friday after work and picked up C-Dawg (aka Chad Bates) to go and pick up the old refrigerator from their old house. Yes that is right, The Paynes have a contract on their old house (FINGERS CROSSED STILL THAT THE LOAN GOES THROUGH). As Chad and Brandon got the frig, a tornado came. Not really but the sky was black and the wind was sideways and all the tornado alarms were going off but they grudged on.
After completition of that task it was off to Papa Dubis to eat with C-Dawg and Momma Kat (Kathy Bates). After dinner it was off to Lowes to get pumpkins for the BASH. However, note to self, Lowes pumpkins are rotten, so they headed off to Wal Mart.
Upon arrival at home, Brandon tried to fix the garage door. He was unsuccessful and has lost all patience with the house after 1.5 months of non-stop upgrades that he just YELLS at the slightest mishap now. So after some yelling, he called down to the Payne farm to schedule The Pokester (aka Pokey Payne) to come the next morning to help.
Sat morning arrived and Brandon arose at 6:00 am to start hanging the newly painted shudders. He then moved to putting up the lattice around the porch. Then the Pokester arrived and after 1.5 hours of work, the garage door was finally fixed. Just in time for the Auburn game. After the first half of the Auburn game, Brandon quickly started doing some laundry and painting another door. Auburn came back on and started playing better and so Brandon kept trying to find some more chores today to help bring Auburn some luck. Evidently he didn't find enough chores to do because Auburn got beat.
Brandon pouted for awhile and then went off to decorate for the Pumpkin Bash. Now, where has Erin been this whole time: 8:00-8:30 am haircut, 10:00-2:00pm bridal brunch for Adrian, 3:30-5:30 wedding.
So party started at 6:00 and then it was hot dog/soup/chips/dip/candy galore. Brandon and Erin were the clear favorites to win the pumpkin carving contest UNTIL Natalie and Tom showed up with their pumpkin and their secret box. Yes that is right, Tom and Natalie won for the 2nd year in a row. Brandon and Erin would have taken 2nd place home if Brandon wouldn't have slipped cutting and made the phrase "Trick or Treat" turn into "Trick or Trot". So Haley and Josh took 2nd place. Pics will be added soon.
Sunday arrived and Brandon found himself on the farm helping fix a fence after church while Erin ran off to culman with her family to eat at Ruby Tuesday. After Sunday night church, Rowan's crib was put together. Brandon is a little upset about the crib because Target didn't give any hole covers to cover up the screw holes. But it came from Target so it not a fine piece of china. But since Rowan will rather have some extra cash to take the girls out with than to have a pimped out crib with hole covers, Brandon decided the target crib would be just fine. Secondy, Rowan knows no girls can see his crib until he is 10 anyway.
Anyway, back to the weekend. Brandon and Erin had a fairly busy weekend. Thursday night the garage door broke which meant "garage door fix time" had to be planned. Brandon got home Friday after work and picked up C-Dawg (aka Chad Bates) to go and pick up the old refrigerator from their old house. Yes that is right, The Paynes have a contract on their old house (FINGERS CROSSED STILL THAT THE LOAN GOES THROUGH). As Chad and Brandon got the frig, a tornado came. Not really but the sky was black and the wind was sideways and all the tornado alarms were going off but they grudged on.
After completition of that task it was off to Papa Dubis to eat with C-Dawg and Momma Kat (Kathy Bates). After dinner it was off to Lowes to get pumpkins for the BASH. However, note to self, Lowes pumpkins are rotten, so they headed off to Wal Mart.
Upon arrival at home, Brandon tried to fix the garage door. He was unsuccessful and has lost all patience with the house after 1.5 months of non-stop upgrades that he just YELLS at the slightest mishap now. So after some yelling, he called down to the Payne farm to schedule The Pokester (aka Pokey Payne) to come the next morning to help.
