With everyone being sick in our house lately, I haven't really been out much. On Saturday, also known as Halloween, and for the sake of this story I will remind you that Halloween falls in October which is 2 months before Christmas, I got to go to Target to get candy for our trick or treaters. You can imagine my surprise when I turn on the radio to find a Christmas song!!  Not just one, on one station, but NOT STOP on THREE different stations!!! As if that was not enough, when I arrived at Target, I went back by the seasonal stuff to get the candy, and had to walk past their 5 aisles that they already have filled with Christmas trees, lights, cards, etc.  Seriously!? How soon is too soon to start thinking about Christmas!?  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Christmas and the way the season makes everyone feel and the kids being so excited and everything, but it’s too early.  I seriously think we need to have a big clearance Halloween section before we can just move right on to Christmas. Oh, and don't forget about Thanksgiving! Or did they move it and I missed it? So Happy Holidays everyone!!

First off, thank you everyone for your well wishes for our son Will.  He is doing good and we seem to have everything controlled at this time.  Second, I have never posted anything on this page before because it's Nicci's way to communicate with you and let you know what happens in our lives that doesn't make it on the air. 

The reason I am posting today is to thank Nicci for everything she does for me and the kids.  With my job and the hours I'm gone with my airshift, remotes, bar gigs, weekend appearances, special events and more, she always puts her own career aside and schedules photo shoots around my work schedule and the kids schedules too.  I know, she would say "that's what a mom does," but she really goes above and beyond "what a good mom does!" 

She is the first one up when one of the kids is sick and needs something in the middle of the night, even though she hasn't slept good in days because she can't sleep when she knows the kids aren't feeling well.  Sometimes it feels like she is a single mom during the week because I am not around to help her.  Example: My typical weekday...Get up with the kids and get them breakfast, wait for Nicci to get them dressed (I am terrible at matching clothes), take them to school, go to work, return from work after the kids are already in bed, and hang out with Nicci for a couple of hours before going to bed.  Nicci's typical weekday...Get the kids dressed (in matching clothes), do some laundry, clean up after Daddy and the kids made another mess eating breakfast, take care and entertain the boys, facebook, make the kids lunch, clean up after lunch, put the kids down for a nap, watch Days while facebooking, do some more laundry, wake the boys up from their naps, pick up Emma from school, do Emma's homework with her, make supper, clean up after supper, give the kids baths, do some more laundry (we have alot of laundry), put the kids to bed and hang out with me for a couple of hours before going to bed.  Oh, and she makes sure the kids get their wellness check ups, our bills are paid, manages the family schedule, goes grocery shopping, clothes shopping for all of us and more!  All this while trying expand her own photography business!!! 

So, when you say to me "Wow, you really put in a lot of hours", I normally tell you it's better than working a "real job"...now you know what I am talking about.  Thank you Nicci for working a "real job!"  I am a very lucky to have Nicci as the glue that holds our family together and allows me to follow my dream of working at Y100!  Nicci, I love you very much and hope that you know how much I truely appreciate what you do for our family!

-Bryan