One Day At A Time......

Change of Season

2010-10-17T17:13:00.000-07:00

This is by far my very favorite time of year, we just celebrated Brynlee's 5th Birthday, Halloween is coming..... and I love the weather. Fall is so refreshing. Life is still crazy and hectic and never seem to go the way I plan it, but I am ready to make life go the way I need it to. Right now I am in the process of deciding "What I want to be when I grow up." Yes I am almost all grown, but I am going to start school hopefully this Janurary. I will post pictures of Brynlee's Birthday soon!!

Family Pictures

2009-12-29T19:46:00.001-08:00

Here are some of the pictures Shay (Kayloni's) friend took of me and Brynlee. I love how they turned out and Brynlee seriously looks so grown up. There are so many cute ones that I had to chose from, so these are just a few.

HALLOWEEN

2009-11-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween this year. Brynlee chose to be Dorthy from Wizard of Oz, so her Grammy found her a great costume! She looked so cute! Friday she got to dress up for school and she was so excited to see what all of the other kids were wearing! She had a great day at school, and that night she got to have a party and Grandma Laurie's house! All of the grand kids came over and they ate a Halloween feast, and played lots of festive games.
When it came to the actual Halloween day, we went over and visited her great Grandparents, and then we made a few other stops. Soon we got home and she went trick or treating! We only made it around our neighborhood she wasn't as into it as I thought she would be, but I think that just comes with age. Kayloni and Erik came over to my parents house and Erik made my parents house the scariest one on the block. Also he was dressed up and scarred all of the children that came to get treats. Brynlee didn't think that was all so great so she told Kayloni she could stay but that her husband had to go home, but once Erik took the mask off she warmed right back up to him.
It was a great Halloween, and it still remains my favorite holiday!

The kids all dressed up for Grandma's party!

Bobbing for doughnuts!!!

Wrap the Mummy!

Rollin' in the Candy!

Yes, Kayloni and I still dress up! Arrrrrg!

Me and my little Dorothy!!

BRYNLEE IS '4'

2009-10-19T09:47:00.000-07:00

Ok so I feel awful that is has taken me this long to put pictures up of Brynlee's Birthday. I guess part of me is still in denial that she is growing up. Brynlee didn't just have a Birthday she seemed to have a Birthweek this year. We started out with her Family Party on that Monday! She loves her cousins, grandparents, great grandparents and her aunts and uncles so she loved seeing them all there to celebrate her Birthday.

Then she spent most of her real Birthday with her Grammy and Dad. She had a great day with them and she got spoiled as usual.

That night she came home and I told her we could do anything she wanted. My cute simple daughter said "I want Chicken Nuggets from Wendy's and to watch Harry Potter up stairs." I tried throwing out a few more exciting ideas and she said, "Mom it's My Birthday." So Wendy's and Harry Potter it was.

It has become a tradition that before she goes to bed on her Birthday, I tell her the story of September 30, 2005. She loves to hear about her entrance into the world.

Then we closed out the week on Friday with her Friend Party. She has made so many cute friends in the neighborhood! She was so excited to have them all over to play with!! This was her first ever Friend's Party!!!

All and all it was a great week. I love seeing her smile and I saw an overload of smiles from her that week.

I still can't believe how fast these four years have gone by, but she is no longer the Baby that came into this world for a purpose, she is the little angle her Heavenly Father intended her to be! Brynlee is literally my own personal angel. I at times wonder how she has become so smart and wise for her age. I love her with all of my heart and am so grateful I got to celebrate the best day ever with her, September 30th!! I love you Buggas!

Enjoy all the pictures from Birthweek!!!

Questar Lagoon Day

2009-09-16T12:35:00.000-07:00

Ok so every year my dad's work has a Lagoon Day. We have gone since we were little kids and now we are taking our little kids. He hates that we still, after all of these years want to go. Reluctantly he purchased tickets for all of us and we had a wonderful day! Thanks Dad!! Start getting ready for next year!
Brynlee had a great time and she was so happy that we spent the whole day there! Her 2 favorite rides were the little whales and the Haunted Houses which we had to do over and over again! (she is such a little me!)

These are the whales and she loved them cause they didn't tickle her tummy!

Oh and these are the tigers that Kylee and Brynlee just loved. Tanner won that one for Kylee and yes, I won the other one from Brynlee. It only took me two basketballs to get it, I was shocked!!

Brynlee and Kylee got to ride with Grandpa all the way across the park, and I got to ride with my little stud Tanner!

All smiles here but that isn't the whole story! On the first ride that I took Brynlee on she started to get scared, so I taught her that when you get scared it helps to scream! Oh wow, she is one good screamer! Me, Kayloni, Erik, and Brynlee had all gone on the Tilt a Whirl right before this one, (the first ride Kayloni and Erik had gone on with Brynlee) she screamed the entire time. Let me just tell you that she has the highest loudest scream ever!! She had everyone cracking up!
Kayloni and Erik took her alone on this one and yes again she screamed the entire time! Thanks Kayloni and Erik, I don't know that my ears could have taken much more!

Questar has a bunch of games and activities set up in the morning time before they serve us lunch. This is me and Brynlee decorating cookies.

This is a picture of her making a great shot to win a lovely prize!