Sat morning arrived and Brandon arose at 6:00 am to start hanging the newly painted shudders. He then moved to putting up the lattice around the porch. Then the Pokester arrived and after 1.5 hours of work, the garage door was finally fixed. Just in time for the Auburn game. After the first half of the Auburn game, Brandon quickly started doing some laundry and painting another door. Auburn came back on and started playing better and so Brandon kept trying to find some more chores today to help bring Auburn some luck. Evidently he didn't find enough chores to do because Auburn got beat.
Brandon pouted for awhile and then went off to decorate for the Pumpkin Bash. Now, where has Erin been this whole time: 8:00-8:30 am haircut, 10:00-2:00pm bridal brunch for Adrian, 3:30-5:30 wedding.
So party started at 6:00 and then it was hot dog/soup/chips/dip/candy galore. Brandon and Erin were the clear favorites to win the pumpkin carving contest UNTIL Natalie and Tom showed up with their pumpkin and their secret box. Yes that is right, Tom and Natalie won for the 2nd year in a row. Brandon and Erin would have taken 2nd place home if Brandon wouldn't have slipped cutting and made the phrase "Trick or Treat" turn into "Trick or Trot". So Haley and Josh took 2nd place. Pics will be added soon.
Sunday arrived and Brandon found himself on the farm helping fix a fence after church while Erin ran off to culman with her family to eat at Ruby Tuesday. After Sunday night church, Rowan's crib was put together. Brandon is a little upset about the crib because Target didn't give any hole covers to cover up the screw holes. But it came from Target so it not a fine piece of china. But since Rowan will rather have some extra cash to take the girls out with than to have a pimped out crib with hole covers, Brandon decided the target crib would be just fine. Secondy, Rowan knows no girls can see his crib until he is 10 anyway.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
2nd Annual Pumpkin Party is 2 Days Away
Wow, what a slow week for The Payne's. It has been slow that Brandon decided to blog to pass some time and to advertise the 2nd Annual Payne Pumpkin Carving Bash is just 2 days away. Brandon and Erin are pumped. They are heading out to grocery shop and pumpkin shop for the party tonight. We all know how much Brandon LOVES the holidays (and yes he considers Halloween a holiday) so he is majorily pumped for this event.
He is hoping to take home the cash prize for best pumpkin this year.
So what is the week so slow, who knows. Brandon and Erin went to see U2 Tuesday night ni Atlanta with Sheffer and Mel. U2 rocks and the concert rocked according to Brandon and Erin. They did leave in the middle of the 2nd encore so they could get home at a half way decent LATE hour (it ended up being 1:30 am). They were told that U2 did 3 encores. That is the most Brandon has heard of since Hootie and Blowfish did 4 encores way back in 1999 at Beaner and Ken's Birthday Bash at Oak Mountain (man that was a long time ago). U2 was on Brandon's list of bands of MUST SEE so he can now check that off. It was a little hectic cause we met Brandon's friend Joe and his wife along with Sheffer and Mel at Taco Mac to eat before the concert but the wait started out at 45 minutes but then 30 minutes later turned into 1 hour. Stupid ATL. But Brandon did see his first ever live, in person NBA player. Matt Harpering walked into Taco Mac and then was bombarded by a homeless dude. So lets face it, Brandon's lovely wife who is pregnant wasn't estatic about standing on her feet for 50 minutes and losing the chance to eat some good food while in ATL. They ended up eating at the food court and Brandon promised a fabulous dinner this weekend to make up for it.
Anyway, maybe the lack of sleep is having something to do with the slowness of the week but today is Thursday and Pumpkin Bash is 2 days away so GET PUMPED. If you are reading this blog you better be there. What else would you want to do Sat night besides carve pumpkins, eat, socialize, and have a chance at taking some prize money home.
Brandon is working hard to getting all his house updates done by Saturday so he can take the next 5 months off (winter time) to enjoy Halloween and the rest of the holidays. So come join The Paynes. It is always fun when entering the Payne world!!!!!
And tonight is The Office Wedding!!! Brandon has waited so long for this and actually almost teared up on the preview. Jim and Pam would make Brandon's top 5 list of best TV couples. Another one that would make it would be Ryan and Marisa from The OC. Ross and Rach would also make his list
He is hoping to take home the cash prize for best pumpkin this year.
