Bryn's Blessing

So we had Bryn's blessing at my mom's house in Davenport. I made sure to tell everyone not to be late that they had to be on time...and guess who was late ME. It was so awesome for me to have a lot of my family there. My dad wasn't able to make it but he was there in spirit. And it was so awesome for my step dad because he hasn't been able to be there for any of the other blessings. I can't describe how wonderful it felt to have such a huge support. We have been away from my family for so long it is just so nice to be back for a little while. I am just so thankful to everyone who came..Thank you.

Grandmas Girl

Jaylee loves having the spotlight! And Grandma loves to give lots of love and spoil her so they make a really good match!

Maple Syrup Festival

First you drill a hole into the tree...then as the maple rises it some out of the tree and you set a bucket under the hole and viola..maple.

Collecting the Maple..

Grandma and Jay..Ok seriously it was hilarious to watch Pat, she was so determined to find maple that she went off the pathway and made her own way.

And we're off to find some Maple.

We are so glad that we got to do this with grandma and pi. We all had such a great time.

Maple Syrup Festival

So at the Hartman Reserve they sponser a Maple Syrup Festival...Which included all you can eat pancakes. (Anywhere there is food just count me in) It was really a lot of fun. We got to find out how syurup is made and wow it is a long process and we got to go out and collect maple from the trees and did you know March is the only month that you can collect maple? We had a blast. It was a lot of fun to share those moments with Marks parents.

Wow

Blog overload...so that was the month of February! It was a really great month. Sometimes in the moment I tend to get stressed out and overwhelmed, and it is really nice to have some of these pics to remind myself how much fun we all have together. I love my family so much.

Vistitors

A trip from Grandma and Pi isn't complete unless we watch Mama Mia..
The Girls...

The Boys...

Yeah for Grandma and Pi...We all really miss seeing Grandma and Pi, so they were so awesome that they came out for the Bryn's Blessing. And it was a really fun visit.

Birthday Weekend

My lil sis with the kids.
Flowers from my friend..yes that is in an oj container...thats all I could find.

This is the beautiful cake that my besty in Phoenix had sent to me.. It was a three layer divine cake that words can't express how delicous it was. And seriously how sweet is that she sent me a cake!

We spent my birthday at my moms...My mom granted my wish and took us all to Chuck E Cheese...Where a kid can be a kid...And while Mark and i played Tom played with the two older ones and my mom played with Bryn. While Mark and I had a serious basketball tournoment with a little kid...This wasn't just any kid, I had made the high score on the basketball game and he beat it..so we had two hours of beating eachothers high scores. It was super fun.

Ahhh...

Seriously how can you not laugh at that! Brecken found some sort of wrap and thought it would make an awesome headband...And this lady in our ward got him a hockey stick bc she thought he really needed to have one....Of course he LOVES it. PS do you notice that he is always dirty??? It is impossible to keep him clean...I do try I swear.

Smiley

Smiles and Smiles (only during the day) This is my little smiley girl.

Friends

This is Jaylee's little friend...What they love to do...play dress up and boss their little brothers around!

Snowy Days

We made a snow cave but I never got a picture of it...But here is Mark building it...Can you believe the snow is still all the way up to his knees...Ahh Crazy Buisness

I tried to have Mark do that to me but it resulted in a face plant into the snow...I guess I weigh to much!

Have you ever met a Snow Devil...Now you have. Crazy ideas start to brew when you have had snow on the ground for three straight months..

(Feb 2010)

Mini Wayne

This is our mini version of Grandpa Pi...

Two Balloons

Balloons are a wonderful cheap form of entertainment! Our Great Aunt Carla sent us some and we had a blast with them! We love to make static and bounce on them ( well i cant bounce on them, but the kids do) they hit each other..all kinds of fun!

ReAlLy

Really? Are boys always like this? Every time I turn around he is either dumping something out, breaking something or trying to climb up something....This is what happened as I tried to go to pee without taking him with me..

Boredom....

Out of boredom comes great ideas...Well this one came from online. A bird feeder made of pine cones peanut butter and birdseed. Well looks like the squirrel got dibs on it, he came and just yanked it right down! The kids loved watching him as he was trying to get it down. I love how easily entertained kids can be some time! My two love watching animals..of any kind.

Daddy

Mark is such a good daddy that even when he comes home late he plays with them, whatever they want. Today they wanted to play in the snow...so there they are the three of them in the dark playing in the freezing cold! As long as they are having fun! (Feb 2010)

Love This

Seriously this is my favorite thing in the whole world, when the two of them are sitting together and totally getting along! It has been a new thing that they play together nicely, I just hope it continues to get better from here.

Buddies

So Buster and I have a love hate relationship right now....He keeps running away that is the hate but look how good he is with the baby. He is her little protector. How can I not love that.

America's Next Dance Crew

Jaylee and Brecken are now accepting applications to be in their dance crew! Whatch out ABDC ( mTV program) I have found the next best crew...and they are my little break dancers. Seriously they have mad skills, look Jaylee she isn't even playing around.

I give up....

for the day...I have been trying to upload pictures for like an hour now and yet I have accomplished one I have no idea what is going on but I tried. So hopefully it wont take me another month to try again!

Marriage...

So Jaylee is a princess, that's not a new fact but now she wants a prince? So who better a choice than Brecken...So Jaylee has recently been telling me that she loves Brecken so much that she wants to marry him. It is quit cute, of course I told her that she needs to marry a friend not her brother but that is a lotta love for the little man. Another funny little thing she has been saying is actually in her prayers, she thanks Heavenly Father that mommy and daddy kissed and danced so that they could be married.. I think that is just to cute. What can I say I am her mom, I think just about everything is cute, besides the occasional screaming temper tantrum!

Grandma

This is a picture with Grandma Great... We love being close enough to see my family, it has really been great watching the kids get to know the other side of the family(although we do really miss Grandma and PI, marks parents)

Sleepy Heads

Mark loves to snuggle...and it puts Bryn to sleep!

Valentines Fun

Funny Faces...

We got bored so...we decided to make headbands...Of course Brecken's didn't last long before he ripped it all up...what so ya do.

The Treadmill

My treadmill finally got some use! On Brecken's forehead!!! Grandpa was letting the kids run some energy out on the treadmill and then bam!!!