Kniffty Knitter

I got this little kniffty knitter a couple years ago, made a few hats and forgot about it. Krissa pulled it out the other day and asked to learn how to use it. All I can say is thank goodness for google. I couldn't remember for the life of me how to get a hat started so I just googled it and she was off and running. I love how she grabbed her ipod while she worked. Its almost done. Good job Krissa!

Flash Back Friday....

Truly Great Friends

are hard to find, difficult to leave

and impossible to forget. G. Randolf

Our good friends the Rands' will be moving at the end of the month so I thought I would dedicate flash back Friday to some of the pictures I have taken of our kids together over the years. We will miss them dearly, its so nice to have a great friend Amanda and then on top of that our kids just get along so well. (well Paislee and Luci have had their days but hey they are only 1 and 2=) They are moving to CA, we wish them nothing but the best. But that doesn't mean I won't cry when they leave, or that I will ever think its fair that I have only been back a couple months and they are moving=(

Brady, Bridger, Krissa and Livi (I think this was 2004)

Krissa, Bridger, Brady, Livi (At Redfish in 2006 I think)
Luci,Bridger,Brady,Paislee,Livi and Krissa (this was just this summer)

Wanna see our cute costumes...

Click here http://www.monstermashup.com/705103. Thanks for the link Christie!

Flash Back Friday...2 years ago

This is what my baby looked like 2 years ago. This was before she learned to tease. Like the other day she was standing by my lap top. I told her not to touch she looked right at me touched it and said "touch,touch,touch". This was before she learned the art of throwing a fit or even just getting her way by tilting her head and saying "peas" (please). I love this girl and every day I'm amazed how much more she grows into a little girl and no longer a baby. But hey she will always be my baby right? I'm the baby of the family and I'm not afraid to crawl on my moms lap for a snuggle, and believe me I do =)

Don't Go and Go Away Snow...

When Brian leaves for Utah this is what the kids do. Hang on his leg and say don't go, I'll have to admit I feel like joining them.

Its the first week in October and this is what we woke up to. We literally have like 4 inches on the ground and its still snowing. Krissa was let out of school due to no power or heat. But Brady is still in school in Hailey. Me I'm just happy the power came back on so I can get to that mountain of laundry and I keep telling myself it will still warm up and make this go away. I'm hoping I'm right=)

P.S. If you look closely at Brady's gloves they are Krissa's old purple ones. These are the only ones we could find in the dark closet (while the power was out) at 6:30 this morning. Luckily he didnt even seem to care. haha

Winter?

Seriously this is what the outside of my house looked like around 5:30 and its still snowing. I am so not ready for winter=(

Fishing Salmon Falls

We went fishing at Salmon Falls today. Brian caught the fish below, Brady had one almost to the boat and then it got off the hook from what we saw of it that fish looks as big as the one Brian got. Its nice to see Brady finally really excited about fishing instead of worrying about bringing toys and DVDs on the boat. I think Brian's happy to have a little mini me.

On the way home I was asking Krissa if she wanted to go to St George this winter to have Uncle Marco baptize her. She said yes. Then all the sudden we hear Brady say "I want Dad to sacrifice me". I guess he misunderstood the wording. At least we all got a good laugh over it.

Scar

When Brady got his mole removed I joked with the Dr about making it look like a harry potter lightning bolt. Looks like she took me serious. Brady thinks its pretty cool=)

Cracking the EGG

Flash Back Friday

Krissa is between 2 and 3 here and Brady is between 1 and 2. Look at those chubby cheeks!

She isnt a baby anymore.

I got paislee all dressed and ready for the day and wanted to cry. It just hit me she isn't a baby anymore with her pigtails and big girl looking clothes she is definitely a toddler. Where did the last two years go?

7 years ago

7 years ago today and after 22 hrs of labor I gave birth to this sweet little baby boy. Brady is our only son and such a great little guy. Here are a few things We love about him....

He is very funny, I was telling him that he was 7 and before I knew it he would be old enough to move out. And then I said oh wait you are living with us forever. He said "actually I think I will move next door". Then he said "well I will live at home if I can have my own car. I'm going to buy a mini van and live at home". Brian said well if you live with us and have a mini van I'm pretty sure you will live with us forever=)

He is a little tease, Krissa was asking him why he is always teasing her and he said "I don't know I just like it and sometimes I really like it=)"

He is such a boy, anytime he can do anything with his dad like fish, hunt or even just play video games his little eyes just light up.

He loves his family, even though he is constantly teasing his sisters he loves them.

He is very good with electronics, he cant read very well but if you sit him in front of a video game, computer, DVD player or satellite he can do anything with it. To the point of us having to put a lock on our dish years ago because he would order his favorite x-men movie just by pushing buttons until he got the right one. ha ha

He is emotional, he can be the toughest kid but if he gets his feelings hurt he just melts. He is probably our most emotional kid=)

We Love You Brady! Happy Birthday!

Brady picked Eggo's for his breakfast, but is planning cake and ice cream for dinner.

I took some sugar cookies to his class today. He was so excited when his friends sang happy birthday to him! I had to take a picture of his art work (above) that was hanging in the hall at school. I still can't believe he is 7!

AVA

I stole this sweet picture of my sissy and Ava on the blessing day. Love those two girls!

I got this announcement in the mail from my little niece Ava. She is being blessed today in St. George and sadly we are 9 hours away and unable to go. She is such a sweet baby and we are so lucky to have her in our family. I hope they had a great day and they know how much we miss all of them=(

Happy (early) Birthday Brady

Since Brady's birthday falls on Monday and dad will be out of town we celebrated it today. We got Brady a basketball hoop for his birthday so we decided to have a basket ball theme. Instead of giving party favors I gave the kids a basketball of their own and candy from the pinata=) We had a great time and I know Brady had a great time playing with his friends!

Brian was putting up the basketball hoop and the kids were more interested in turning the box into a boat.

Grandma Ann sent Brady a present. Which included some sleep pants a shirt, a transformer and of course the card with the stickers and pictures of us stuck on it. Gotta love Grandma=) (Click on the pictures to fully understand our amusement, I love the one of Brian playing the guitar)


Brady, Bridger, Colton and Bryson

The kids and Brian had a great time hitting the pinata.


Since we were having a basketball theme we had to include a game of horse=)



Brady's friends gave him a hot wheels track and pop guns. Thanks guys!

Ever since Krissa's birthday Brady has told me that he wanted the above song sung at his birthday instead of the happy birthday song. It was almost to the point of him reminding me daily. haha