So what is the week so slow, who knows. Brandon and Erin went to see U2 Tuesday night ni Atlanta with Sheffer and Mel. U2 rocks and the concert rocked according to Brandon and Erin. They did leave in the middle of the 2nd encore so they could get home at a half way decent LATE hour (it ended up being 1:30 am). They were told that U2 did 3 encores. That is the most Brandon has heard of since Hootie and Blowfish did 4 encores way back in 1999 at Beaner and Ken's Birthday Bash at Oak Mountain (man that was a long time ago). U2 was on Brandon's list of bands of MUST SEE so he can now check that off. It was a little hectic cause we met Brandon's friend Joe and his wife along with Sheffer and Mel at Taco Mac to eat before the concert but the wait started out at 45 minutes but then 30 minutes later turned into 1 hour. Stupid ATL. But Brandon did see his first ever live, in person NBA player. Matt Harpering walked into Taco Mac and then was bombarded by a homeless dude. So lets face it, Brandon's lovely wife who is pregnant wasn't estatic about standing on her feet for 50 minutes and losing the chance to eat some good food while in ATL. They ended up eating at the food court and Brandon promised a fabulous dinner this weekend to make up for it.
Anyway, maybe the lack of sleep is having something to do with the slowness of the week but today is Thursday and Pumpkin Bash is 2 days away so GET PUMPED. If you are reading this blog you better be there. What else would you want to do Sat night besides carve pumpkins, eat, socialize, and have a chance at taking some prize money home.
Brandon is working hard to getting all his house updates done by Saturday so he can take the next 5 months off (winter time) to enjoy Halloween and the rest of the holidays. So come join The Paynes. It is always fun when entering the Payne world!!!!!
And tonight is The Office Wedding!!! Brandon has waited so long for this and actually almost teared up on the preview. Jim and Pam would make Brandon's top 5 list of best TV couples. Another one that would make it would be Ryan and Marisa from The OC. Ross and Rach would also make his list
Monday, October 5, 2009
The First October 09 Weekend
Another week/weekend of house updates and rushing from place to place for Brandon and Erin.
Brandon continued his house updates this week by moving to the outside of the house. He was successful in FINALLY getting a vine/bush out of the flower bed thatw as covering the sidwalk and started the process of painting all the shudders.
Friday came and Brandon got home from work and slapped some paint on some more shudders and then raced off to meet his buddie Tyler for dinner. Erin rushed off to a lingerie party for her cousin. They met back at 7:30 and went directly to the Guntersville/Plainview game in which Guntersville looked horrible and wound up getting beat. Come on G'ville players, SHOW SOME HEART!!
Saturday was more busy for Erin than Brandon. After accidentally falling asleep at 11:00 on Friday night, Brandon woke up at 6:00 to start painting Rowan's room (blue if you were wondering). Brandon then proceeded to paint more shudders and then headed to the farm to get dirt to go around the septic tank (that is in the front yard). Erin left for Huntsville at 9:00 with her sister to go to Kid's Mart. Erin returned at 1:00 to literally turn right back around and head out with Brandon to go see Kylie. After hanging with the Murph family, the Payne's headed off to Marshalls, TJ-Max, and Target to shop for the Payne PUMPKIN Bash 09 and to grocery shop. It was a rush to get home by 6:40 (for the Auburn game) but they made it. Brandon and Erin are so stoked for the PUMPKIN Bash that Erin bought a Halloween T-Shirt to wear next weekend.
Brandon watched Auburn woop some butt while Erin cleaned and then fell asleep. After the game, Brandon painted the nursery again and painted more shudders and the front door. Yes, that is right, it was 2:00 before Brandon went to bed.
Sunday, after church, Erin head to her 2nd straight Sunday baby shower while Brandon and his brother-in-law Chad watched some football and then headed to Lowes to buy peg board and lattice for the back porch. Brandon got home and painted another door and then finished his work bench by hanging the peg board. IT LOOKS GREAT besides it being a little unlevel (the bench that is). Brandon and Erin then proceeded to head to the farm to pick up Cooper and swap out cars.
