Happy Birthday Brinley!!!

Brinley turned 8 on December 14th! We had her party the Saturday before and she got to invite 10 girls to come get their hair and nails done with her at the Paul Mitchell Hair School in Provo! These girls were all so cute and so excited! They had a great time! Each girl had their own stylist and got a full manicure, nails painted and all and then got to choose how they got their hair styled! :) Most of them just told the girls to do whatever, and they all ended up so cute! They came and got the girls one by one and called their name out, and made each girl feel like a superstar! I thought it was kinda funny, but the way cute stylists didn't do near as good of job as the girls that you would look at and think they wouldn't know what they were doing! (Does that even make sense) So, basically the not very cute girls did a way good job on the girls! Ha ha! I just thought that was kinda backwards!

Brinley and her friends just seemed so grown up! It is fun having my "little" girl caring about styles, hair, nail, clothes, etc. Anyway, enough about that! We came back to the house after (there was a huge snowstorm this day) and we decorated gingerbread girls and boys! I made 2 batches of gingerbread the night before, and cut them all out! They were so yummy! We had all kinds of things to put on them! Morgan went and got us pizza and we put Brinley through the spanking machine (for some reason my kids luv this!) and we opened presents! We ended up running out of time to do anything else! She got some of the cutest presents from her friends! She loved them all! Thanks so much everyone for the nice gifts!

My little girl is going to be baptized on Jan. 2nd! She is so excited! I took her to her bishop's interview on Sunday and on the way I was saying to her in the car that I couldn't believe she was old enough to be baptized, she was just so excited and was skipping into her interview! It made me realize that I need to enjoy where my kids are at right now, and enjoy the things they are doing NOW instead of wishing they were still little, cuz guess what? They are going to grow up whether I like it or not! So, thanks Brin for teaching me a lesson of "Enjoying the ride"! I love you little girl!

8 things I love about my 8 Yr. Old!!!

1. Her smile

2. Her love for her brothers and sister

3. Her love for reading

4. Always wanting to Choose the Right

5. How kind she is to everyone around her

6. Her silliness (especially when it's bedtime!)

7. How she would never say a mean thing about anyone

8. Her willingness to always help out when I need her

Happy Birthday sissy! We love you!

Below is a little blub from her "spotlight" that was in our ward newsletter:

Brinley turned 8 on December 14th and is so excited to be baptized!

She loves having her birthday in December because she knows when it's her birthday that Christmas is only 11 days away!

Brinley has been the little princess in our family for the last 7 years, and

has brought so much joy and love to our home! She prayed and prayed for a little sister

and in July her little sister Halle was born! Don't get me wrong, she LOVES her brothers,

but there is just something about having a sister! She is the caretaker in our home!

She loves to make sure everyone has what they need and that everyone is happy!

She is a great little mommy to Boston and Halle, and looks up to her big brother Zach, he is a great example

to her, and teaches her between right and wrong.

Brinley loves to do what is right and doesn't like to get in trouble! She loves school, especially

MATH and READING! She loves to DANCE and do GYMNASTICS! You can expect to find her doing

cartwheels, and tumbling around the house! Brinley is a great friend and is nice to everyone!

We are proud of her for choosing to be baptized, and are truly blessed to have her in our family!

We love you Brin!

FuNnY pIcTuReS!

A couple of Sundays ago we were just hangin out and Brinley was being silly and put her glasses on Halle! We all got a good laugh out of it, but Halle didn't find it too amusing!

I thought this was a cute picture of the boys after the Utah v.s. BYU game! Poor little Boston and my cute little nephew Nate had to take it from these 2 BYU fans the whole game! They stood their ground though! They were so cute and stood behind Utah the whole game! They weren't very happy at the end though, there were even a few tears shed! Sorry boys!

I love Boston's face in this picture!

Turkey Trot Winners- Thanksgiving 2009

Brinley- 1st place winner for the 2nd grade

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving was a BUSY day! It was the kids last day at school and their annual Turkey Trot that they look forward to every year! My kids have always done good (they get their speed from their dad believe it or not!) But this year, my little Brinley came in !st place in the whole 2nd grade! She was so excited! She won a t-shirt this year instead of a turkey when she won in kindergarten! She wore her shirt proud though! Zach did awesome and came in 3rd for the 5th grade! Way to go kids! It was fun to come and watch you! So, after spending a couple of hours at the school we went back home to packing our bags to leave for St. George as soon as Morgan got home from work. This was our first trip away from home for that many days since we had Halle, it's amazing what one little body can do! We were packed to the brim! Leaving as late as we did the kids slept most of the way which was nice, we were so happy to be going to St. George! We love visiting every chance we can! We grew up as kids going to St. George visiting my grandparents (that's where my mom grew up) so ever since my parents bought their condo we have been having Thanksgiving there which brings back alot of memories! We had a great time with my family, we were all there except my brother Ryan and his family who live in Tennessee and my other brother Matt and his family who live in Idaho. We missed you guys! The weather was beautiful while we were there! The kids were able to play outside alot, and Boston learned what "street ball" was! :) The kids played alot of football, and played at the park that is right up the street! The dads took the kids to Dixie College to play football Thanksgiving morning so we could help my mom in the kitchen.

I realized once I got home how much sleep I DIDN'T get while I was there! I was worn out cold when we got home! Thursday night I didn't even go to bed and left the house at 3:45 a.m. with my sister, my nephew, and my cousin to go shopping! I met my sister in law and my cousin at Target at 6:00 and they were already done and had a place in line! So I grabbed what I needed and hopped in line with them, it was great! Then we headed home for a couple hours of sleep before the kiddos woke up!

These are just a few pics of the weekend, but couldn't stand not posting about Thanksgiving!

Zach, Brinley, and Boston after the Turkey Trot

Zach- 3rd place winner for the 5th grade

SISTERS!!!

We took the kids to Tuachan to see the live Nativity! It was really short- only lasted about 20 mins. they LOVED it and didn't want it to end!

I can't remember if I ever posted about my cute little nephew that was born exactly a week before Halle. We waited a LONG time for these 2 little precious babies to be born! They are both so healthy, we are truly blessed! This picture above is the first time they met at Lance's baby blessing when they were just a month old! How sweet are they! We had a major photo shoot with them and got so many cute pictures when they were just so tiny!

This is them now at 4 months old in their bumbo chairs together! They are so much fun to have together! They bring so much JOY!!!

This is all the nieces and nephews at my sweet aunt's house who had all 33 of us over for pie Thanksgiving night! Thank you Darla for having us in your home! We love you!

My sister always takes the kids to hike the Dixie rock and the Narrows while we are there, but this year she took the kids to the Sand Dunes! They had a blast! She is always so good to take them kids and do something fun while we get our Christmas shopping done! I don't have any pictures, cuz they are on her camera, but the kids had so much fun burying each other in the sand and playing football too! Thanks Sonn for taking them, they always look forward to doing something special with you!

Boston was really looking forward to going to the Dixie rock, cuz he has never been old enough to go with all the cousins. The kids begged us to take them on our way out of town, and it was so much fun! Morgan and I hadn't been there since we dated in College and needless to say we have grown a little since then and couldn't fit through the Narrows this time! :( Our kids zipped up there in about 2 mins. and we just figured... why squeeze?

The view of the St. George Temple... so pretty!

The famous "Dixie rock"

Morgan with the kids on TOP!

I'm feeling Christmas in the air... Bring it on!!!