The Happy Couple! Well sort of.....

These are some of my favorite pictures of the Brins and GG! Everytime I look at them I just crack up! Brinley decided that they were going to get married the other morning. I asked her if I could take pictures of it and she agreed.
I asked her what her plans were and she said that they both needed to bring some things for their wedding. Brinley chose a Snow white crown, a stuffed animal, a book (that she could not read) and of course a bouquet of flowers. Garrett chose to bring his favorite blanket and 2 tennis balls. Really what more could you want to start of a great marriage! (That is about all Rob and I had when we started off)!
The best part about these pictures is Garrett! Brinley is happy and smilling in every picture, but Garrett on the other hand starts having second thoughts! He starts off Blissfully happy but then he starts to think about what and WHO he has "decided" to marry and becomes a little less thrilled. They make me laugh! Thank goodness for Garrett's sake Brinley changed her mind about the marriage the next day. You are safe for a day or two Garrett!

Goodbye BMX Track Hello Grass!

We are having so much fun with grass! I am not missing all of the dust and mud! This picture does not do Rob's track justice! He really built the coolest track! All of my good footage of it is on my video camera. Rob was a little sad to part with it but he admits now that the kids use it 10 times as much! Brinley and Garrett have learned to ride bikes in the last few weeks because of the sidewalk. It is so great! Even though it is 114 degrees out there they play soccer, and volleyball all of the time! Our Friend Dean Stadler did all of the lanscaping! He did such a great job! Thanks Dean!

12 4 & 5 yr. olds! Yikes!

Brinley's party was so much fun to do! We had a Luau/slip-n-slide party! It was the First time we have ever really "used" our backyard. Despite the crazy heat I think everyone had fun! My favorite part was making the party favors. I got these sand buckets w/shovels and filled them up with treats with a note that said "I hope you "DUG" my B-day party, thanks for coming!" Making the sand castle cake was fun too! I love parties!

Happy Birthday Brinley!

Brinley is 4! We love this girl! She is so much fun to be with! She has the best outlook on life! She is always happy and smiling!(Well 90% of the time anyway). She helps me with Garrett all day long! She is a "mother" to anything and anyone who will let her. She is just perfect! Well perfect to me! We love you Brins!

Happy Birthday Garrett!

I love this boy even though he is giving new meaning to the terrible twos! He is so dang cute that it is hard to stay upset with him! He is lovingly called GG by the whole family and half of the neighborhood! He is our little surprise miracle!WE all love you GG boy!

A sweet moment

I was just looking at this picture and I just have to write down this little moment I had with her, (so I don't forget it!)One morning I found her singing to her baby while rocking her. It was so sweet, she was being so still and quiet. I told her she was a wonderful mother! She just lit up and said, "Now that I am a mother can we read scriptures!" I just laughed, (normally that is not her favorite thing to do each morning!) I asked her, "Why is that what mothers do?" She said, "Yes rock their baby and read scriptures!"
I am so glad that right now in her 3 year old mind that is the definition of a mother! When Madey was about 4 she told me she did not want to ever be a mother! I was shocked! I asked her why and she said, "It is way too much work!" The funny thing is this totally sums up Madey and Brins- Brinley is looking at what is fun and Madey is looking at the reality of it all! I love these two girls! Thankfully I have won Madey over and She does want to be a mother someday!

A weekend of snow!

This is another fun memory I had to catch up on! We went up to Show Low for the weekend, to go to Daniel Livingston's baptism and to get some sledding in! We had a blast! We stayed at Kirk and JaNae's cabin. We wish they had been able to be there!It was wierd to be there without them! We went sledding right outside of thier backyard! Madey and Ethan loved it! Brins and Garrett weren't too sure about it! Rob was pretty disappointed at how cold the kids got! He thinks because he is from Idaho and grew up in the snow, they should never get cold!(Cute thinking!) I guess they have whimpy AZ. blood! At least they are cute like him!

Christmas Catch up!

I had one too many Christmas pictures this year! There are so many I left out! We had the best Christmas! I just had to put in a picture of Ron and Linda Anderson as Santa and Mrs. Claus! It just wouldn't be Christmas without them! They were so nice to come over to our family Christmas Eve party! Of course there are some pictures of our "Uncle" Jeff too! We love you as Santa! What a fun month!

Christmas fun! Better Late than never!

Taking my girls to see the Nutcracker, was one of my favorite memories! Heidi and I always take our girls together, but this year she didn't want to go! So it was just us 3! Madey begged to go backstage and that ended up being so much fun! Brinley was a total crack up! She just loved it! She kept whispering to me how pretty the dancers looked. She really didn't like the boy dancers though! She said, "I will not dance with a boy!" (So this is my proof that she DID say that! I will use it against her in about 10 years!)

Megan is home- well sort of!

Ok- well here are some pictures that I should have done back in December! We could hardly wait for our Meg to get off that plane! Her flight was delayed by over 2 hours! Heidi, Abby and I were so excitted for the sisters to be back together! We were missing Lindsey that night! I wish I had a pictures of Meg and mom! Mom was so excitted! She made this cute sign for her! We had Meg here for less than two weeks before she headed back to BYU! She graduates this coming December with a Political Science Major! She has big plans that girl! We love her So much!

It can not be FEBRUARY!

I am so behind on this blog! But for the sake of my kids and a future scrapbook, I have got to catch up! December was crazy, but it was fun crazy! We had so many fun parties and family activities, I am sad to be back to "real -life"! I have way too many pictures that I want to post!
Today Brinley said the funniest thing,that I just have to record! I was getting her ready for Joy School, and I told her that I was going to miss her so bad when she was gone. She looked at me and said in a REALLY monotone voice,"You will be just fine." I just started laughing! She keeps me on my toes!

Megan's Coming Home!

My little sister Megan is coming Home tonight! She has been serving a church mission for the last 18 months, in Romania! We have missed her so much! My kids are just as excitted for her to come home than for Christmas Day! That tells you something about her! She is so sweet and so much fun to be with! She has an amazing talent at making people feel happy and good about themselves! She is truly a Christlike person! We are so lucky to have her in our family! We will see her in about 7 hours! What a great Christmas gift!