On returning home, Brandon organized his bench while Erin took a bath. Then all the toilets and sinks stopped up for around a hour and a half. Then all of sudden everything fixed itself. WHO KNOWS what happened. Brandon is no plumber
Busy but productive weekend. WAR EAGLE and Kylie is such a cute baby!!
Next weekend, PAYNE PUMKING BASH 09. You better be there. If you didn't get an invite it is because it got lost in the mail. COME ONE COME ALL!!!!
Brandon continued his house updates this week by moving to the outside of the house. He was successful in FINALLY getting a vine/bush out of the flower bed thatw as covering the sidwalk and started the process of painting all the shudders.
Friday came and Brandon got home from work and slapped some paint on some more shudders and then raced off to meet his buddie Tyler for dinner. Erin rushed off to a lingerie party for her cousin. They met back at 7:30 and went directly to the Guntersville/Plainview game in which Guntersville looked horrible and wound up getting beat. Come on G'ville players, SHOW SOME HEART!!
Saturday was more busy for Erin than Brandon. After accidentally falling asleep at 11:00 on Friday night, Brandon woke up at 6:00 to start painting Rowan's room (blue if you were wondering). Brandon then proceeded to paint more shudders and then headed to the farm to get dirt to go around the septic tank (that is in the front yard). Erin left for Huntsville at 9:00 with her sister to go to Kid's Mart. Erin returned at 1:00 to literally turn right back around and head out with Brandon to go see Kylie. After hanging with the Murph family, the Payne's headed off to Marshalls, TJ-Max, and Target to shop for the Payne PUMPKIN Bash 09 and to grocery shop. It was a rush to get home by 6:40 (for the Auburn game) but they made it. Brandon and Erin are so stoked for the PUMPKIN Bash that Erin bought a Halloween T-Shirt to wear next weekend.
Brandon watched Auburn woop some butt while Erin cleaned and then fell asleep. After the game, Brandon painted the nursery again and painted more shudders and the front door. Yes, that is right, it was 2:00 before Brandon went to bed.
Sunday, after church, Erin head to her 2nd straight Sunday baby shower while Brandon and his brother-in-law Chad watched some football and then headed to Lowes to buy peg board and lattice for the back porch. Brandon got home and painted another door and then finished his work bench by hanging the peg board. IT LOOKS GREAT besides it being a little unlevel (the bench that is). Brandon and Erin then proceeded to head to the farm to pick up Cooper and swap out cars.
On returning home, Brandon organized his bench while Erin took a bath. Then all the toilets and sinks stopped up for around a hour and a half. Then all of sudden everything fixed itself. WHO KNOWS what happened. Brandon is no plumber
Busy but productive weekend. WAR EAGLE and Kylie is such a cute baby!!
Next weekend, PAYNE PUMKING BASH 09. You better be there. If you didn't get an invite it is because it got lost in the mail. COME ONE COME ALL!!!!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Move/Scott/Party/Football/Rest
Move/Scott/Party/Football/Rest was the theme of they Payne's week. They started full pledge moving into their new house last Sunday, Sept 20, and after spent their first night in their new home on Tuesday, Sept 22. All members of the Payne family, including Paisley and Cooper, got a good nights rest in their new home. Now both Erin and Brandon are having their sentimental moments (probably more so Brandon because everyone knows he loves the memories).
However that didn't mean they were done moving. The rest of the week included moving odds and ends from their old house and the art of unpacking.
Brandon's brother helped him get their new TV mounted above the fireplace. You got to see their TV. Their dvd player and charter box are sitting in the wall behind the tv and are being controlled by a IR/RF device. Brandon had found RF remotes fro $400 but THEN found a IR/RF device that let you use your original remote and it only cost $60.
Both sets of in-laws helped a great deal in cleaning, hanging fans, and unpacking. This all had to be done by Saturday because they were throwing Erin's mom a surprise 50th birthday party. Kathy had no clue she was cleaning for her own party (that is the sneakiness of The Paynes).
