{Christmas Eve}

making some quick and easy cookies for Santa;)

The kids putting out some "Reindeer Food"...cute idea my neighbor had...the kids loved it!



We stayed at Brocs parents on Christmas eve and had a really nice Christmas morning with them. His sister Shurron and her cute little family were there too. Our kids were fun this year! They were loving all the little things like the Reindeer Food and cookies for Santa and also Christmas jammies.

{Christmas Program 2009}

Brylee had a Christmas Program for Preschool and it was so fun and cute to see them all singing and being so excited when Santa walked into the room. Brylee sang her little heart out and She was a very pretty Angel:)





Looking for Santa!
Singing LOUD so Santa will come see them!
And she was thrilled with the gift Santa gave her (a new book)!

Where do Babies come from???

Tonight I let Brylee come with me to the salon to put a color in a friends hair. She was so good, she is just growing up on me. After that we went to dinner with Broc and Payson, and we drove seperate because they had some errands to run first. We climbed into the car and our car is still fairly new to us because we've only had it a couple month. It's a Tahoe and we keep the third seat folded up in the back. Brylee looked back there when she climbed in the car and this is how our conversation went:

Brylee- Mom I have an idea...when you have two babies they can both sit back there in that seat.
Me-Oh I don't think I will have two babies, that would be a lot of work! I think one baby is enough. (no i'm not pregnant...we are talking future here)
A few minutes go by and she had to ask....
Brylee-Mom...where do babies come from?
Me-They come from Heaven
Brylee-How do they get here?
Me-Heavenly father puts them in the mommies belly so it can grow healthy and strong
Brylee-(after some deep thought) Well how does he get the baby in there?
Me-(I was not prepared for this conversation as you can tell) He plants a seed and the baby grows from that little seed. Its kind of magic.
Brylee-Hey I have a plan mom....we could get a flower pot like grandmas and plant the seed in it and it would grow big like a flower!

And from there I let her take her imagination where she wanted it to go....I did not know what more to say for fear of the oncoming questions that she would be throwing out there. Lets just say I can't believe how smart kids are and how much and how deep they think about things. She is a sweetheart and even though she is busy busy busy we love her to pieces.

This will have to do....

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I apologize to whoever didn't get a card.....I either didn't have your address or I ran out of envelopes;) I had a few more people on my list and ran short of envelopes and just never found time to go get more. So I hope this will do! And I will be back to blogging as soon as I can figure out why my computer won't let me get pics off my camera.....wish me luck.

{Winter Days}

I was looking through my camera and noticed that there are some random pics that I have never posted and I just wanted to catch up a little bit on what's going on with us. The snow has been great for my kids.....the cold not so much. That cold spell we had for a few days was not fun and my kids couldn't even go outside. It seems like they have had non stop colds this winter. So we are glad to finally have some snow (we would rather have that than the cold!) and we hope to get more for Christmas! Especially because Payson LOVES to shovel:)



These two have been playing so good except that Payson has learned that he is not going to put up with his sister bossing him around all the time. A couple of weeks ago she was being her bossy old self and was right in his face.....well he reached up with both hands and pinched her cheeks pretty hard. She had some nice scabs for a few days. Broc just laughs because he has said for a long time to Brylee "You better be careful because someday Payson will be as big as you and he won't put up with that". And it's true he is getting bigger and is NOT putting up with it! It's good for her, she needs to be put in her place once in a while:)

This is her after she frosted some cookies we baked the other day(wearing her cute apron Grandma Kay made for her)....

