Monday, July 27, 2009

Happy Birthday Brynn!

Brynn July 09Our little girl is 5 today! It’s so hard to believe. Time goes by so fast. This fall she’ll be starting kindergarten :( It makes me want to have another one. Well, not really. But honestly, Brynn is such a blessing. She’s our little princess amid all the boys in the house. Spoiled? I’d say so, but who cares. She deserves it. I just love how different she is from her brothers. How girly she is. How loving and kind. How she always wants her fingernails painted and to play barbie’s. I’ve waited for YEARS to be able to do these things with my own little girl. She’s so much fun. We just love her so much. Happy birthday princess!!!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Brynn’s Birthday Party

Brynn had her “chef birthday party” yesterday. It was so much fun! I think it was more fun for me than for the girls! I’ve waited so long to be able to plan a party for my little girl. I’ve had years of boys parties, but this was Brynn’s first real party with friends. She had four girls over to make pizza, decorate cupcakes, make some dirt cups and play “pin the hat on the chef.” It was a bit messy but so much fun. I ordered some aprons for the girls and had their names embroidered on them. Super cute! Skyler was my helper and took pictures for me and helped the girls roll out their pizza dough. Here are some pictures from our exciting day!

   Shaylie and cupcake Bayleigh with cupcakes Brynn with pizza McKenzie with pizzaMorgan with cupcakes Brynn eating cupcake

Cheers2

singing “Happy Birthday” and blowing out the candle

  Brynn with candleBrynn plugging her ears blowing out candle

silly girls

Girls being silly Brynn Friends

After Danny came home from work we surprised her with her big gift.

Brynn blindfolded  Brynn on bike

Friday, July 17, 2009

No Silverwood this weekend :(

We were supposed to leave for Silverwood yesterday morning, but to keep our lives as predictable as possible, Brynn and I came down with the flu. I got it at the most convenient time, during EFY. Great right, yeah not so much. I was determined though to still leave for Silverwood in the morning. So I got up at 4:40 and Brynn and I took showers. Brynn got as much as putting her underwear on before she threw up all over her bedroom floor. I swear, it seems like every time we have a trip planned someone gets sick. It never fails.

Needless to say the boys were VERY disappointed. So, we thought before the rest of the kids got their “one on one” time with the toilet, Danny should take them for a day of fun. Here are some pictures from Surf and Slide in Moses Lake, WA.

 Sam diving boardNick jumping off diving boardwaterslide Skyler waterslideSkyler sitting on waterBrielle jumping off diving boardAyden Cannon Ball

 Brielle and Ayden jumping off the diving board. (Jeremy brought the kids up for some fun, too)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Happy Birthday Sam!

Sam 

You’re 8 years old today Sam! Being 8 is a special time because you’ll be baptized. We can’t wait for that special day and we want you to know how special you are to us. You are such a smart boy and you bring so much laughter to our home. You can be a bit ornery sometimes, but we still love ya. We wish you a happy birthday and hope you have a terrific day! XOXOXOXO

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sam’s Chuck E. Cheese Party

Sam had his party yesterday at Chuck E. Cheese’s. They had a blast! It was such a great party. Especially for me, since I didn’t have to do anything. No planning entertainment, keeping kids busy and most of all cleaning! We just had to show up. All the kids had so much fun. Here’s a few pictures from our day.

Sam say cheese

Sam with Chuck E. Cheese Crown

Sam with Chuck E 

                 Giving Chuck E. a high-five

Sams Jackpot

  After winning the jackpot on one game

Sam opening presents

                           Opening Presents

Sams Party

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Lost Tooth!

No, not Sam, or even Nick lost their tooth. Our soon to be 5 year old, Brynn lost her first tooth yesterday. The other day she told me that she had a loose tooth and I really didn’t believe her until I wiggled it myself. I couldn’t believe it. She’s so young to be losing teeth already. Our other kids didn’t lose theirs until they were 6 or 7. I hope she doesn’t loose anymore this summer or she’ll be starting kindergarten toothless!

Brynns first tooth Brynns first tooth2

Late night

Last night Skyler spent the night at a friends house and the other kids begged and begged to stay up late. We told them they could stay up until 11:30. Now that’s very late for our kids, so you’d think it would be a real treat for them. Nope! Nick wanted to stay up past 11:30. He said that it wasn’t late enough. So, we sent them up to our room to watch a movie while we stayed downstairs and watched a movie of our own. At 11:00 we went upstairs to bed and found this…….

kids in our bed

They must have been asleep for quite awhile since the movie was long over and the screen was fuzzy. Ha,ha!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Happy 4th of July!

Parade

Parade 09 Brynn and Sparky  Brynn Parade 09 Sam after hit by sucker

this is Sam after being hit in the eye by a flying sucker! poor guy :(

At the  park to watch fireworks…

Brynn cotton candy 

Brynn eating cotton candy

Kids 4th of July 09

Family 4th of July 09

Our Family 4th of July 09

Grandpa and Brynn

Brynn and Grandpa watching fireworks

Fireworks 09 

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2009