On Friday night, Brandon's long time buddy and most importantly CUZZ, came into town. Scott and LB came up to Arab to hang with The Paynes. Brandon loved it. On his way home from work, Scott called and asked about plans. It took Brandon directly back to high school. They all decided to go eat Mexican and then off to the Arab/Guntersville football game. Guntersville ended up losing but it was a great time (least for BP and Erin :) ). Scott was stunned at how small the players seemed and even one time tried to jump the fence to tackle an Arab player smack talking the Guntersville player that wore Scott's old number. After the game they returned home to tour the new Payne house and to watch a little The Big Bang Theory. Brandon and Erin not sure if Scott and LB were impressed with The Big Bang Theory but they still recommend it. Brandon wants to make sure Scott knows that he is missed!!!!!
So Saturday came and the work continued. Brandon built a bench in the garage for all his tools and then returned to cleaning. Erin took her mom out for breakfast with her sister and returned with Rowan's bedding - TURTLES. Brandon was hoping for Auburn Football :).
At 6:30 Auburn football started and then at 7:30 the party started. It all went well and AUBURN WON!!. Erin loved having enough room to house all her family and cousins. This is something that wasn't even feasible in their old house (max capacity was around 10 people and that was tight on them).
Sunday they got up and went to church and then Erin headed to a baby shower for her cousin. Brandon headed home and for 2 solid hours napped and watche NFL football. It was great. Then he and Paisely, Cooper spent the night on the farm, headed outside to wash all three cars because the day was PERFECT. After the cars were washed, Brandon headed to get Cooper on the farm and change oil in the Trailblazer and to pet Yosimenti.
After that he returned home to join Erin in watching all their Monday shows they missed but had recorded on DVR.
However that didn't mean they were done moving. The rest of the week included moving odds and ends from their old house and the art of unpacking.
Brandon's brother helped him get their new TV mounted above the fireplace. You got to see their TV. Their dvd player and charter box are sitting in the wall behind the tv and are being controlled by a IR/RF device. Brandon had found RF remotes fro $400 but THEN found a IR/RF device that let you use your original remote and it only cost $60.
Both sets of in-laws helped a great deal in cleaning, hanging fans, and unpacking. This all had to be done by Saturday because they were throwing Erin's mom a surprise 50th birthday party. Kathy had no clue she was cleaning for her own party (that is the sneakiness of The Paynes).
On Friday night, Brandon's long time buddy and most importantly CUZZ, came into town. Scott and LB came up to Arab to hang with The Paynes. Brandon loved it. On his way home from work, Scott called and asked about plans. It took Brandon directly back to high school. They all decided to go eat Mexican and then off to the Arab/Guntersville football game. Guntersville ended up losing but it was a great time (least for BP and Erin :) ). Scott was stunned at how small the players seemed and even one time tried to jump the fence to tackle an Arab player smack talking the Guntersville player that wore Scott's old number. After the game they returned home to tour the new Payne house and to watch a little The Big Bang Theory. Brandon and Erin not sure if Scott and LB were impressed with The Big Bang Theory but they still recommend it. Brandon wants to make sure Scott knows that he is missed!!!!!
So Saturday came and the work continued. Brandon built a bench in the garage for all his tools and then returned to cleaning. Erin took her mom out for breakfast with her sister and returned with Rowan's bedding - TURTLES. Brandon was hoping for Auburn Football :).
At 6:30 Auburn football started and then at 7:30 the party started. It all went well and AUBURN WON!!. Erin loved having enough room to house all her family and cousins. This is something that wasn't even feasible in their old house (max capacity was around 10 people and that was tight on them).
Sunday they got up and went to church and then Erin headed to a baby shower for her cousin. Brandon headed home and for 2 solid hours napped and watche NFL football. It was great. Then he and Paisely, Cooper spent the night on the farm, headed outside to wash all three cars because the day was PERFECT. After the cars were washed, Brandon headed to get Cooper on the farm and change oil in the Trailblazer and to pet Yosimenti.
After that he returned home to join Erin in watching all their Monday shows they missed but had recorded on DVR.
