~HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRINLYN~

Happy Birthday to my little princess. I was induced with you so I picked your birthday. If you don't like it sorry. Your daddy and I drove up to the hospital in Thronton, CO in snow on the morning of April 29, 2004. Crazy!! You were my biggest baby at 8 lb 6 oz. You were such a precious and sweet baby and I cried the first time I held you!! I just loved your chubby little cheeks. ( none of the other kids had chubby cheeks). You are definitely the sunshine in our family. You smile can light up a room!! Seriously!! Since you were little people have always commented on your eyes and smile!!! You are so sweet, caring, and sharing. It is amazing to me how much you care about everyone. If someone is sad you will do what it takes to make them happy!! You are very tall and beautiful and I hope you like that cause your chances of being tall are VERY good. LOL You love learning and doing what your older brother and sister do. You love horses and all the animals out here on the ranch. You also LOVE your mommy. You like to be with me all the time and I hope that last a life time!! I love you with all my heart. You are so precious and sweet to me and I hope you have a GREAT birthday!! Happy #5 Birthday Princess Brinlyn!!

~HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY TOM~

I never got to blog for Tom's birthday, it was March 23. So here it goes... I just wanted to say that Tom is the most wonderful man in the world! He is so kind, funny, loving, funny, sweet, funny, and an amazing father!! Did I say funny? LOL He makes me laugh everyday and I love the sweet, cheesy, and romantic thing he says to me. I love the way he makes up songs to sings them to the kids and I!! I love that he is great at his job and everyone likes him!! He is the light of my life, the ground that I walk on ( inside joke) and Tom, I love you!! Happy Late Birthday!!

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD~

My dad's birthday was April 22nd and I haven't gotten a chance to say it on my blog. So I just wanted to say that I love you dad. Thank you for being the best dad and a man I respect and look up to!! You have always worked so hard for our family and still do and I love you for it!! I hope you had a good birthday and I love you all the days!!

~VAIL 2009~

Tom and I got to go to Vail this last weekend for a FBLA confrence that Tom was asked to present at. We has really nice time and it was nice to get away together for a while!! It was really beautiful up there!

~EASTER SUNDAY CHURCH~

Here we are all ready for church this morning. I love this time of year and I love that we can focus on Jesus Christ and the resurrection and atonement. I can't imagine my life without this knowledge. I am so thankful for all the I have and for my wonderful family!!

You have to notice in the family picture that I am almost as tall as Tom. Now that is tall!! LOL I have some pretty high shoes and when I saw this picture I had to laugh!!

Does anyone else think Drake could be Hunter's little puppet if he was a ventriloquist?? Hahaha

~EASTER WEEKEND FUN~

We had a fun Easter weekend as a family! We dyed eggs on Saturday after 3 soccer games. The kids really had fun with that and Drake didn't break any eggs. I expected a couple from a 2 year old. LOL In the collage of egg dying there is a pic of Drake sitting on a little chair. This is his movie watching spot these days and he had to keep going back and forth during our egg dying.

Then on Easter morning the kids all found their baskets. One hid in the dishwasher and one in the oven. I said "I hope I don't turn the oven on in the morning and forget about that basket" and then what do I do in the morning? Turn on the oven for the turkey!! But then I decided I didn't need to put the turkey in quite that early, so after about 5 minutes I turned it off. Good thing huh? I would have had a huge mess and a very disappointed Brinlyn!! So disaster avoided. Why do I do things like that? LOL Hunter is cooking these days and he wanted to make eggs for everyone. (He is following in his daddy's footsteps with the cooking.) YEAH!! That will make for a great husband someday!! Drake wanted to help but he wanted to use is dyed eggs. Had to explain him that those ones aren't any good for scrambled eggs. Also, I am wearing my new apron from Georgia in this collage. It came in pretty handy today and it is so cute!!

After dinner the kid got to eat their chocolate bunnies. They are always very excited for them and as you can see Drake was holding his for a while. Can you say MESSY?!

~Hmmm...SOMETHING IS MISSING~

Brinlyn lost her first teeth last weekend. One on Friday and one on Sunday. I was really surprised when she came to me and told me she had loose teeth. I thought she was just playin' around. But they were really loose. She is 4 almost 5 and if I am remembering right, this is pretty early. She is very excited though and of course the tooth fairy came and she could hardly stand the excitement. I on the other had am kinda sad because I think when they start loosing teeth it really changes their look. Hopefully the top ones hang in there a little longer!!!

~FLOWERS FOR MOMMY~

Today we were at Michaels and Drake came up to me and said these flowers were his favorite colors and that they were for me. It was SO CUTE and SO SWEET!! So I wanted to get a picture and he gave me this hammy grin. He is such a joy in my life and makes me smile everyday. I love waking up to this little my at home. He my little ray of sunshine!!