All and all it was a great day! I am so use to going to Lagoon and riding all of the crazy rides over and over again. This year I got to still go on all of the fun rides but it was so much more exciting to watch Brynlee smile as she got to go on the little rides! She had such a wonderful day. It is great to see her have a full day of smiles, she deserved it!!

First Day Of School

2009-09-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday, Brynlee started her second year of preschool.(But now she goes 3 days a week instead of 1.) She loves her teacher Miss T. She was so excited to wake up and get ready. She picked out her own outfit, asked me to do her hair, "mom will you blow dry it and make it really cute please." I can't believe how fast this little girl is growing up. She is such a bright child and loves to learn new things and make new friends. I am excited to see what she learns and how she grows this school year.

Soooo Cute!!

My little poser!

This is her playing why they are waiting for the rest of the kids to get to class. She ran out of the car and never looked back!

Our Family

2009-08-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of me and Brynlee! This has been a crazy year so far, but one thing always remains true and that is this little girl. She is my strength, my life, and angle! I am so thankful to have her to put a smile on my face every day! Although a little different than most, we are a family! Just the two of us!

George Strait Concert

2009-07-27T12:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, so my Sister and I have wanted to see George in concert for a very long time now. So when she found out that he was coming to Utah we were so excited!!!! She was on the computer and phone first thing in the morning the day that sales opened up! We have been looking forward to it for a long time now. A lot has happened in my life since I bought the tickets, so I had an extra seat that my sister-in-law Chan gladly purchased from me! So me Chan, Kayloni and Eric went! It was great! He puts on a good ole' classic country concert and I am so glad that we went. I have to say however that next time he comes I will not be sitting as far away as we did this time! We had good seats but I want the front and center next time!

This was such a big occasion in our lives that Yes new Jeans were a must!

See just not close enough!!

Erik and Kayloni! Don't let his smile trick you he wasn't as excited about the concert as we were!

Oh my George!!!!

The Girls! We all loved it!

Ok so I didn't get to meet George this time, but maybe next time!

New Highland Park

2009-07-18T21:14:00.000-07:00

So we found a new fun place to go and play during the summer. Brynlee and her cousins had a blast playing there. Talk about 'FREE' summer fun, I'm sure we can all appreciate that. Brynlee keeps asking when we can go back and play in the 'river with the rocks.' Thank you Highland City for providing such a cute and fun park for our kids to play at!

Palisades

2009-07-18T21:07:00.001-07:00

We went on a fun family trip to one of our favorite places. There is something for everyone, fishing, swimming, golfing, camping.... who could want more. We had a great time! The kids loved it, Brynlee even caught her first fish! She gave it a cute little kiss and loved holding it. We can't wait till the next family get away!
I hope this slide show works out! Enjoy the pics!

Brynlee and the Camera

2009-06-25T15:06:00.000-07:00

Ok so Brynlee loves to play with my camera. It seems like ever time she takes a picture of me I have one of those really scary faces, so instead of letting it happen by accident I start pulling funny faces each time she pointed the camera in my direction. She would laugh and ask me to take one of her. I use to think this was cute and funny, but today I was trying to get her to smile for some pictures I was taking and she wouldn't. No matter what I said or threatened with she just looked at me and said "uh mom this is a smile." Oh dear!

Mother Like Daughter!!!!

Scary!!!

Dress Rehearsal

2009-06-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

Ok so this morning was Brynlee's dress rehearsal and pictures and it was soooooo cute. She has her big recital tomorrow night and she just can't wait. Here are a couple of cute pictures of her and I will put the recital pictures up in a couple of days.

The Barn

2009-05-28T17:47:00.001-07:00

Today we went to the Thanksgiving Point Barn. It was a beautiful day! The kids had so much fun and could have walked around for a bit longer but Chan and I had our feel so we encouraged them to want to leave! All Brynlee has been able to talk about for the rest of the day is..... "Do you think one day I can have a little baby horse?"

The Kids all trying to get food to feed the ducks and birds.

All locked up in the Jail.

This was Brynlee's favorite animal to see. She has a special love for Goats ever since we went to Arizona to visit Ben's Dad. He has a bunch of goats. Brynlee was standing there and asked "Mom do you remember the dead goat that I ate?" And yes Brynlee has eaten goat meat!!! Yum...

Waiting for their turn to ride the ponies!

Oh doesn't she look like and expert! Maybe we will have to get her a pony! Ha Ha!!

Itty Bitty Baseball

2009-05-28T17:33:00.000-07:00

Ok so Brynlee and her cousin Jace did Itty Bitty Baseball together. It was so much fun to watch them. Jace is a really good and baseball and his cousin Brynlee wants to do everything with him even if it isn't something she may be the most interested in. On the first day when they were doing warm ups and running laps a little boy came up behind her and pushed her down. Needless to say she was not happy about that at all. In fact the next time she told her coach that she didn't want to run. She did pretty good if she could stay focused long enough to listen to the instructions, but she was more interested in talking to the boys on her team and making sure she got to sit next to her cousin. My little girl may just be sticking to dance for the next little while it seems to be a little more up her ally.

Brynlee and Jace standing in front of their team cone. They were on the Angles.
Now this was Brynlee's favorite part of each day. The team Cheer. Goooooo Angles!

Here is what would happen every time she caught me taking a picture, just another excuse to get out of instructions.

Here are Brynlee and Jace hitting the ball on the rope, when they could get the ball to hold still.

Brynlee cheesing it for the camera!