The Major Addition - A Quick Summary
The Paynes are expecting their first child on Feb 4, 2010. This past Tuesday they finally found out the sex of the baby. Erin has predicted and mostly known from the beginning that the new addition is a little girl. Majority of her friends confirmed her thought.
Brandon on the other hand was hoping for a boy for several reasons: 1) retirement fund because any son of BP will be the best hoopster that the white world has ever seen 2) a boy can protect his younger sister 3) he can't wait to go to pee wee football games/soccer games/basketball games.
Brandon found it quite humerous the amount of 'ol wives' tales that are out there on predicting if it is a boy/girl. They had so many women say "Oh it is a definitely a girl because Erin is carrying high" Brandon was pretty much thinking it was a girl just from being a brainwashed but he held his own and kept saying "we will wait and see". It seemed like only the Chinese calendar was on Brandon's side in predicting a boy. But either way Brandon didn't really car deep down.
So the day finally came for The Paynes last tuesday. As Dr. Aguayo (a female) brought their little baby up on the screen, someone's mother intuition record went to 0-1. Yes that is right, Dr. Aquayo zeroed in on the man part and the shock and awe hit Erin. Brandon just grinned and asked for a high five from Erin. Even though Erin was shocked that it was a boy she was estactic to finally know the sex of the baby and more importantly the name of their newest member. See, if it was a girl, Erin had around 5 names to choose from. They had both agreed upon Camille but Erin eventually fell in likeness with other girl names such has Presely, Hadley, Harper, and Ava. Now Brandon believe these new names arose because finding a middle name for Camille became a TASK. Erin wanted to use her mom's middle name Jay but Camille Jay kind of stereotyped Camille as a pretty black girl.
But on the boy side, there was only one name that would do and they knew it from the beginning. So world welcome ROWAN ERIC PAYNE. Brandon will be the first to nickname Rowan "Rowin Aboat" or sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" to him.
So now it is time to start the nursery!!!!!
Brandon on the other hand was hoping for a boy for several reasons: 1) retirement fund because any son of BP will be the best hoopster that the white world has ever seen 2) a boy can protect his younger sister 3) he can't wait to go to pee wee football games/soccer games/basketball games.
Brandon found it quite humerous the amount of 'ol wives' tales that are out there on predicting if it is a boy/girl. They had so many women say "Oh it is a definitely a girl because Erin is carrying high" Brandon was pretty much thinking it was a girl just from being a brainwashed but he held his own and kept saying "we will wait and see". It seemed like only the Chinese calendar was on Brandon's side in predicting a boy. But either way Brandon didn't really car deep down.
So the day finally came for The Paynes last tuesday. As Dr. Aguayo (a female) brought their little baby up on the screen, someone's mother intuition record went to 0-1. Yes that is right, Dr. Aquayo zeroed in on the man part and the shock and awe hit Erin. Brandon just grinned and asked for a high five from Erin. Even though Erin was shocked that it was a boy she was estactic to finally know the sex of the baby and more importantly the name of their newest member. See, if it was a girl, Erin had around 5 names to choose from. They had both agreed upon Camille but Erin eventually fell in likeness with other girl names such has Presely, Hadley, Harper, and Ava. Now Brandon believe these new names arose because finding a middle name for Camille became a TASK. Erin wanted to use her mom's middle name Jay but Camille Jay kind of stereotyped Camille as a pretty black girl.
But on the boy side, there was only one name that would do and they knew it from the beginning. So world welcome ROWAN ERIC PAYNE. Brandon will be the first to nickname Rowan "Rowin Aboat" or sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" to him.
So now it is time to start the nursery!!!!!
The Major Move - A Quick Summary
For those of you that have grown accustomed to visiting Brandon and Erin at 340 Thompson Falls Road, you can erase that from your memory. Brandon and Erin have finally moved and now reside at 1995 Putter Circle NE, Arab, AL.
Brandon started keeping an eye on the housing market back in April and kept throwing out hints of how now would be a good time to get a bigger house with a garage (for their new car) with interest rates SO LOW. Erin didn't bite at first but come mid-summer, she realized what an AMAZING plan Brandon how come up with (it is one of the qualities that caused her to fall in love with him, his sexy good looks a given!!). It may also have been the fact that their first child was on the way and they were already busting out of their house.