~THE SURPRISE~

Well, it was five weeks in the making, and NO ONE knew. (except Tom) I was able to pull it off but it was so hard to keep the secret. I almost spilled the beans more that one time...but I didn't!! I surprised Angela for her birthday with...ME!! I called Al the afternoon before I was flying in to ask him if he could come get me from the airport. He was able to and when we got to the house Angela, Emily, and Alana were out for a walk. I didn't know that so I ran out of the garage to go to the front door but Tristin saw me and told me they were out walking. So I turned around really fast and went back into the garage and we went in the house and shut the garage door. In the mean time Angela and Emily saw some woman come out of the garage with a white shirt and dark hair. LOL She called Al on her cell phone and told him he needed to go check the garage that someone had went in there and shut the garage door. We were laughing and he told her no one was in the house. Angela and Emily were very confused and said that if they got to the house and some woman in a white shirt with dark hair was holding everyone hostage, then they told Al so. So I was waiting in the house and she walked in and I came around the corner. She was just looking at me like, this person doesn't belong in this picture. She took a few seconds to regain herself and then she started crying. Yeah!! It was so exciting and we were so happy to see each other!! It was the best ever!! I told Angela that nothing will ever top this. She may be able to equal it...but never top it!! I had the best time ever and made a ton of new memories with Angela that I will not soon forget!! Thanks little sis...

~DAVE & JACKIE~

These are two people that I feel I was supposed to cross paths with in this life time. I felt a connection with them from the very beginning and really love and respect them. They are so funny and yet so spiritual and have such an amazing aurora about them!! They have so much to offer!! It means so much to have been there for Jackie in a time that she really needed someone and I will cherish the memories that we made!! They will be with me forever. I am so happy that Angela and I were able to be there for her!! Thank you Angela for bringing them into my life!! And I love that they call Angela and I "the girls"!!! You guys are the best!! The day at the lake house, dancing on the deck, laying out on the dock, and relaxing in the "Warm" water...I will never forget it. Love ya all the days!! (and then some) LOL

~CHERRY BLOSSOM DAYS~

In Georgia it is Peach and Cherry Blossom time. So they have some crazy activities down south that I thought were pretty funny and I had never seen before. Bed racing and lawnmower racing. Hilarious!!! I was cheering for the little girl with the purple and black lawn mower. She didn't win but I though she was pretty great. That is something I could so see Macazlyn doing...and loving it!! Between Tom, my dad, and tom's dad, I think she would have a pretty good chance!!! We were with Jackie and Dave so that made the day even more fun!! This is an apron I bought to remember Cherry Blossom Days in Georgia and then there is a picture of us at the peach fields.

~GIRLS NIGHT OUT~

This was our girls night out. We went to The Olive Garden and had the best time just laughing and visiting. We stayed there for hours. Then we went back to Angela's house where we danced, laughed, and talked till the wee hours of the night!!

~HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY ALANA~

While I was in Georgia, Alana had her 3rd birthday party. She had all the neighbor kids over and had a great time. She was quite the little princess!!

~PLAYIN' IN THE RAIN~

It was pouring rain on the Saturday before I left so I suggested we go for a walk in the rain. We all got changed and off we went. Here we have a before picture, then pics of while we were out, and then dripping wet, after pictures. Emily's friend Nancy has a golf cart so after a long walk and splashing through the puddles we hopped on the cart to go for a ride. It was so fun but there was a causality. My leg :-( I got scratch by the cart when Nancy (the 13 year old driver) took a wild corner. Don't worry, I survived though, and am here to tell the story. You have to note the funny face Angela is making in one of the pictures. She is known for always making faces in pictures and they have to be redone because of her :-) But sometimes we just keep them because they are funny!!

~I GOT YOUR CRAZY!!~

Ok...We were all having a "we are really tired moment" and Emily had the camera rolling through it. Obviously it was trained on Angela at the time and this is the results. When we looked at the pictures on Emily's camera were laughing even harder. Tears were streaming down our faces!!! We though she looked like a hobo we had brought in from the street. We were trying to get her warm enough for our walk!!

~STAR GAZING WHILE LAYING ON THE ROAD~

We went for a midnight walk my last night in Georgia. After much laughter we settled down for some star gazing from the road. (She lives in a cult-de-sac don't worry). Angela couldn't stay warm to save her life on our walk and star gazing so that is why she is wearing a scarf and jacket. Emily and I nick her Angela Jane Complain while on our walk. Cause she just wanted to go home because she was so cold. Really we gave Emily that name earlier in the week. Emily Jane Complain. LOL Anyway, a fun time was had by all!!!