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I am in such good spirits. I just heard a american airlines agent say those mystical words…the ones that are dreamed of..sought and wished for but rarely ever heard: “the flight is so light you can pretty much sit where ever you want!” So Becky and I snatched up the Exit Row and it is from said row that I am writing.

We have spent the last week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and it has been incredible! Initially, it wasn’t my first choice. But Becky really wanted to go and to be honest, after the last month and a half, I could care less where we went as long as it was just her and I. So here is a brief glimpse at the trip….

We arrive in sunny San Jose, walk off the plane, down the tarmac, and into the customs area. We clear customs without a hitch and go in search of our lone check bag. This is where the story gets good… We find our bag without incident and proceed through imigration. Now Mexican Immigration does it a little different than the US; the xray every bag as you go through immigration. So Beck and I toss our bag up on to the xray machine and walk on through. Suddenly, the amigo watching the computer screen gets a funny look on his face and starts talking in rapid spanish to his xray buddies. Finally, one of them comes over and takes the bag out of the machine to an examing table nearby. No Problem. We have nothing to hide. He unzips the bag and starts going through it until he finds the three bath “bombs” that Becky brought along. Now, incase you don’t know what a Bath Bomb is, it basically looks like a baseball sized powder ball. It should also be mentioned that Becky’s spanish is much better than mine, but anyone that knows me knows that ain’t sayin much. So Becky is trying to explain what the ball is without saying the word bomb which is all that is coming to mind. Finally, the guy gets the idea of what it is because Becky keeps holding it to her nose but not to be dismissed, he continues to search around the bag to make it look like the bath bomb wasn’t the only thing he was looking for…so he pokes and prods around the bag and is just about to zip it up when he spies a very non-descript black plastic bag. At this point, I realize what he is about to do and start to laugh while Becky is just glad she isn’t being locked up for bath soaps. Eventually Becky realizes that he is opening up this black bag and wants to know why I am laughing. Then she gets an inkling of what is in the black bag and turns the brightest, cutest shade of pink I have ever seen. Let’s just say that the black bag contents (remeber this is our 1 year anniversary and we haven’t seen much of each other the last several weeks) contain, as Becky later coined the phrase, “Intimacy Enhancers”. And the Immigration officer played it like a professional straight man; he didn’t even crack a smile! Granted, in his line of work there is not telling what he has come across. Needless to say, Becky and I laughed the numerous times since then at the experience….

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Hey, I just uploaded some photos from a trip to Zurich…You can check them out here at Flickr. I am using an awesome plugin from Joe Tan at Tan Tan Noodles to display the images here on the WP blog. I am still working out the kinks with some help from Joe but go check out his website!

Things were a little slow around the house this morning…wait, lets start this like this:

Hi, My name is Brandon and I am a snorrer… Yeah, I know snorrer isn’t a real word but I can see it catching on…maybe…anyway, poor Becky ended up having to get up at 5am and heading to the couch so she could get an hour of sleep before the alarm went off. All because my snorrering has apparently gotten worse over the last several days. I can’t figure out why….I have had some back problems so maybe that is it but usually if I lay on a certain side, I don’t snore. And then, the dogs were moving really slow this morning and they do sleep right out side our open door…I should probably check to make sure the neighbors weren’t up all night…come to think of it we haven’t seen our neighbors in a few days…maybe they got a hotel room..oh well

This week is bittersweet because Becky has left to goto Colorado Springs (thats the sad part) to see her sister Julie (G.I. Julie to non-family ) who is home from almost 18 months in Iraq (that is the supercalifragilesticexpialidocious part). Julie will be in Colorado Springs for about the next year doing state side training. It is SUCH an answer to prayer to have her home safe and for Becky and MaMa Howell to be able to spend this time with her.

On a side note, this is the first time that Becky and I have been apart since the wedding and it (Careful…censor non-church word) “sucks”!

I tried for the longest time to come up with a suitable quip but for the life of me I can’t think of a single one…”The Big Fish has left the building.”; “The Big Fish has flown the coup.”; “The Big Fish has sunk”…see? None of these makes any sense…course that is probably because I have no idea who “The Big Fish” is…here I go rambling again.

The long and the short of it is that I am leaving Big Fish Films where I have worked for over 3 and a half years. It is bittersweet because I have become very comfortable/confident at where I am and what I can do at Big Fish. But the sweet part is awesome! I am going to be working as a Creative Director at Prestonwood Church in Plano. More specifically, I am going to be working with a creative team to produce the show, “Wright’s Direction“. I will also be responcible for the Sunday morning “Big City” (4-6th grades group time) live production. It is so exciting not only to be directing a sitcom and working with kids, but also to work with the extremely talented team of individuals that make up the creative team.

So this is the closing of one chapter, and the beginning of another. But through all the prayer and seek God’s guidance on whether or not to take this step, I have been so thankful for Becky. THis is the first big decision for us as a married couple. Becky was amazingly supportive while letting me lead our family (of two) forward where God is taking us. I am so incredible blessed to have a wife like her.

Well…Beck and I (and Harley) have been married for 27 days today; and after 27 days, Married Life is…funny. There are tons of words that have come to mind over the last several weeks…and I have no dobut there will be infinitely more words that could send that sentence in the coming years. But right now, marriage is funny. Not ha-ha funny but more “Huh…that’s funny”.
There are countless times over the last month that I have stopped, cocked my head, and said to myself, “Really? Never thought about it that way” or “that isn’t true…is it?”. I don’t want to embarrass Becky (or myself) with examples but suffice to say, living together is both amazing and frustrating simultaneously (though I have to admit it is mostly amazing). One of these days I am going to knock myself soundly in the head because she keeps leaving the kitchen cabnets open. And one of these days I will finally learn how to only use a towel three times before getting a new one.

One thing is for sure: Amazing, Frustrating, Good, Bad, and Ugly, (and beleive me, my most handsome moment is not first thing in the morning) I would not want to experince a single second of this without Becky or with anyone else. Period.

Wedding bells are ringing like crazy. Not so much for me…yet. There were like 6 wedding that I saw last weekend- it was crazy! And then I realized that I am just going to add to the chaos in 10 short days. People keep asking me if I am nervous or if I have cold feet…and to be honest, I always thought that at some point, I would have second thoughts. But God has been so good! Since I got down on one knee (not easy for a 6′6 guy) and asked the beautiful woman in front of me to be my wife (her name is Becky:), I have never looked back and never had a doubt. I can’t wait to be married to this amazing woman that God has given to me (and me to her). Course, I have also been working like a madman the last two weeks and have another shoot on Thursday, so I have had a few other things on my mind. But in those quite moments, when I am alone with the Lord, there is no hesitation or doubt that He has great things in store for us.

Found this picture from last year when we went to the North Texas Irish Festival and I just had to brag on my beautiful wife-to-be!!! I am by far the luckiest guy on earth!! It is amazing what a simple smile can do to my heart…