Brandon and Erin started off looking for land in hopes of starting Brandon's dream farm. They wanted something small and affordable but spacious. They desired 5-10 acres to build on. They actually found a 5 acre plot of land in Union Grove and were seriously considering it but then the heart beat was heard and Brandon got a taste of reality. Brandon quickly realized that buying land and building a house may not be the smartest move right now so they reduced their plan to just buying a larger house.
After a month or so of looking they finally found the house for them. This house is a house that Erin initially said 'NO' to. But after being persuaded by Brandon and her father the realtor, realtor Rob, she took a look. Brandon was sold right away because of the massive Man Room that was found in the basement. After a day of thinking, Erin also joined the SOLD group.
Brandon and Erin closed on the house on August 21, 2009 and after 1 month of non stop work on the house, they finally spent their first night there on September 22, 2009. Now with Brandon working all day and then going straight to the new house to do all the needed upgrades and with Erin not being able to help because of all the pain fumes and her being pregnant, The Paynes were sometime stretched to the limit.
But with still a lot of updates needing to be done outside, The Paynes are not situated at 1995 Putter Circle.
Brandon started keeping an eye on the housing market back in April and kept throwing out hints of how now would be a good time to get a bigger house with a garage (for their new car) with interest rates SO LOW. Erin didn't bite at first but come mid-summer, she realized what an AMAZING plan Brandon how come up with (it is one of the qualities that caused her to fall in love with him, his sexy good looks a given!!). It may also have been the fact that their first child was on the way and they were already busting out of their house.
Brandon and Erin started off looking for land in hopes of starting Brandon's dream farm. They wanted something small and affordable but spacious. They desired 5-10 acres to build on. They actually found a 5 acre plot of land in Union Grove and were seriously considering it but then the heart beat was heard and Brandon got a taste of reality. Brandon quickly realized that buying land and building a house may not be the smartest move right now so they reduced their plan to just buying a larger house.
After a month or so of looking they finally found the house for them. This house is a house that Erin initially said 'NO' to. But after being persuaded by Brandon and her father the realtor, realtor Rob, she took a look. Brandon was sold right away because of the massive Man Room that was found in the basement. After a day of thinking, Erin also joined the SOLD group.
Brandon and Erin closed on the house on August 21, 2009 and after 1 month of non stop work on the house, they finally spent their first night there on September 22, 2009. Now with Brandon working all day and then going straight to the new house to do all the needed upgrades and with Erin not being able to help because of all the pain fumes and her being pregnant, The Paynes were sometime stretched to the limit.
But with still a lot of updates needing to be done outside, The Paynes are not situated at 1995 Putter Circle.
How Will All This Blogging Work?
My name is Brandon Payne and I am the author/creator of The Payne's. The Payne's will not be your typical blog in the aspect that it will be written in 3rd peron. I wanted to make this blog different since there are so many blogs out there (I have heard rumors that certain pets have learned to create their own blogs). So since I occasionaly talk in 3rd person anyway, what better than to create a blog in 3rd person.
So this blog will be updated once and at most twice a week. You can think of it as a weekly sitcom.
Now a lot of you know that I hate to blog so why start another blog. The answer is simple: Rowan Eric Payne. What better way to keep all the soon to be grandparents, relatives, friends and cuzzes up-to-date on the newest addition. I have also had so many people ask how we became so a cool married couple. Most of it is natural but I must admit, Erin and I have some secrets that can be shared.
So welcome and enjoy the life of The Payne's
So this blog will be updated once and at most twice a week. You can think of it as a weekly sitcom.
Now a lot of you know that I hate to blog so why start another blog. The answer is simple: Rowan Eric Payne. What better way to keep all the soon to be grandparents, relatives, friends and cuzzes up-to-date on the newest addition. I have also had so many people ask how we became so a cool married couple. Most of it is natural but I must admit, Erin and I have some secrets that can be shared.
So welcome and enjoy the life of The Payne's
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