(Don't mind the messy hairdo, she can't seem to keep it very descent for a whole day:) )

{Birthday #26}

Birthdays are just not what they used to be but all i know is we are so lucky to have so many great friends! They are what made my birthday so great!! We all went to dinner and The Blindside on friday (amazing movie BTW). Then Saturday we kind of took it easy and got Christmas all put up. Then Sunday (my actual bday) we ended up sleeping in until 8:30, which was great! I told Broc we needed to make it to the last two hours of church and he suggested going to see Grandma Kay. She has been out of the hospital for a couple weeks now and we hadn't been to see her. I loved that idea so we loaded up the kids and headed to Driggs. I always love going up to the valley, it's so pretty, especially where G'ma lives because she's right against the mountains and has a wonderul view of the Tetons. It was so good to visit with Grandma, I always feel so full of knowledge when I leave her house. First thing she said to me when we got there was "Hey your a hair lady, you can curl my hair" HA so I grabbed an ancient curling iron out of her vanity drawer and curled her hair the best i could with what i had to work with. I would have taken my own tools had i know she wanted her hair done! I would have taken scissors too for that matter. Anyways we headed home around 12:30 because Broc had planned a little party for me with a few friends. There happened to be a Dallas game on at the same time as my party....hmmmmmm.....it was fun though! Good company and Good food! I just enjoy the company of our friends. I got spoiled once again from him. He always does more than he should, and i love him so much for trying so hard to make me happy. All of our friends are older then me and so when someone asked how old i was turning and i said 26 they looked at Broc and he said "Yep she's just a baby". Then I told them to ask him when he married me and he said "18". He gets alot of crap for that! HAHA Its funny...that seems like SO long ago.

Over all a great Birthday weekend! Thanks for all the calls and Texts, I am so lucky to have so many friends and family who care about me!

{Thanksgiving Program}

I will admit, i have been terrible at taking pics and blogging lately! I am sorry to some of you who keep tabs on me;) haha j/k I have just been at the salon ALOT lately and have had to spend all my extra time cleaning my house and taking care of my children who hate when i have to go to work. It's really hard to leave when they don't want me to go but it's so nice to get out of the house a few times a week. I love my kids and husband so much and this Thanksgiving was another reminder of all that i am thankful for. Family is the most important thing and nothing else should come before it.

Brylee had her Thanksgiving Program for her prechool class and it was fun to see her get up there and sing songs and do the actions to them because she never shows me at home what she has learned. She comes out of her shell around her teachers. Her preschool is amazing and it has been so good for her. She really has learned alot and has taught us a few things she has learned. For example one day i gave her something to eat and i could tell she really didn't want it, I was waiting for the "I don't want that!" but instead she looked at me and said "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit". I was shocked!!! She told me that she learned it from Miss Kari (her teacher). So i think it's been well worth it to have her in it.





We love you "Brylee-Boo"

Our little Artist...

Most of Brylee's spare time is spent creating pictures and all kinds of art projects. She is really good at coloring too. I think i'm going to enter her into a little coloring contest, i think she would love that. I love that she has found something that she is good at and she loves to do. She takes so much time on each picture and she is pretty darn good at drawing pictures of people. We are proud of our little artist! Broc's grandma and my grandma were both artists so it's kind of in the blood:)

Isn't she Gorgeous???

This pic is so funny but doesn't she just look beautiful?! ;) She is very proud that she did her own make-up (lots of my highlighter) AND put on her very own earrings....can you tell? I love that she is so girly. She is a tough one to deal with most days but I enjoy her spunky personality!

It's November....say WHAT?!

Yes it's November and I can't believe it either. I am going to try and be better this year about getting ready for the holidays. I am a HUGE procrastinator and it's got to stop because i always stress out when the holidays come and i'm not ready:) So if any of you have this same problem and need gift ideas then i can help you out! GIFT CERTIFICATE to RADIANCE!!! Gift certificates are the best gift i think. And they can use them for multiple things at Radiance. For more info click HERE because we are also doing a REALLY good deal on cuts and colors. Free cut with a color for the month of November!!! That is a steal.

Also I am filling up pretty quickly before Thanksgiving time and I'm assuming December will be the same so if you would like to get in please call me 757-8023 or Radiance 356-8646. Thanks Everyone!!! (Spread the word!)